Industry News

News • April 3, 2018

Motion Industries Inc. opening distribution center

Motion Industries Inc., Birmingham, Ala., a distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Co., will open a distribution center in Auburn, Wash., in late spring.

News • April 3, 2018

GF Machining Solutions LLC appoints sales and marketing team members

GF Machining Solutions LLC, Lincolnshire, Ill., appointed several members to its sales and marketing team.

News • April 3, 2018

Dorner Manufacturing Corp. appoints territory sales manager

Scott Volk was appointed territory sales manager covering Indiana for Dorner Manufacturing Corp., Hartland, Wis.

News • April 3, 2018

Marposs Corp. launches technical center in Silicon Valley

Marposs Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich., strategically placed its new technical center in Silicon Valley, a hub of innovation and technology.

News • April 3, 2018

GF Machining Solutions LLC to celebrate grand opening

GF Machining Solutions LLC, Lincolnshire, Ill., will unveil its Aerospace and Energy Center of Competence at a grand opening that will begin with an evening welcome reception at the Carolina Aviation Museum at 6 p.m. April 24 and continue with an open house at the center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 25.

News • April 3, 2018

AIS Technologies Group hires Doug LoFranco

Active Industrial Solutions, Tecumseh, Ontario, and Radix Inc., Tecumseh, named Doug LoFranco president and CEO.

News • April 3, 2018

RoboVent acquired by Air Filtration Holdings LLC

RoboVent, Sterling Heights, Mich., is now part of Air Filtration Holdings LLC, Chicago.

News • April 3, 2018

Vero Software Ltd. hires applications engineer

In response to the growth of its Edgecam and Surfcam solutions, Vero Software Ltd., Cheltenham, England, added Applications Engineer Randal Warkentien to its team of support professionals.

News • April 3, 2018

Heidenhain Corp. donates to Center for Precision Metrology

Enabling further advancements in metrology, Heidenhain Corp., Schaumburg, Ill., donated equipment to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's Center for Precision Metrology, a premier metrology lab.

News • April 3, 2018

3M Tops Stellar Industrial’s 2017 Cost Savings Partner Awards

Stellar Industrial Supply Inc., Tacoma, Wash., named partner 3M Co., St. Paul, Minn., the winner of its Documented Cost Savings "Horse Race" Winner of the Year Award for 2017.

News • April 2, 2018

Mahr Inc. promotes Don Foisy

Mahr Inc., Providence, R.I., promoted Don Foisy to director of operations to support continued company growth.

News • April 2, 2018

Roger Wood named CEO, chairman of the board at Fallbrook Technologies Inc.

Fallbrook Technologies Inc., Cedar Park, Texas, announced that Roger Wood, former CEO of publicly traded Dana Holding Corp., will become the CEO and chairman of the board for the privately held developer and licenser of the patented NuVinci continuously variable planetary transmission technology.