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United Grinding North America Names New President and CEO
Current president and chief executive officer Rodger Pinney has been elected as vice chairman of the company’s board of directors in conjunction with his planned retirement, so Terry Derrico will assume complete responsibility for leading the company’s strategic, tactical, operational, and administrative functions in North America.
Techniks Offers Certified Toolholder Promotion
This introductory 30 percent promotion covers ER collet chucks, ShrinkFIT holders, end mill holders, face mill arbors, and turning tools.
Osborn Offers Product and Application Lab Services
The state-of-the-art, Richmond, IN, laboratory facility allows field service engineers to solve difficult deburring problems and be a valuable part of the product engineering process.
Lincoln Electric Announces Extended Warranty Program
The welding equipment warranty extension program offers repair for an additional two years, building on the standard three-year warranty included with the purchase of the company’s welders and wire feeders.For just a small percentage of the machine purchase price, the extended warranty cost includes the price of parts, labor and any required shipping.
AMT Elects New Board of Directors and Officers
This board represents approximately 600 American manufacturers and distributors of machine tools, manufacturing machinery and related products.
IMG Expands Capabilities with MC Machinery Systems
By adding a new waterjet and laser the company can now manufacture parts to completion without the need for an outside source. It also allows IMG to create custom-sized gaskets with essentially no lead time, a huge benefit to clients that require a lot of specialty fabrication.
MacroAir Ceases Manufacturing Agreement With 4Front Industries
By granting the company a license to manufacture its own line of high volume, low speed (HVLS) fans under the Kelley and Serco brands, MacroAir will also stop manufacturing HVLS fans on behalf of Kelley and Serco.
Magnet Applications Partners with Magnequench
Partnership will help ensure magnet applications customers continue to receive
High quality neodymium magnet materials as some patents expire
CSS Announces First Graduates of In-House Apprenticeship Program
Brian Mills and Jeremy Cedeno successfully completed the apprenticeship program, which was created to train enough skilled workers to increase the company’s capacity and continue its rapid growth rate. Mills qualified as a setup operator for the automatic power press while Cedeno qualified as a setup machinist in the CNC department.
MTConnect Announces Challenge 2 Finalists
The five selected Challenge 2 finalists will present their MTConnect-based software applications at the [MC]2 2014 MTConnect: Connecting Manufacturing Conference, where attendees will vote to award three winners with a total of $225,000 in cash prizes, including a $100,000 award for first prize.
ThyssenKrupp Materials NA Opens $15M Coil Processing Facility in Alabama
The 100,000 sq ft carbon, stainless and aluminum coil processing and distribution service center currently employs 20 full-time positions. At full capacity, the facility will create nearly 45 full-time jobs.
EXSYS Strengthens Customer Service Team in Canada
The company hired Lisa Medica as office manager and Kelly Bruce as inside sales representative at its Brampton, Ontario
location.