Kuenlin’s strategy for precision, agility, and sustainability

Kuenlin Precision leverages in-house integration and automation to deliver high-quality, customized automotive components. Vice GM Kevin Chi shares how the company balances performance and sustainability, expands into Southeast Asia, and advances smart manufacturing to stay ahead in a fast-evolving industry.

How Blaser Swisslube’s “Liquid Tool” is powering a manufacturing transformation

What if your coolant could reduce costs, improve worker health, extend tool life, and help your company meet green manufacturing goals—all at once?

SIGEP Asia returns with speciality segments, programming and Singapore National Coffee championship

Singapore's trade event from July 16-18 expects 350 brands and exhibitors from more than 30 countries.

Unilever to acquire men’s personal care brand Dr. Squatch

Unilever has signed an agreement to acquire personal care brand Dr. Squatch from growth equity firm Summit Partners.

Investors support Fungu’it's fermentation-based natural flavors technology

Foodtech startup Fungu’it’s circular solution transforms by-products into natural, organic, and sustainable flavorings. This process meets demand for natural ingredients while reducing waste.

BlueTree advances regulatory compliance for sugar-reduced fruit juices in the EU

Rödl & Partner, an international, owner-managed firm offering interdisciplinary and comprehensive advisory services to enterprises has confirmed that beverages processed using BlueTree’s system can be marketed across the European Union without requiring prior regulatory approval.

Food quality inspection tech from Mettler-Toledo at Anuga FoodTec 2025

Mettler-Toledo's checkweighing, metal detection and x-ray technologies are designed to verify precision weighing, confirm food quality, reduce waste and support regulatory compliance.

Small parts, big CO2 savings

Yixin Precision specializes in precision parts and as part of a customer project, it invested in a MicroPower injection molding machine from WITTMANN for high-precision micro injection molding.

CJ Biomaterials appoints Allan Chung as CEO

Expansion of U.S. headquarters in Woburn, MA underscores investment in talent and technical capabilities supporting the growing market for PHA biopolymers

NHNE 2025 concludes with record-breaking participation and industry-shaping innovations

The Health & Nutrition Expo (NHNE) highlighted breakthroughs and global collaboration from 21-23 May 2025 in Guangzhou, China.

From Grasse to globe: Sozio tailors scents to Asian preferences

French company, Sozio harnesses centuries of fine fragrance expertise to adapt scents to target markets

Reducing indirect costs and enhancing process efficiency

Tool management is a critical, yet often underestimated, aspect of manufacturing operations. While direct tooling costs—such as tool consumption—are visible and actively monitored, indirect tooling costs embedded within logistics, procurement, and storage processes can be less trans-parent, though equally significant.