Industry News

News • July 3, 2025 • Alan Richter

Platinum Tooling Adds to Its Offerings

To help visiting sales representatives, agents, and members of the trade press learn more about its lines of precision machine tool accessories, Platinum Tooling Inc. has created a showroom at its distribution facility in Prospect Heights, Illinois.

News • July 1, 2025

Trumpf names sales representatives in four Southern states

Southern States Machinery to represent Trumpf's sheet metal fabricating products and services in Georgia. Maintecx becomes Trumpf's new sales representative in Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi.

News • June 26, 2025

Victor offers free oxyfuel safety audits

Victor, an ESAB brand, now offers qualifying industrial companies a free safety audit of their gas flow control systems and oxyfuel cutting and heating operations.

News • June 26, 2025

Allied Machine names Western Regional Manager

Allied Machine and Engineering, a leading manufacturer of holemaking and finishing cutting tools for the metal-cutting industry, has promoted Bill Ruegsegger III to Western regional manager.

News • June 24, 2025 • Alan Richter

Hexagon Live Global 2025 Held in Las Vegas

The Hexagon Live Global conference returned to Las Vegas June 16–19, this time at the Fontainebleau resort and casino. This year marks a quarter century of measurement technology development for Stockholm, Sweden-headquartered Hexagon AB, following its 2001 acquisition of metrology tool manufacturer Brown & Sharpe, said Ola Rollén, chairman of the board.

News • June 23, 2025

GROB Systems to host 5-AXIS LIVE!, a machining and automation technology event

GROB Systems, Inc., a developer of manufacturing systems and machine tools, is hosting a 5-AXIS LIVE! technology event featuring "The Future of Manufacturing - Made in the USA," together with twenty-one of its industry partners, at GROB's North America headquarters and production facility in Bluffton, Ohio, on August 5, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m.

News • June 20, 2025

Hypertherm doubles warranty length for Powermax series

Hypertherm Associates, a U.S. based leading manufacturer of industrial cutting systems and software, has doubled the warranty period for the company's Powermax plasma cutters from three years to six years. All customers who received delivery of a Powermax plasma or gouging system on or after January 1, 2025, are now retroactively eligible for the extended coverage.

News • June 18, 2025

Heule partners with Center for Machining Excellence

Heule Precision Tool, a leader in cross-hole finishing technology, has partnered with the Center for Machining Excellence (CME) in Whitestown, Indiana, and has become the CME's latest addition to the Cutting Tool Partners.

News • June 12, 2025

Platinum Tooling releases new product catalog

Platinum Tooling, the importer and master distributor of live tools, angle heads, Swiss machine products, knurling and marking tools manufactured by various international suppliers, just announced the release of their new product catalog.

News • June 11, 2025

Six steps to custom design and build workholding solutions

Jergens Custom Design and Build workholding solutions are engineered around part configurations using standard products and a six-step process to reduce cost and lead time for customers.

News • June 9, 2025

Ropeway technology maker integrates robotic grinding into production process

The Doppelmayr Group, a manufacturer of ropeway technology, which is used to transport people and goods by cable, is streamlining the grinding and blasting of plasma and flame cut parts with the introduction of Teqram's EasyGrinder autonomous robot.

News • June 6, 2025

ANCA launches prestigious Tool of the Year competition

#ANCATooloftheYear2025 awards is a prestigious competition that invites toolmakers from around the world to showcase their outstanding designs, precision, and craftsmanship.