European Tooling Forum  (Outros)

The European tooling industry, although still holding its own in sales, is rapidly losing ground in the manufacturing sector to low production cost countries. Our tool making industries are concerned about their competitiveness in terms of added value per employee per hour. Special tooling, together with precision machining and micro tooling, holds a key position in the plastic and metal processing value chain. These industrial sectors are of strategic importance for sustaining the growth of the European economy. 

applying unique and innovative technologies,

adopting new business models,

optimising education and training standards.

Industries, such as automotive, packaging, aeronautics, biotechnology, medical, etc., have exacting requirements in terms of cost (est. 30% reduction), time to market (est. 40% reduction) and product quality. Europe must gain and secure the world-wide leadership and competitiveness in tool