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The Moldplas 2025 trade fair, one of Portugal’s most significant industrial events, took place from 13 to 15 November at Exposalão in Batalha (Leiria) and attracted more than 15,000 professional visitors. With over 250 exhibiting companies and dedicated areas such as 3D Additive Expo, i4.0 Expo and Subcontracting, the event provided a broad view of current technological developments and digital production trends.

Rather than focusing on a traditional product demonstration, Teraport engaged directly with visitors and presented mido through concrete application scenarios. It quickly became clear how precisely the software analyses CAD models and translates them into transparent, consistent tool cost calculations. This practical approach resonated strongly, especially within the Portuguese tool and moldmaking sector, known for its agility and strong industrial drive.

“Many discussions at Moldplas showed how important fast and transparent tool cost evaluation is for Portuguese industrial companies,” explains Philipp Hübner, Product Manager for mido. “With mido, we demonstrated live how easily complex CAD geometries can be analysed and turned into reliable cost structures.”

Visitors particularly appreciated the short calculation times and structured reports that make mido a trusted tool in early development phases. The fair also offered valuable opportunities to connect with moldmakers and manufacturing companies from the Leiria region – one of Portugal’s most dynamic industrial hubs.

“Moldplas clearly highlighted the momentum within the Portuguese tool and moldmaking industry,” emphasizes Raphael Heilig, Managing Director of Teraport GmbH. “mido enables companies to achieve greater process stability and maintain transparent cost control – essential qualities in a rapidly evolving, digitally oriented market.”

With its strong presence at Moldplas 2025, Teraport strengthens its footprint in Portugal and reinforces its role as a reliable partner for companies aiming to modernise and safeguard their costing processes.

Innovative Approaches to Casting Development and Procurement
At the Aalen Foundry Colloquium 2025, Teraport GmbH delivered a widely acclaimed presentation on practical optimization opportunities across the entire cast part process chain—from development and procurement to sales. Under the title “There’s more to it!”, Dr. Stefan Wittmann, Product Manager for veo and Head of Algorithm Development at Teraport, demonstrated how early virtual analyses (termed veo quality gates) can significantly boost efficiency.
The presentation showcased a real-world project: the development of a housing for the pneumatic control of a dual-clutch transmission. Using this case, typical weaknesses—such as material accumulations and unfavorable wall thicknesses—were identified and optimized using Teraport’s in-house software solution, veo.
“Our quality gates enable us to detect problematic geometries early and resolve them efficiently—before costly correction loops become necessary,” Wittmann explained.
The economic aspect was also a key focus. In conjunction with mido, Teraport’s tool for automated tooling cost estimation, the company can provide reliable early-stage insights into costs, tool concepts, and production timelines.
“This creates transparency and a sound decision-making basis for both purchasing and sales—ensuring all project stakeholders are on equal footing,” Wittmann added.
Once again, Teraport underscored that modern casting development demands more than theoretical approaches—it requires tools that are practical, efficient, and economically viable.

The Aalen Foundry Colloquium 2024 was an important meeting place for experts and innovators in die casting. The event in Aalen presented the latest technologies and methods in the foundry industry.

The focus was on sustainable and efficient casting processes. Teraport’s veoCAST, which sets new standards in the validation of casting designs, was also present. The latest version of veoCAST offers advanced functions for precise geometry analysis and undercut calculation, which are essential for optimising sensible slide demoulding directions.

“We are pleased to present the latest features of veoCAST at the Aalen Foundry Colloquium 2024,” said Dr. Stefan Wittmann, Product Manager for veoCAST. ”Our improvements are based, among other things, on the growing requirements of megacasting, a topic that is naturally of concern to many in specialist circles. The positive feedback from our customers confirms the value of our continuous improvements.”

In addition, veoCAST contributes to environmentally friendly component design with extensive functions for material savings.

‘mido’ also received a lot of attention. Mido revolutionises tool cost calculation by deriving cost drivers directly from 3D CAD models, enabling fast and accurate cost estimation.  “Mido represents a major step forward in terms of standardisation, accuracy and speed in tool costing,” said Philipp Hübner, Product Manager for mido at Teraport.

The colloquium featured live demonstrations that gave attendees hands-on experience with the latest tools and techniques. This hands-on approach facilitated a deeper understanding of how innovations can be implemented in real-life scenarios. In addition to the technological presentations, the event provided valuable networking opportunities. Industry leaders, researchers and practitioners exchanged insights and forged collaborations. “The Aalen Foundry Colloquium is not only a platform for innovation, but also a catalyst for change in the entire industry,” noted Dr. Wittmann. The 2024 Colloquium emphasised the dynamic progress in the die casting industry and the industry’s commitment to innovation and sustainability.

With the release of veoCAST 7.8, Teraport once again presents significant advances in terms of design validation in casting technology. The update provides an optimized visualization, which enables users to perform more precise geometry analyses. In addition, the newly introduced calculation of undercuts allows a more precise evaluation with regard to slider demoulding directions and non-demouldable part geometries. With this additional information, manufacturing processes can be planned more precisely. Furthermore, performance improvements allow the optimized handling of particularly large components. “We have deliberately focused on the topic of optimizing calculation speed. We are preparing ourselves for the fact that our customers want to analyze ever larger components in the course of giga-casting while maintaining the same quality and accuracy of results. In this way, we want to ensure that the time advantage and simplicity with which veoCAST generates valuable results is not restricted, even for components that are tens of times the size of conventional casting parts,” comments Managing Director Raphael Heilig on the new release. “The implemented improvements are the result of numerous discussions with our customers and illustrate our ongoing commitment to delivering solutions that are not only accurate and meaningful but also easy to use and fast. True to the veoCAST motto, a large part of the findings of a filling simulation can be delivered in a fraction of the time.”

For more information on veoCAST and to experience the benefits of its latest features apply for a test license here:

 veoCAST – Testlicense

At the end of November, the year seems almost over, but as usual, a very special highlight awaits the tool and mold making industry. The Toolmaking Academy Aachen, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Boos, is calling for the annual meeting. In addition to stimulating discussions about the future of tool and mold making, especially in the field of international competition, the “Excelence in Production” award “Toolmaking of the Year” was also on the agenda. The award ceremony took place in the historic Coronation Hall of Aachen City Hall, where emperors and kings received their insignia eons ago.

The winners can be admired on the EiP website.

The event was framed by a trade exhibition. Here, experts presented future-oriented products and solutions for all aspects of tool and mold making. And ‘mido’ the “Next Generation Tool Cost Calculation” was of course also there.

“We can draw a thoroughly positive conclusion,” said Teraport Managing Director Raphael Heilig after the event. “The WBA Annual Meeting offers a perfect platform for networking. Not only did we receive very good feedback on our mido solution, but we also gained many new impressions of the functions that such software will need in the future. Keywords such as “CO2 footprint”, big data and better standard manufacturer connection are just a few of the points that will soon be on the mido feature list.”

For more information about mido and how it can help you, visit https://vxmido.com.