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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based EZset LLC named Hi-Speed Corp., Thousand Oaks, California, the exclusive West Coast manufacturers representative for its high-precision, German-built line of tool-presetting machines.

AutoCrib Inc., Tustin, California, a manufacturer of automated inventory vending systems, named its new regional partner, AutoCrib South Asia.