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Wisconsin Firms Heed Call to Address Skills Gap
With the “Baby Boomers” on the cusp of retirement, members of the NEW alliance are taking initiatives to inform students, parents, and teachers about careers in manufacturing, breathing life into American industry.
New Honing Process Produces High-Precision in Manufacturing
Developed in Europe by Sunnen Products Company, the Single Stroke Honing® process for cast-iron hydraulic valve bodies produces less than 2 µm cylindricity in bores, achieving almost 200 percent more precision than previously possible.
World’s Largest 5-Axis Laser-Texturing Machine Comes to North America
Custom Etch purchased the LASER 4000 5Ax from GF Machining Solutions to add surface textures to extra-large workpieces used for automotive parts, housewares, aerospace, medical, beverage, lawn and garden equipment and toys.
Allied Machine & Engineering Joins Partners in THINC
The provider of precision hole-making technologies joins over 40 THINC members that provide solutions to end-users and enhance productivity while maintaining lean operations.
GibbsCAM International Conference is Largest Ever
The 24th annual Reseller conference held in Las Vegas established itself as a worldwide presence, with representatives of nearly 20 different countries in attendance.
Creative CNC Becomes a Siemens PLM Partner
The company is now able to distribute Siemens’ NXTM software for CAD and CAM sales in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota.
Boring Mill Fuels Energy Sector Expansion for Machine Shop
Milwaukee Machine Works expands its energy sector business into wind turbine gearbox housings, fluid end manifolds for the oil/gas industry, and other oversized components up to 10 ft long and weighing up to 7,000 lb with a new large capacity dual-pallet Giddings & Lewis MC 1600 from Fives.
Custom CNC Helps Break New Ground
NUM develops special hardware and software for the XO laser cutter of Favor Laser, marking the company’s entry into the high performance end of the market.
Bremen Castings Welcomes Fifth Generation to Company
As the machine shop and foundry operation celebrates it’s 75th anniversary, it welcomes Jordan Brown to the team, who will join the company as the inside sales manager.
GMTA Gets Busy
The German metalworking machine tool builders group now represents two additional lines of quality German machines, with agreements finalized to handle the Rosink line of parts washers plus the Arnold line of laser welding machines.
Manufacturing Technology Orders Rise in March
AMT reports manufacturing technology orders are up 38.5 percent from February and up 2.9 percent compared to the report of March 2013.
Vero Software Hosts Largest Ever Reseller Conference
Delegates from more than 35 countries and 259 independent specialists representing 1,500 years of CAM experience all congregated to see the latest product developments, discuss future direction, and get insight into strategic business plans.
