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Partners in THINC Welcomes Blum as a New Partner

A manufacturer of leading-edge measuring and testing technology joins this technology cluster to help develop manufacturing solutions for companies that use CNC machine tools for metal cutting.

Posted: April 26, 2011

A manufacturer of leading-edge measuring and testing technology joins this technology cluster to help develop manufacturing solutions for companies that use CNC machine tools for metal cutting.

Okuma America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) recently announced that Blum-Novotest, a developer of leading-edge measuring and testing technology, has joined Partners in THINC to help develop manufacturing solutions for companies that use CNC machine tools for metal cutting.

Specializing in innovative technology for productivity and precision, Blum’s measuring components division provides tactile and optical measuring systems for workpiece measurement and tool setting applications in machine tools. Supporting various industries, including mold and die, automotive and aircraft, Blum products are essential to ensure precision and reliability of in-process measurement on metal-cutting machines.

Blum products can be seen and demonstrated at the Partners in THINC facility in Charlotte, North Carolina and at the Okuma Tech Centers in Chicago and Houston. Established in 1968 and based in Ravensburg, Germany, Blum-Novotest GmbH is recognized worldwide as a developer of leading-edge measuring and testing technology for international machine tools, aerospace and automotive industries.

The family firm has more than 260 employees working in Germany, Great Britain, Italy, France, Czech Republic, USA, China, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea. Together with skilled dealers (due to their technical competence called “system integrators”) and regional sales offices they guarantee comprehensive service for thousands of Blum systems applied all over the world.

www.okuma.com

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