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Enrico Krog Iversen, former CEO of collaborative robot pioneer Universal Robots, along with the Danish Growth Fund, is addressing the next challenge in automation with the merger of three innovative end-of-arm tooling companies to facilitate the ongoing growth of collaborative robotics, an industry expected to reach $8.5 billion by 2025.

Poco Graphite Inc., Decatur, Texas, added Marc Sanders to its EDM support team.

Rem Sales LLC, Windsor, Connecticut, the exclusive North American importer of Precision Tsugami machine tools, announced that 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the Tsugami and Rem Sales partnership.

Since 1976, Master Magnetics Inc., Castle Rock, Colorado, has grown into a leading single source for magnets and magnetic products throughout North America for commercial, industrial and consumer use.

To determine the places where manufacturing growth is strongest, employment in the sector was looked at in 373 metropolitan statistical areas, assessing short-, medium- and long-term trends going back to 2006 and adding in variables for persistence and momentum.

President Trump signaled what could become a vigorous return to space exploration by the United States when he reconstituted the National Space Council. Dormant since the end of the George H.W. Bush administration, the council's chairman, Vice President Mike Pence, and its executive secretary, Dr. Scott Pace, have vowed to build a manned space program to reach the moon and beyond to Mars. As with the two previous boom cycles of aerospace development, in World War II and the Apollo program, one of the main beneficiaries of the aggressive effort will be the U.S. manufacturing sector.

When it comes to components for industrial machines, Montana Hydraulics LLC owners Mark and Della Ehlke say there isn't much they can't make. "We're able to pretty much take on just about anything," Mark said. "In fact, we had a tagline at one point: 'If you can imagine it, we can build it.'"

Walter Surface Technologies Inc., Montreal, a provider of surface treatment technologies, acquired the Fastenal Blackstone supply agreement and all related inventory from Sundisc Abrasives USA LLC.

Dorner Manufacturing Corp., Hartland, Wisconsin, completed a major expansion of its facility in Germany, a project that doubles production space, adds jobs and effectively positions the company to become even more responsive to customers throughout the region.

In support of the ongoing growth of its Edgecam and Surfcam product lines, Vero Software Ltd. hired Customer Service Representative Frank McBride to support the two brands on the West Coast.

Wildeck Inc., Waukesha, Wisconsin, promoted Kelly M. Kamlager to director of marketing.

CNC Software Inc., Tolland, Connecticut, announced that its flagship software, Mastercam, was the first CAD/CAM software to reach 250,000 installations worldwide.