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<br /> sheetmetalplus.com<br /> THE<br /> SMART<br /> FACTORY<br /> VOLUME 22 – NO.10<br /> DECEMBER 2020/JANUARY 2021<br /> Plus:<br /> Additive<br /> manufacturing<br /> Coil processing<br /> Plasma cutting<br /> <br /> FIND US<br /> ONLINE<br /> sheetmetalplus.com<br /> @ismrmagazine<br /> DIARY of EVENTS<br /> Smart Factory Expo SteelFab 2021<br /> 20-22 January 2021 7-10 June 2021<br /> Tokyo, Japan/online Sharjah, UAE<br /> www.sma-fac.jp/en-gb.html www.steelfabme.com/show_info.<br /> html<br /> WIN Eurasia 2021<br /> FABTECH Mexico<br /> Instanbul, Turkey<br /> www.win-eurasia.com/en<br /> Taiwan International<br /> Machine Tool Show<br /> (TMTS)<br /> 15-20 March 2021<br /> Taichung, Taiwan/online<br /> www.tmts.tw/en<br /> Global Industrie<br /> 16-19 March 2021<br /> Lyon, France<br /> www.global-industrie.com/en<br /> Southern<br /> Manufacturing<br /> 20-22 Ap<a title="ISMR December 2020/January 2021 page 1" 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