DMG MORI has selected the winners of the 21st Machining Dream Contest and will exhibit all 63 entries at JIMTOF2026. The awards ceremony will be held at Tokyo Kaikan on 27 October, where the winners will receive certificates and prize money. All 63 entries are also scheduled to be exhibited at the DMG MORI booth at JIMTOF2026.
DMG MORI has selected the winners of the 21st Machining Dream Contest. There were 63 entries, including 4 from the Industrial Parts Machining category, 7 from the Prototype and Test Machining category, 4 from the Artistic Machining category, 4 from the Advanced Machining category, and 5 from the Academic category, for a total of 24 award-winning entries.
The entries were judged by 6 judges, chaired by Professor Sugita Naohiko (杉田 直彦) of the University of Tokyo. The awards ceremony is scheduled to be held at Tokyo Kaikan in Marunouchi, Tokyo, on 27 October (Tuesday), where the winners will receive certificates and prize money.
At JIMTOF2026, all 63 entries will be exhibited at the DMG MORI booth at Tokyo Big Sight from 26 to 31 October. Following the awards ceremony, all entries are also expected to be exhibited at the Tokyo Global Headquarters and Iga Plant.
The winning entries and evaluation points for the Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Technical Skill awards in each category are introduced. In particular, the Gold Award winner in the Industrial Parts Machining category, “省・小・精” (Efficiency, Miniaturization and Precision): Micro Needles, was recognised for its high-precision technology for machining minute tapered holes. Other categories were also evaluated for their original machining technologies and beautiful forms.