TPT July 2019

Editor in chief

Rory McBride

CONT ENT S

Features editor

Gill Watson

Editorial assistant

Christian Bradley

Production

Lisa Wright

Sales & marketing Steve Martin

Sales & marketing steve@intras.co.uk

Tel: +44 1926 834688 Giuliana Benedetto Vendite & marketing (Italia) giuliana@intras.co.uk Tel: +44 1926 834686 Linda Li 中国大陆，台湾， 香港以及远东地区销售代表 linda@intras.co.uk Tel: +44 1926 834685

EDITORIAL INDEX ............................................................ 2

INDUSTRY NEWS .............................................................. 6

Advertising co-ordinators

Liz Hughes

Rebecca Coleman

Subscriptions

Karen Low

TECHNOLOGY NEWS ................................................... 26

Accounts manager Karen Low

Publisher

Caroline Sullens

Founder

John C Hogg

GLOBAL MARKETPLACE ............................................ 52

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ADVANCES IN MEASURING & MARKING TECHNOLOGY ....................................... 56

中文综合 . ................................................................ 64

ADVERTISERS INDEX ................................................. 72

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ARTICLE: The smar t future of metalworking: efficient sawing and storage in the Industry 4.0 era By Kasto Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG, Germany

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