Industry News

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a provider of motion control and precision automation systems, announces Dave Rego as the new president of PI's Auburn, Massachusetts-based North American operations.

Account managers Brian Basiliere and Kyle Inman have been hired to manage accounts for users of Hexagon production software. The Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence production software business has hired two new team members in support of its metalcutting software.

The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), Weatherford, Texas, announced the launch of the industry's first Level-One and Level-Two Certifications for traditional coordinate measuring machine professionals. Applicants for the CMS Level-One Certification must submit an application, meet eligibility requirements, sign the CMS code of ethics, and pass a peer review.

As part of the company's recent sales and marketing realignment efforts, GF Machining Solutions, Lincolnshire, Illinois, has announced that Peter Eigenmann, former head of sales for the Southeast region, has been promoted to the position of director of sales and marketing, effective Oct. 7, 2019.

Troy, Michigan-based Tebis America, a leading software company specializing in CAD/CAM and MES systems for design and manufacturing, servicing the tool, die, mold, aerospace and automotive manufacturing industries, has announced new management positions for its North America operation.

After seven years working at Bystronic Inc., Elgin, Illinois, and a career in sheet metal fabrication spanning over five decades, Paul LeTang, press brake product manager and bending guru for Bystronic Inc. is set to retire on March 2, 2020.

BIG KAISER Precision Tooling is pleased to announce a promotion and multiple new hires that will continue to bolster customer support and responsiveness in several key regions.

Industrial cutting processes have played a significant part in the overall manufacturing of products. From metal foundries to automobile manufacturing, the effectiveness of cutting technologies has been employed across multiple industrial verticals. Among which, plasma cutting methods have gained lucrative grounds in the global industrial landscape.

Located in its new North American Tech Center, LK Metrology has built a new CMM measurement services department for performing contract dimensional inspection using the latest metrology software with state-of-the-art multiple-sensor technology applied to the newest LK Metrology CMM designs.

Tacoma, WA, January 20, 2020 — Stellar Industrial Supply, which distributes more than 35,000 MRO (maintenance, repair and operation) products and tools from more than 1,500 brands for Safety, Metalworking, Marine Supply, Aerospace, and other general manufacturing and processing organizations, and also offers customized Indirect Material Management solutions, today named Fullerton Tool Company, Inc. as its 2019, repeat Supplier of the Year award winner.

Monaghan Tooling Group welcomes industry veteran Mark Doré to the sales and business development team. He will work out of his home office in the U.K. and is responsible for growing the burnishing, recessing and mechanical joining tool sales to existing and potential customers in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India and Australia.

Systima Technologies Inc., Kirkland, Washington, manufactures components for the defense, space and commercial markets. The company was founded in 2008 but has quadrupled in the four years since 2015.