Industry News

Troy, MI — Dallas Industries (www.dallasindustries.com), a manufacturer of coil handling, press feeding equipment and controls for the stamping industry has announced the appointment of Robert Herrada as Regional Sales Manager.

Today's machine tool builder has read many articles and technical papers about the emerging concept of digitization. Here are three ways OEM engineering and management teams can view this technology and its impact, as it shapes the production and sales process of the future.

CNC Software Inc. has announced the winners of the 2017-2018 Wildest Parts competition. The company develops the industry leading CAD/CAM software, Mastercam, and holds the Wildest Parts Competition each year to encourage student interest and participation in manufacturing. The competition is open to students at the secondary and postsecondary levels to create parts demonstrating creativity and technical skill using Mastercam.

Waukegan, IL - LMT Onsrud LP is announcing that Chandan Shiroy has join LMT Onsrud LP as the new Field Sales and Application Specialist covering the California, Nevada, and Arizona states.

ODENSE, Denmark – Sept. 5, 2018 – Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), a global supplier of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), announced six new distributors in the US, Mexico and Argentina to help meet the ever-increasing demand for its robots worldwide.

SUDBURY, MA. U.S.A. (September 4, 2018) – Methods Machine Tools, Inc. (www.methodsmachine.com), a North American supplier of precision machine tools and automation, has announced that Mr. Sergio Tondato has been appointed as Nakamura-Tome Product Manager.

Clearwater, FL -- (www.bobcad.com) -- To our valued customers, partners and resellers: We are incredibly pleased to announce that BobCAD-CAM software and SystemCreate Co. are aligning together for a new partnership, further catering to the manufacturing solutions of tomorrow.

Xometry, an on-demand manufacturing platform, launched the Xometry Shop Advantage Program, which is exclusive to qualified members of Xometry's manufacturing partner network of over 2,400 small and midsize manufacturers. The program provides Xometry's manufacturing partners with easy access to a portfolio of offers on computer hardware, tooling, raw materials and business services, such as equipment financing.

Where do we come from – what is our destination? This was the question after the first introduction of this new cutting material "polycrystalline diamonds" (PCD) at the Hanover Trade Show in 1973.

HARTLAND, Wis., (September 4, 2018) — Serge Abou-Jaoudé has been named Vice President – Dorner Europe.

ODENSE, Denmark, August 30 – Purple Robotics, which has just developed an innovative vacuum gripper within just one year—the world's first gripper specifically for cobots—has now been acquired by OnRobot.

Accenture believes that investment in artificial intelligence has the potential to double the annual economic growth rates of major developed economies, such as Germany, and triple Japan's economic rate by 2035. In the manufacturing industry, Accenture believes that the power of AI technologies will increase profitability by 39 percent, boosting gross value added by almost $4 trillion in 2035.