Industry News

News • July 27, 2018

Camcraft Inc. invests in state-of-the-art machining, metrology equipment

Camcraft Inc. in Hanover Park, Illinois, manufactures high-precision components and assemblies. Utilizing the latest machining technology and automation, the company makes complex hydraulic engine management and fuel system components for on- and off-highway applications. It specializes in producing difficult, precision-machined components—parts that require heat treatment, grinding, bore sizing, hard turning and superfinishing to achieve micron tolerances and provide superior performance for customers' applications.

News • July 13, 2018

Distributor profile: Cline Tool’s hybrid approach

Recently expanding to three other states after more than six decades located solely in central Iowa, Cline Tool is taking its hybrid distributor-supplier role to more customers than ever before on the strength of its technical expertise that rivals larger companies in the market.

News • July 13, 2018

The U.S. can still catch up in manufacturing

If anything will revive U.S. manufacturing, it's certainly not an ever-changing package of hastily proposed and canceled tariffs. But as President Donald Trump pursues that nonstrategy, it's worth asking the longer-term questions of whether U.S. manufacturing even needs to be revived at all, and if so, what can accomplish the task.

News • June 27, 2018

Tooling Tech Group acquires Die Cad Group

Tooling Tech Group, Macomb, Michigan, acquired Die Cad Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan, a global engineering company specializing in tooling design and simulation for the metalworking industry.

News • June 27, 2018

Solar Manufacturing Inc. breaks ground on facility

Solar Manufacturing Inc., Souderton, Pennsylvania, began a new chapter in its history with a groundbreaking ceremony for a manufacturing facility at the Sellersville Business Campus in Sellersville, Pennsylvania.

News • June 27, 2018

Röhm Products of America Inc. appoints sales manager

To further support Midwestern customers, clamping and gripping provider Röhm Products of America Inc., Suwanee, Georgia, appointed George Burleson to manage sales of the company's products in the Illinois and Wisconsin territories.

News • June 27, 2018

Master Fluid Solutions hires Erica A. Denton

Master Fluid Solutions, Perrysburg, Ohio, hired Erica A. Denton as director of the global supply chain.

News • June 27, 2018

Hexagon AB acquires Spring Technologies SAS

Hexagon AB, Stockholm, a leader in digital solutions, acquired Spring Technologies SAS, Montreuil, France, a software provider specializing in integrated solutions for optimizing the machining workflow through machine tool simulation, toolpath verification and optimization, and machine tool management.

News • June 26, 2018

Vero Software Rehires Ed Patterson to Support SMIRT Customers

Vero Software Ltd. hired Application Engineer Ed Patterson to support customers of SMIRT viewing software for the die-build stamping industry.

News • June 26, 2018

Coldwater Machine Co. opens engineering office

Coldwater Machine Co., Coldwater, Ohio, an engineered solutions and precision machining company that manufactures and integrates assembly automation and special machines, announced that it is opening a 2,300 sq. ft. engineering office at 3401 Park Center Dr. in north Dayton, located near both I-75 and I-70 for easy accessibility.

News • June 26, 2018

Heller Group appoints Kenneth Goodin

Kenneth Goodin joined Heller Group in January as vice president of program management.

News • June 26, 2018

Gehring LP merges with copperING Group

Gehring LP, Farmington Hills, Michigan, and copperING Group are uniting their global product portfolios, establishing themselves as a supplier for production systems in both conventional and electrical powertrain segments.