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CUTLIVE26, one month later: beyond the event
The group photo of the entire Cutlite Penta team during CUTLIVE26 at the Prato facilities
CUTLIVE26

CUTLIVE26, one month later: what remains beyond the event

Some events end the moment they are over. Others keep leaving traces long after.

One month after CUTLIVE26, the strongest memory is not just three intense days at our Prato facilities, but the awareness of having shared something concrete: our way of understanding technology, production, and customer relationships. In the conversations born, the questions collected, the relationships strengthened, and the perception people carried back to their companies.

For us, CUTLIVE26 was exactly this: not just an open house, but a moment when our identity, our machines, and our people showed themselves live, without filters.

An experience to be seen live

The image that stays most impressed is seeing so many people, from very different realities, gathering together at our facilities. Not at a trade fair, passing by a booth by chance, but choosing to come all the way to Prato, from all over Italy and from abroad.

CUTLIVE26 welcomed small companies, larger and more structured organizations, professionals with different needs but the same will to dig deeper and compare notes. They observed the machines, asked questions, talked with technicians and sales people, followed the talks closely, and took the opportunity to compare technologies, approaches, and solutions. It was a technical event, but also a moment of relationships, conviviality, and genuine exchange.

CUTLIVE26 visitors talking with a Cutlite Penta technician around the bench with cut parts, in front of the FHD
Around the bench with the cut parts: questions in front of the machine are worth more than any presentation.

Technology in action, not just told

One of the aspects that struck visitors most was seeing the technology live. During the event we showed five of our most representative systems, each expressing a part of our production vision: the FHD 4030 at 30 kW with double drilling unit, the FAST 4020 at 20 kW, the XMF 3015 at 20 kW, the PLUS BEVEL 6025 at 60 kW, and the TUBE at 8 kW.

Seeing these machines at work made immediately tangible what Cutlite Penta is today: a company that does not just offer high-performing systems, but develops proprietary solutions, from the cutting head to the software, from power to handling, with a complete industrial approach.

The FHD 30 kW in the CUTLIVE26 demo area with the table full of sheets and cut parts and visitors beside it
The FHD 30 kW in the demo area: a table full of cutting tests tells more than any spec sheet.

The event clearly told that Cutlite Penta is a company in step with the times, able to grow without losing the value of competence: a reality that preserves a strong technical and artisan culture, but that today operates on a global scale, with systems installed in many countries and a direct service network built to accompany customers in different contexts and markets.

The people behind CUTLIVE26

Those who entered the company during CUTLIVE26 did not just see machines: above all, they perceived a living company. Behind every system there are people who every day put care, competence, and responsibility into what they do. Technicians who constantly study the systems and are the same ones who then reach customers to assist them in the field. Sales people who know companies' needs and can turn them into solutions.

Many visitors also perceived this: a prepared, reachable, advanced reality that is at the same time authentic. They met our friendliness, our concreteness, that Italian and Tuscan way of welcoming that combines professionalism and human warmth.

Networking moment in the CUTLIVE26 lobby, with the green wall and the Live26 sign
The CUTLIVE26 lobby: between demos, relationships are the part of the event that lasts the longest.

And behind the three days of the event there was an enormous amount of work. The Italian and international sales teams, the back office, marketing, the demo area technicians, those who built the machines, those who moved them, those who from the offices made materials, tools, and operational support available: CUTLIVE26 was possible thanks to a choral effort, born long before the opening and built over time.

What the event left behind

One month on, what remains is not just the memory of a successful event. Above all, there is the feeling of having marked a turning point.

Compared to the previous edition, attendance doubled. And we managed it with the same team.

International interest grew and, with the same team, we managed to follow an even larger number of customers and contacts. It is an important signal, because it tells not only the growth of what we do, but also of how we can present it to the market. The event also left more: strengthened relationships, discussions started, machines sold, new opportunities, dialogues on topics that closely touch manufacturing companies, from incentives to technologies, up to the role the laser can play in production strategies.

And it left a confirmation: the market looks for solid, prepared, credible partners. It looks for companies able to combine technology, service, vision, and human relationships. In this sense, CUTLIVE26 did not just show Cutlite Penta: it helped define its positioning with greater clarity.

From open house to journey

CUTLIVE should not be read only as an open house.

CUTLIVE is, in a way, Cutlite Penta's “live” throughout the whole year.

It is at the trade fairs (we told the road that led here), in the running tests of our demo area, and in the content with which we tell our solutions. The May days are its most visible moment, but the meaning of CUTLIVE goes beyond those dates. It is the expression of our company, but also of our territory, of our Italy, of our Tuscany: a way of working and welcoming that brings together industry, competence, relationships, and attention to detail.

That is why, one month after the end, CUTLIVE26 does not look like a finish line, but like a stage that strengthened an already clear direction. What we saw in Prato was the confirmation that Cutlite Penta is growing, consolidating its identity, and building something the market recognizes more and more. And this, in all likelihood, is just the beginning.

Frequently asked questions

What was CUTLIVE26?

Cutlite Penta's open house: three days, May 7-9, 2026, at the Prato production facilities, with the demo area running, the full team, technical talks, networking, and visitors from all over Italy and from abroad.

Which machines were running during the event?

Five representative systems: the FHD 4030 at 30 kW with double drilling unit, the FAST 4020 at 20 kW, the XMF 3015 at 20 kW, the PLUS BEVEL 6025 at 60 kW, and the TUBE at 8 kW. All visible at work in the demo area.

What results did CUTLIVE26 bring?

Compared to the previous edition, attendance doubled, with growing international interest, managed with the same team. Plus strengthened relationships, discussions started, machines sold, and new opportunities on the topics that touch manufacturing companies.

Does CUTLIVE happen only in May?

No. CUTLIVE is Cutlite Penta's “live” throughout the year: at trade fairs, in the running tests of the Prato demo area, open to customers at any time, and in the content telling our solutions. The May days are the most visible moment of a continuous journey.

CUTLIVE does not end in May

Want to experience the demo area off-season?

Running tests in Prato go on all year round: bring your materials and thicknesses, and see the cutting live, without waiting for the next edition.