The market situation in tool and die making is more dynamic than ever. Changing markets, ever smaller batch sizes, individual products, continuously increasing quality requirements and shorter development times – the challenges for tool and die makers are manifold.

Anyone who thinks that diamond coatings are only suitable for shank tools and that PCD is always required on cutting inserts in corresponding applications is mistaken

With Italy’s largest coating service in Piacenza, Lafer SpA has been supplying coatings at the highest level for a wide range of industries for over 30 years.

The machining sector is also growing steadily in India, and high-performance precision tools are in hot demand. Accusharp is one of the leading Indian tool manufacturers.

The tool manufacturer Horn has been coating its cutting tools with HiPIMS high-performance coatings in its own coating center since 2015.