In September 2026, ICFG International Cold Forging Group meeting will take place in Darmstadt, Germany. The meeting week will be filled with a plenary session, workgroup sessions, cold forging plant visits and a workshop. The workshop is directed at researchers, students and industrial members of the cold forging world. This years workshop will contain two parts. In the first part, reverse identification of process parameters like flow stress and friction on the basis of real life forging processes will be discussed in depth. In this part, Dr.-Ing. H.-W. Raedt will give a presentation about a framework which was recently developed by the QForm UK Team, with which input parameters for a simulation can be identified from practical tests. The second part of the workshop will deal with ductile fracture. Here, participants will analyse different forging processes and different ductile damage criteria – in a hands-on-style in live simulations with QForm UK Cloud on their laptops. The ICFG meeting is only available to members, but the workshop is open to any person interested.

Metal Expo Istanbul will be held on 42.850 sqm area with 400 expected brands hosting more than 30.000 international buyers and professionals at Istanbul Expo Center between 16-18 September 2026 at mega halls 4-5-6-7-8.

With 19.101 international visitors in 2025, the fair achieved a %30 growth compared to the previous year, bringing strong dynamism to the industry and proved its position as a global commercial hub for international steel industry.

The international exhibition on the tube and pipe industry, organized by Tulip 3P Media Pvt. Ltd., will take place from July 16 to 18 at the Hitex Exhibition Center in Hyderabad, India. Our official distributor DDSPLM PRIVATE LIMITED will be waiting for you at the booth HALL1/A10B.

International Trade Fair for Castings and Forgings with Processing. Product complexity and the demands on castings and forgings are increasing. It is important for customers to obtain a high-quality, ready-to-install product. CastForge will bring together supply and demand, and will present the value-added chain extending from cast blanks or forging blanks and machining through to the final component.

We are pleased to announce that QForm Group will be a bronze sponsor of the 15th FORGING CONFERENCE, organized by the Forging Association of the Czech Republic, taking place on May 19–20, 2026, in Brno – Pisárky, Czech Republic.

We look forward to seeing you at our booth!

Paul Mordvintsev, Business Development Director of Formatech Systems SL (QForm Group), will present the report "Preventing forging defects in aluminium and steel forgings through iterative automated preform design" and discuss CAD QForm Direct.

This webinar presents the advanced simulation capabilities of QForm for ring rolling, wheel rolling, tube rolling, and skew rolling processes. The session focuses on the numerical simulation of material flow, stress–strain state, and thermal behavior in complex three-dimensional rolling operations.

Particular attention is given to deformation mechanics, contact conditions, roll kinematics, and the prediction of rolling load, torque, and tool stresses. Participants will learn how QForm enables accurate analysis of metal flow, dimensional evolution, wall thickness variation, and defect formation, including laps and underfilling.

SAFORM2026 will be jointly organized by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the National Technical University of Athens, and will take place in the historic and vibrant city of Thessaloniki, Greece, from 27 to 29 April 2026.

Each year, the ESAFORM Conference gathers around 400 leading experts from academia and industry, offering a dynamic platform to present and discuss the latest advances in theory, experimentation, simulation, and application in the field of material forming.

Dr. Nikolay Biba, Director of Micas Simulations Limited, will attend this event. Details will be announced later.

This webinar focuses on the practical use of API tools in QForm UK to automate routine engineering tasks and improve workflow efficiency.

Learning basic programming tools is easier than it may seem, and the benefits are significant, from saving engineers’ time to creating customized solutions for specific tasks. By using the QForm API, repetitive operations can be automated, reducing manual work and lowering the risk of errors.

During the session, we will show how API tools can automate model preparation, simulation setup, batch calculations, result processing, and report generation. You will see practical examples of how routine actions can be replaced with simple scripts and automated workflows.

Our now traditional user meeting will take place in April in Germany under Dr.-Ing. H.-W. Raedt's guidance. We are preparing a rich and engaging program and will organize hands-on master classes for participants. Save the dates in your calendar, the detailed agenda and event information will follow soon!

This webinar is dedicated to advanced numerical simulation of sheet metal forming processes using QForm. If you are looking for reliable and efficient tools to simulate sheet metal forming operations, this session will provide a comprehensive overview of QForm’s capabilities in this field. We will demonstrate how the Finite Element Method (FEM) has been successfully adapted and implemented in QForm UK to accurately model sheet forming technologies. Particular attention will be given to the simulation of stamping, deep drawing, bending, trimming, and other sheet forming operations. Participants will learn how QForm enables accurate prediction of material flow, thinning and thickening, strain distribution, springback, forming load, and potential defects such as wrinkling and cracking.