In this issue

Just a quick glimpse of this issue’s main headline speaks of the new technologies that are taking the car industry by storm. When we think of car design, we visualise the body of an automobile, that external layer of metal that gives a car its form. Of all the facets of automotive design that have changed over time, differences in body style are the most drastic. As car engines became more powerful, cars got faster, and there was a need to reduce drag, making the vehicle more efficient.
Cars these days are full of high-tech materials that ensure a long life for the individual components and make the car safe to drive. These materials are also less weighty, which reduces consumption levels. A new technology featured in the Metal Cutting Equipment section shows a new machining equipment that is tailor-made for hard turning. Its design brings a number of advantages to the machine’s particular, highly demanding field of application.
The latest in a continuing series of research studies strongly suggests that steel auto body structures in the near future can be as lightweight as today’s aluminium bodies, while meeting all crash performance standards and at comparable cost of current steel structures. Find out more about the study in this issue’s Material Focus section.
Along the way, cars have undergone changes in nearly every aspect, from body to design to safety features. Those changes have shaped the modern automobile, and will continue to influence its development for years to come.

International Metalworking News - Middle East & Af Magazine Description:

International Metalworking News – Middle East & Africa is published 6x a year in English with highlights in Arabic. The magazine is uniquely positioned to serve the needs of the metal forming and metal cutting industry across 20 countries in the Middle East and Africa. It offers practical solutions to improve productivity, reduce cost, and turn innovations into real competitive advantages as well as the latest market information, trade show reviews and videos, and people and company profiles, written by industry experts and correspondents across the Middle East and Africa. Also included are exclusive content and articles from Ringier's family of metalworking industry magazines covering Greater China and South East Asia, such as International Metalworking News for China, International Mold & Die Making News for China, Modern Machine Tools and International Metalworking News for Asia. The interactive content allows readers to make direct and immediate contact with advertisers/suppliers and featured companies in the editorial by clicking on the web site and email addresses in each issue, access online content in Ringier’s metalworking website (metalworking.industrysourcing.com), and avail of video content through iTunes and Google Play.