“The EMO Hannover 2017 will be the highlight of the year for the metal-working sector,” according to Wilfried Schäfer, executive director of VDW (the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association).

From 18 to 23 September, the exhibition will once again be the international meeting point for trade visitors interested in production technology.

Under the theme of ‘Connecting systems for intelligent production’, the focus will be on networking and digitisation.

The VDW will shortly be publishing the provisional exhibitors’ directory at www.emo-hannover.de.

Around 2,000 exhibitors from 42 countries have registered so far. They include DMG Mori, Mazak, Fanuc. FFG, Grob, Doosan, Okuma, Makino and Siemens.