Your weekly briefing on what's new across manufacturing, from Industrial Machinery Digest.This week: Schneider Electric's Water Crunch Report finds more than half of European industrial leaders expect water to limit growth by 2031. Hypertherm puts plasma up against trim presses for mega-cast parts, Sandvik Coromant takes its CoroDrill Dura 462 to 30 times diameter, and Siemens and KUKA each sign distribution deals with TD SYNNEX built around physical AI. Plus what to see at FABTECH and PACK EXPO.In this episode:Fabrication: Hypertherm, Machitech, ENCYTooling & Workholding: Sandvik Coromant, ZOLLER, FixtureworksSoftware: Siemens and TD SYNNEX, SORBA.ai and E Tech Group, CONTACT SoftwareRobotics: KUKA, ENCY and ESTUN, OnRobotSafety & Maintenance: SpaceGuard Products, Renewable Lubricants, Bally Ribbon MillsMetalworking: Cosen Saws, Fives, Henkel, KlingsporMaterial Handling: The Caldwell Group, First Supply and Exotec, Southworth, SignodeQuality: Emerson, Artec 3D, SonplasRead every story in full at IndustrialMachineryDigest.com. New episodes every Monday.

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