The forum "New Technologies – Future Opportunities" this morning presented umati, the universal machine tool interface and explained how the world is connected to machine tools. Several highly decorated speakers brought light to the topic from different viewpoints. They presented insights and latest trends that can be summed up as follows.

umati, the universal machine tool interface: what started as an initiative by VDW, the German Machine Tool Builders' Association, has evolved into a globally supported movement to realize easy, safe and secure connectivity between machine tools and IT systems in the production environment, based on the interoperability standard OPC UA. Learn first-hand which possibilities this brings to you and how you can be part of it.

You missed the forum? Too busy to attend? No problem! All presentations are ready for download here:

Presentations on umati – CONNECTING THE WORLD OF MACHINE TOOLS (free)