Industry News

Kitagawa North-Tech Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., which manufactures standard chucks, advanced chucks, custom-engineered workholding and steady rests, hired Mike Johnston as regional sales manager.

Star Rapid, a global rapid prototyping, rapid tooling and low-volume manufacturer, partnered with Guhring Inc., a German manufacturer of carbide and PCD cutting tools, such as drills, reamers, taps and mills, for the machining industry.

Ryan Hodgkins joined Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc., Hoffman Estates, Ill., in New England to support customers in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.

Continental Machines Inc., Savage, Minn., distributor and manufacturer of the DoAll Sawing Products brand of metalcutting bandsaws, expanded its sales and field service team in the continental United States.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.