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Mori Seiki Celebrates 25th Anniversary at Innovation Days
Mori Seiki USA (Chicago, IL) recently celebrated its 25th anniversary at Innovation Days 2008 in the company?s Chicago Technical Center. Presentations focused on a wide variety of topics, including the latest machine innovations, new technologies and workforce development. Attendees of…
Vari-Form Receives Ford Q1 Award
Vari-Form (Dearborn, MI), a large producer of hydroformed structural components for the automotive industry, recently received the prestigious Ford Q1 Award, Ford Motor Company?s highest recognition for supplier quality at a ceremony held in Strathroy, ON. Vari-Form has supplied tube…
The Road to Welding Automation
Why and When to Take the Journey
When the Rubber Hits the Mold
This shop profile explores how one small mold-maker relies on ingenuity and technology to succeed when times get tough.
Pressing On with Safety Networks
Similar discretely wired safety relays can finally be replaced by safety rated networks. Why did we abandon relay-based control but hold on so long to relay-based safety?
Donaldson Acquires LMC West
Donaldson Company, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) acquires the assets of LMC West (Riverbank, CA), a manufacturer of industrial dust collection and filtration systems for woodworking, agricultural and industrial applications. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. LMC West had annual sales…
Braddock Metallurgical Purchases Suncoast Heat Treat Inc.
Braddock Metallurgical, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL) purchases certain assets of Suncoast Heat Treat Inc. (Boynton Beach, FL). The privately-held company does not disclose details. Among the assets purchased are Suncoast?s state-of-the-art Boynton Beach Aerospace Division and the Daytona Beach facility. These…
Parkview Metal Products Opens Facility In Juarez, Mexico
Parkview Metal Products (Lake Zurich, IL) opens an 80,000 sq ft facility in Juarez, Mexico to service growing demand among its precision metal stamping, metal fabrication and value-added assembly customers in the Southwest, including a Tier 1 automotive supplier that…
TORNOS Acquires Almac and Almatronic
Tornos Group (Moutier, Switzerland) acquires a 95 percent share of Almac SA and 100 percent of Almatronic SA, both in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Almac manufactures CNC machining equipment for small high precision parts in the medical, dental and semi-connector industries….
VX Corp. Adds Great Lakes As Reseller
VX Corporation (Melbourne, Fl) adds Great Lakes 3D CAD/CAM as its newest U.S. reseller. Great Lakes 3D will work closely with the Erie Institute of Technology (Erie, PA) to establish a regional VX CAD/CAM training center. The Erie Institute of…
Haller Acquires Acro-Feed and Automatic Tooling
Haller International Technologies, Inc. (Detriot, MI) acquires Acro-Feed Industries, Inc. and Automatic Tooling Corporation, both in Detriot. Haller is wholly owned by Dennis A. Haller, the former president of Acro-Feed and ATC. Acro-Feed manufactures designer and automatic bar loaders for…
Rockwell Automation Acquires Cedes
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI) has reached an agreement to acquire the Safety and Automation business of CEDES AG (Landquart, Switzerland), a European supplier of safety and measuring light curtains, safety and non-safety optoelectronics, control units and related accessories for…