Continuing global success has encouraged powder characterisation specialist Freeman Technology to relocate into new larger premises based in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK. The brand new 6,000 sq ft global headquarters has been fitted out to meet the company’s exact requirements for more manufacturing and office space, as well as housing a 300 sq ft applications laboratory.

The seventh edition of MEDTEC China, the largest dedicated event of its type in Asia, will be held from September 7-8 at Intex Shanghai in Shanghai Hongqiao Economic & Technological Development Zone.This year, the event will feature more than 280 of the world’s leading suppliers of equipment, materials, and other products, services and solutions to the global medical device manufacturing sector. To cater for the pent-up exhibitor demand, the organizer, UBM Canon, will open up a second floor of the venue, making the event 50% large than the previous edition in terms of floor space.Exhibitors making their debut at MEDTEC China 2011include Vascutek, Styron, Flextronics, Ashland, Nolato, KTW, Bluestar Silicone, ITT Enidine, Preco-Miwa, Multivac, Diba Industries, Asahi Intecc, Kaneko, and Lepu Medical Technology and so on. MEDTEC China 2011 will also host for the first time an official Singapore pavilion featuring the latest in technology and solutions from the fast-growing and high-tech medical device segment of the city state.Several top-level conference and technical forum will be held during the exhibition

The China International Exhibition on Die & Mould, Metal Processing and Forming Industry 2011, or DMC2011 in short, is being held from June 2-5 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center.This year, the show plays host to more than 800 exhibitors from 12 countries and regions, including Italy, Switzerland, Germany, the US, France, Japan, Korea, Canada, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.Big names in the industry are gathered in Hall W1, including the world’s leading machine tool manufacturers DMG, AgieCharmilles, Makino, Sodick, OPS-Ingersoll, BRETON, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Nidec-Kyori, Amada, Haas, Fanuc and Koerber Schleifring; CAD/CAM developers Topsolid and Polyworks.A number of Chinese EDM manufacturers are also present.

The FT4 Powder Rheometer (with Aeration Unit) from Freeman Technology Powder characterisation company Freeman Technology is significantly expanding its activities in Asia with the appointment of distribution partners in the region who will sell and support the company’s FT4 Powder Rheometer.

BEIJING: Add Europeans to the list of developed countries with companies complaining of unfair trade practices in China.

MTA VIETNAM will return to Ho Chi Minh City from July 5-8 at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC), and will feature a projected 350 exhibitors from 23 countries and regions.Last year, MTA VIETNAM saw more than 6,900 trade professionals who took the opportunity to network with key industry players and review the latest machine tools and solutions available from around the world. These included 70 group delegations from leading local and foreign manufacturing enterprises such as ABE Industrial, Dai Dong Tien Corporation, Fujitsu, Hirota Precision, Hokuriku Machinery Club, Meinan Vietnam, ScanCom Vietnam, Sunmore Vietnam, Toyo Precision, and Z755 (Vietnam’s Ministry of Defence).

SHERBROOKE, Que.: Medical device company Baxter Canada will close its Sherbrooke, Que. plant on Dec.

TORONTO― Canadians may have a global reputation for being warm toward other nations, but when it comes to Asia, they’re as chilly as Canadian winters. And that could be costing them in lost business opportunities

VANCOUVER: Ballard Power Systems is partnering with a South Korean petroleum refiner to demonstrate waste-to-energy power generation using zero-emission fuel cells and hydrogen produced from municipal solid waste.

Precision engineering companies that embrace sustainable manufacturing sooner rather than later will gain a competitive advantage and be rewarded with new business opportunities. This is according to Dr Song Bin, Director of the Sustainable Manufacturing Centre (SMC) at the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech).Global product manufacturers are setting eco-targets and have started to include eco-indicators as part of their supplier selection criteria, Dr Song is quoted as saying in a release from Singapore Exhibitions Services, an organizer of the Precision Engineering Business Forum 2011 to be held from March 24-25, during MTA2011.MTA 2011 will take place from March 23-26 in Singapore Expo.