Industry News

News • August 10, 2021

Mazak distributors announce purchase agreement

Longtime Mazak distributors Smith Machinery and Action Machinery have closed on an acquisition agreement in which Smith Machinery transitions to Smith Machinery Corp. LLC and joins the Action Machinery group.

News • August 6, 2021

Fanuc produces its 750,000th robot

Fanuc, which can produce 11,000 robots per month in fully automated factories that use its own robots to make robots, has produced its 750,000th industrial robot.

News • August 5, 2021

Kalamazoo Fabricating redesigns website and features quoting tool

Kalamazoo Fabricating's mobile-optimized Website makes it easier for customers to learn about the company's fabrication capabilities, skilled craftsmanship, and commitment to quality.

News • August 5, 2021

Sandvik acquires CAM software company

Sandvik has agreed to acquire US-based Cambrio, which offers an end-to-end portfolio in CAD/CAM software for manufacturing industries.

News • August 4, 2021

Okuma names vice president of operations

Mike Vassil has been named vice president of operations at Okuma America Corp. in Charlotte, North Carolina.

News • August 3, 2021

Vertex acquires additive manufacturing technology from Velo3D

Vertex Manufacturing, a Cincinnati-based advanced manufacturer, has expanded its ability to produce high-value 3D metal parts with the acquisition of an additive manufacturing system from Velo3D.

News • July 29, 2021

Eriez launches Germany-based company

Eriez, the Erie, Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of separation technologies, has established Eriez-Deutschland GmbH (Eriez-Germany), headquartered in Recklinghausen, Germany.

News • July 28, 2021

Mazak to host Discover 2021 technology event

Mazak hopes to "move manufacturing forward" at its Oct. 25-29 Discover 2021 technology and education event.

News • July 27, 2021

Vollmer of America and Transor Filter USA enter new agreement

To kick off this agreement, Transor will provide a filtration system to serve two saw blade grinding machines at Vollmer's headquarters in Pittsburgh.

News • July 26, 2021

Star Cutter hires sales and applications engineer

Star Cutter Co. hired Josh Hubbard as a sales and applications engineer at its facility where the company builds 5-axis CNC tool grinding machines.

News • July 23, 2021

Facing the future with data management

Sandvik Coromant's CoroPlus MachiningInsights platform is an expansion of the company's CoroPlus suite of connectivity software. The platform gives manufacturers greater visibility of CNC machine tools and machining processes, and to provide the tools needed to analyze, identify, and eliminate common sources of downtime and inefficiency.

News • July 22, 2021

ANCA 2021 Tool of the Year contest deadline nears

Now in its fourth year, ANCA Tool of the Year has raised the profile of cutting tools and those companies who make them.