SHENYANG – For the last 10 years China has been the world's largest consumer of machine tools and since 2009 is also the number one manufacturer. In line with the upgrading of key manufacturing sectors in China, high-end machine tools need to be produced to global quality standards now more than ever. Multipurpose CNC machine tools offering better integration, higher speed, more intelligence, greater accuracy and more environmentally friendly features are increasingly required by Chinese customers, in particular those from the heavily invested automotive, aerospace and energy sectors.
The China Machine Tool Summit, co-organized by Shenyang Municipal Government and CECIMO took place on the 9th to 10th of June in Kempinski Hotel, Shenyang, China. A total of 90 were in attendance including government officials, major high-end machine tools manufacturers and top design institutes to discuss to discuss the most advanced technologies in developing high-end manufacturing tools.