Starrag celebrates positive MACH 2026

MACH 2026 held in Birmingham recently proved a resounding success for Starrag with high-quality enquiries and stand visitor numbers far exceeding previous MACH exhibitions. The Swiss machine manufacturer presented a complex turbine head that can be fully machined to the highest quality standards in the shortest possible time on the company’s Bumotec 191neo machine.

With a reputation in sectors from aerospace and power generation to the offshore sector, the Bumotec 191neo high-precision multi-task machining centre was one of the few machines from the Starrag portfolio small enough to fit on a stand at MACH. Regardless, the machine, which is known as the ‘Swiss army knife‘ of small part machining, demonstrated its seven axes and flexibility at the show. Visitors were enthralled by the opportunities it presents for complex one-hit machining in sectors such as luxury goods, medical technology, micromechanics and avionics.

According to Starrag, the Bumotec 191neo is characterised by productivity and precision, which arrive courtesy of its stability, high-torque milling spindle, fast tool changer and thermal properties.

Expertise in all machining tasks

Starrag machines are by no means limited to such small components. They cover machining across all size ranges, including huge, heavy workpieces that can be machined on Droop+Rein machines. This extensive expertise was also presented at MACH 2026, with Starrag’s industry experts demonstrating the breadth of the portfolio to stand visitors.

Commenting on the MACH exhibition, Starrag UK’s Sales Director Lee Scott said: “MACH was another huge success for Starrag UK, and the quality and quantity of enquiries have been exceptional. As a marquee brand, we’re recognised by manufacturers in all industry sectors, but the beauty of having a compact Bumotec 191neo on the stand was the awareness it presented to our larger part manufacturing customers of the sheer diversity of our portfolio.”

He continued: “Demonstrating our unique project-oriented expertise in everything from the minuscule to the massive, in sectors from automotive to aerospace and power generation is something that genuinely drove enquiries at MACH. With the Bumotec 191neo enjoying major success in the Irish medical industry as well as luxury goods markets worldwide, we had many enquiries that revolved around the one-hit machining of complex small parts.”