The Paper including the news in the field of cutting and forming machine tools, presenting on the international fair lMTS (international machine tool show) in Chicago/USA in September 1996. At first explain the worldwide statistics in machine tool production and market. Next are the news in cutting machine tools, for example new driving concepts in feeding movements or motor spindles. The paper will give an overview in the field of hexapod-based machine tools with discussion of applications in mold and die making.
