Industry News

Greensburg, PA – Mona Pappafava-Ray, president and CEO of General Carbide Corp., has been selected as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2019 Award East Central Region winner.

Indianapolis, IN – Takumi USA has named Rossi Machinery Services of Ashland, Ohio as its exclusive full-service distributor for North Central Ohio and Northeast Ohio, effective immediately.

Blairsville, Pa. The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) proudly announces the opening of its newest office in Huntsville, Ala., to provide enhanced support to and greater engagement with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Aviation & Missile Center in Redstone Arsenal, Ala.

FLORENCE, Ky. – Manufacturing technology company Yamazaki Mazak Corporation has announced that President Tomohisa Yamazaki will become the company's chairman while Vice President Takashi Yamazaki has been named the new president.

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Now bustling with activity and yet another example of its commitment to the North American manufacturing industry and "Customer First", HEIDENHAIN has recently opened its TNC-CNC Academy.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Okuma America Corporation, a builder of CNC machine tools, announces the completion of the company's newest production facility Dream Site 3 (DS3) located in in Kani, Japan.

Scappoose, Oregon – The Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center Research and Development (OMIC R&D) recently welcomed Caron Engineering as its 26th member.

Erie, PA—Eriez® announces the promotions of John Blicha, Greg Nowak and Chris Knoll to new positions within the company's corporate leadership team.

Macomb, Mich. -- Tooling Tech Group (TTG), a provider of highly engineered tools and assembly equipment to a wide range of industries, has announced that it has hired Todd Wodzinski as the company's Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

North Haven, CT …IBAG North America announces the appointment of Mr. Srinvasa Prasad of Engineering Solutions Shop to represent IBAG high speed spindle and the Witte vacuum workholding systems product lines in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.

The Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Production Software business has hired new Territory Sales Manager Mike Szymkiewicz to support sales and existing users of the RADAN solution for sheet metal in the Southeastern United States.

The human hand is still regarded as the benchmark when it comes to flexibility of gripping tools. Humanoid manipulators that enable the widest variety of gripping variants will be more and more in demand in future, particularly when it comes to service and assistance robotics. In addition, the factor of economical viability is increasingly important.