ISTMA World Conference: the trade show
The International Special Tooling and Machining Association (ISTMA), the world’s largest representative body for global tooling manufacturing, has announced that its next triennial World Conference and General Assembly will be hosted by South Africa in 2023. This is great news for the African tooling industry, as ISTMA is the hub of expertise and a key cooperation and knowledge sharing platform for the worldwide mould, die, special tooling and precision machining industry. The event will create invaluable exposure and networking opportunities for the local industry.
Representatives from global tooling houses and associated industries, industry leaders and business people from 22 countries and 23 ISTMA member associations (made up of more than 8000 companies) will attend the International Association’s 16th World Conference, General Assembly and constituent meetings of regional groupings – ISTMA Europe, Americas, Africa and Asia – in Cape Town from 6 to 10 November 2023. The conference themes for the ISTMA 16th World Conference will be: Sustainable development, technical advances in tooling manufacturing and skills development.