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TRUMPF opens €16m French technology headquarters. September 21, 2026 TRUMPF has opened a €16.1 million headquarters near Paris, France. The Villepinte facility combines live manufacturing demonstrations, technical training, software, and connected-production support. TRUMPF has opened a €16.1 million French headquarters in Villepinte near Paris, creating a customer and technical centre around machine tools, industrial lasers, software and connected-manufacturing technologies. The building sits roughly 20 kilometres north-east of central Paris on a site covering more than 5,000 square metres. Around 2,700 square metres of usable space is spread across several levels containing offices, seminar rooms, storage areas, a training facility and a ground-floor showroom where manufacturing equipment can be demonstrated in operation. The showroom is central to the industrial purpose of the investment. Customers can see TRUMPF machine tools and lasers running alongside software solutions and associated services, allowing production technology to be evaluated as part of a manufacturing system rather than through equipment specifications alone. That increasingly reflects how capital equipment is bought. A laser cutting machine, punching system or welding installation provides the core process, but its productivity depends on programming, material handling, machine utilisation, maintenance, production scheduling and the flow of data into the wider factory. TRUMPF is using the Villepinte centre to demonstrate those layers together. The company specifically identifies digital systems, robotics and artificial intelligence as tools for improving machine utilisation, increasing process transparency and supporting more connected production. The practical value lies in giving manufacturers an environment where those claims can be examined against physical equipment. A machine can offer a high nominal processing rate while the surrounding operation loses time through loading, unloading, programming or an imbalance with downstream equipment. Demonstrating the complete workflow can expose those restrictions earlier in an investment decision. That is particularly useful for smaller manufacturers, where a poorly specified automation project can consume a disproportionate amount of capital and engineering time. A technical centre gives potential users an opportunity to explore process routes, software and equipment combinations before introducing them into a live factory. Training forms the other significant part of the new site. Modern machine tools depend increasingly on programming, digital process data and automated handling, making workforce capability inseparable from equipment performance. A factory may own sophisticated machinery and still achieve disappointing utilisation if operators, programmers and maintenance teams cannot exploit it consistently. The Villepinte investment therefore extends beyond sales. Demonstration, application advice and training can support a machine across more of its operating life, while the physical proximity to French customers reduces the distance between a production problem and specialist technical support. TRUMPF has operated in France for more than 45 years and employs around 160 people in the country. Its French subsidiary generated sales in the low hundreds of millions of euros during the 2025/26 financial year, while a separate production operation remains at Haguenau in Alsace. The new headquarters does not replace that manufacturing site. Villepinte's role is centred on customer support, training, demonstrations and the wider commercial operation, giving TRUMPF a larger technical interface with companies buying equipment produced across its international manufacturing network. Its technologies serve industries including sheet-metal processing, automotive production, semiconductor manufacturing and aerospace. Lasers are used for cutting, welding, drilling and marking, while the company's machine-tool portfolio covers processes including cutting, punching, bending and related automation. The building itself adds an engineering layer to the investment. Barkow Leibinger designed the headquarters using a timber-concrete structure, while 80 photovoltaic modules on the roof provide 33.2kW of installed generating capacity. Heating is supported by 13 geothermal probes, each extending 140 metres into the ground. These systems do not determine the economics of the customer centre, but they reflect the increasingly common integration of on-site generation and lower-carbon building services into new industrial and technical facilities. The commercial case remains grounded in manufacturing productivity. European machine-tool companies are selling into a market where customers face high labour costs, skills shortages and pressure to extract more output from existing floorspace. Digitalisation and robotics can address some of those constraints, but only where the resulting equipment is reliable enough to justify the investment. A customer centre cannot prove that on behalf of a factory. What it can do is bring physical machines, software, training and application specialists together before capital is committed, reducing the distance between a manufacturer's production problem and the equipment proposed to solve it. The €16.1 million Villepinte development is therefore less a manufacturing-capacity expansion than an investment in the infrastructure surrounding manufacturing technology. Its effectiveness will be measured by how successfully live demonstrations, training and technical support translate into productive equipment installations across French industry. Stories for you. * Hysata scales electrolyser manufacturing at Port Kembla Hysata will expand Port Kembla electrolyser manufacturing with government funding. The A$98 million programme starts at 50MW annual capacity and can scale towards 200MW. * TRUMPF opens €16m French technology headquarters TRUMPF has opened a €16.1 million headquarters near Paris, France. The Villepinte facility combines live manufacturing demonstrations, technical training, software, and connected-production support.

TRUMPF to unveil TruPunch 5000 punching machine at EuroBLECH 2026. September 21, 2026 DITZINGEN and HANOVER, Germany, Sep 21, 2026 - At EuroBLECH, TRUMPF is presenting the new generation of its most productive punching machine, the TruPunch 5000. The high-tech company has focused in particular on improving the machine's reliability, productivity, and user-friendliness. "We are seeing a growing demand for punched sheet metal parts, particularly in the energy and electronics industries, which are currently among the fastest-growing sectors. With the new TruPunch 5000, we're helping our customers produce high volumes cost-effectively and automatically," says Michael Steimle, product manager at TRUMPF. Greater transparency for higher productivity The new machine control system - the integrated "Vision Equipment Pro" camera system - and a second monitor ensure greater transparency in production. The new machine control system transmits the machine's process and status data to TRUMPF's "Smart View" digital service. Machine operators can view this information on a dashboard from any location and take early corrective action to prevent impending downtime. In addition, up to ten integrated cameras capture the machine's work area. Production staff can access these images at any time and from any location, for example at the setup station. Furthermore, a second screen can display production-related information, such as camera images of the machines or data from TRUMPF's Oseon software. In the future, machine updates can also be installed without a service technician on site. Looking ahead, TRUMPF plans to offer the "Remote Operation Support" service for the TruPunch 5000 as well. This will allow TRUMPF to troubleshoot the machine remotely at the customer's site. "This enables our customers, for example, to run production overnight without the need for on-site personnel," says Steimle. Machine control as the foundation for AI-based automation With the new machine control system, TRUMPF is laying the foundation for highly flexible and future-proof automation in the TruPunch 5000. At EuroBLECH, for the first time, the company is showcasing an AI-supported solution for the automated sorting of small parts. The intelligent cameras detect the position of the parts, allowing a robot to pick them up and sort them without any programming effort. This reduces downtime and increases manufacturing productivity. With the new TruPunch 5000, TRUMPF has significantly simplified operation. An improved safety concept shortens the operator's walking distances and reduces downtime. TRUMPF has also made tool setup more user-friendly. The new "ToolMaster Linear" tool changer features an additional display located directly at the setup station. Operators can view all necessary tool information there and set up tools more quickly and safely. Proven technology for a wide range of manufacturing tasks With the new TruPunch 5000, TRUMPF maintains the proven performance specifications of the previous model. With 22 metric tons of punching force, the machine processes sheet metal up to eight millimeters thick at a rate of up to 1,600 strokes per minute. In addition to punching, it also performs complex forming operations such as embossing and drawing. The open machine frame allows for high flexibility with different component sizes and ensures easy access to the machine - even in highly automated systems. Furthermore, the active die on the TruPunch 5000 enables high-quality, low-scratch surfaces, greater forming heights, and higher process reliability for demanding punching and forming applications. The TruPunch 5000 is suitable for both small-batch manufacturers and high-volume producers. Typical applications range from control cabinet construction and components for data centers to intricate trim and functional parts. TruPunch 5000 as part of a directly interlinked manufacturing system At EuroBLECH, TRUMPF is showcasing the TruPunch 5000 as part of a directly interlinked manufacturing system. The "SheetMaster" automation system places the punched parts onto a buffer conveyor belt. This belt automatically transports them to the TruBend Center bending cell, where a manipulator picks them up and bends them. Unlike in traditional line production, the TRUMPF solution keeps the material flow flexible. Users can, for instance, also return the components to the warehouse or transfer them to a mobile robot for further transport. This makes the system suitable for manufacturing a wide variety of components and helps sheet metal fabricators position themselves for the future. The flexibility in material flow allows the TruPunch 5000 and the TruBend Center 7030 to achieve their full productivity even at different processing speeds. If one machine is operating at a higher capacity than the other, an integrated buffer storage system balances the material flow, while scrap sheets can be used in parallel for other processes. In this way, the solution combines the advantages of direct interlinking with high flexibility and consistently high utilization of both machines. "With our directly interlinked system, the user can individually define the optimal material flow for each part and fully leverage the machines' productivity. This flexibility is unique in the sheet metal fabrication market to date," says Product Manager Sebastian Götz. About TRUMPF TRUMPF is a high-tech company offering manufacturing solutions in the fields of machine tools and laser technology. It is headquartered in Germany and drives digital connectivity in manufacturing through consulting, platform products and software. TRUMPF is one of the technology and market leaders in highly versatile machine tools for sheet metal processing and in the field of industrial lasers. It offers high-performance laser systems for microchip production, process power supply components, and plasma technology. In 2024/25, TRUMPF employed 18,303 people and generated sales of 4.7 billion USD. With about 90 companies, the TRUMPF Group is represented throughout Europe, North America, South America and Asia. The company has production facilities in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, the United States, Mexico and China. Find out more about TRUMPF at www.trumpf.com. Invitation

TRUMPF has introduced a new ultrashort-pulse laser application that enables industrial production of cooling systems integrated into AI chips. The German high-tech company unveiled the technology at Semicon Taiwan. The solution addresses heat dissipation challenges in advanced packaging, where chips are stacked to boost computing power in compact spaces. TRUMPF's ultrashort-pulse lasers create microstructures in materials like silicon carbide that dissipate heat directly within chip stacks. The laser technology ablates silicon carbide with micrometer precision, achieving processing speeds at least five times faster than traditional etching whilst maintaining surface quality. This enables semiconductor manufacturers to integrate microfluidic cooling or heat spreaders cost-effectively. TRUMPF employed 16,960 people and generated sales of €4.3 billion in 2025/26.