EMO 2011 sees the world premiere of the D300, the smaller sister of Makino’s highly successful D500. Its outstanding features are indexing accuracies of less than 3 arc seconds and a surface quality of Ra 0.2 μm. What the D300 offers small to mid-sized firms looking to expand into new segments is a high degree of rigidity, utility and accuracy in a compact package. Not only are these the qualities aerospace suppliers want; they also give premium job shops and die- and mouldmakers the flexibility to target new markets.