Management

Precision Tool Technologies Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality products and services for wholesale optical laboratories and retail optical industries. The company's first success came in the precision machining of polishing tools and mold inserts for the optical industry, where accuracy of ±0.0001” and surface finishes of 4 Ra are required. For successful operations, this level of excellence must be repeatable on a daily (and nightly) basis. During the course of perfecting their techniques, Precision Tool became the “go to” company for solving difficult machining problems for a variety of industries. Haimer has been a key partner in helping them maintain this competitive edge.

Recently, Haimer USA tried something new: a community outreach project. The employees at Haimer USA joined forces to collect items for a worthy, local organization.

ARCH announced the appointment of Lori Lorant to the position of vice president human resources. Lorant has been with the organization for almost five years and has held the roles of employee relations manager and director of human resources prior to her promotion to vice president.

Mobile Industrial Robots opened its largest office in North America to accommodate continued growth across the continent. The new two-building, 7,376-sq.-ft. office in Holbrook, New York, replaces the Danish company’s first international office, opened in the same city in 2016.

Heidenhain announces the opening of a new central U.S. sales office as part of the company’s continued North American expansion efforts. Operating in Longmont, Colorado, this new office now provides direct sales support for central U.S. and Mexico territories, previously managed in either Heidenhain’s longtime Illinois or its 2017-established California headquarters.

While buzzwords such as predictive maintenance, artificial intelligence, digital twin and augmented reality have promised to enable the fabled digital transformation of manufacturing, when it comes to Manufacturing 4.0, most practical applications start and end with machine connectivity.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has named Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative, as a member of its new Investment Advisory Council. The council will advise the commerce secretary on how government policies and programs affect the United States’ ability to attract and facilitate business investment.

St. Paul, MN --- Matsuura Machinery USA, Inc. announces the promotion of Cassandra Yanke to Logistics and Project Manager.