Image caption: Dr. Jan Antonis

A new digital meeting place for the international sheet metal working community, the EuroBLECH Digital Innovation Series 2021, kicked off with an event focused on forming technology (including sheet metal parts and materials, as well as tool technology) from 27-28 April 2021.

(Image caption above: KMF's new TruBend Cell 7000.)

Image caption: New investment for Ford Cologne Electrification Centre for the manufacture of electric vehicles, Ford’s first such facility in Europe.

“One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the accumulating human toll continues to raise concerns, even as growing vaccine coverage lifts sentiment. High uncertainty surrounds the global economic outlook, primarily related to the path of the pandemic.

Caption for above image: Martin Lundstedt, President and CEO, Volvo Group.