Industry News

News • February 12, 2020

Exact Metrology to open new center in Moline, Illinois

Exact Metrology, a comprehensive metrology services provider, will be adding a new facility. With existing facilities in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Cincinnati and an upcoming one in Texas, the company will open a center in Moline, Illinois. The new location will open on March 1, 2020, and will be located at 4715th Street A. The need for a new space arose from the increasing number of clients in the area.

News • February 10, 2020

RobotWorx announces partnership with Octopuz Inc.

RobotWorx, an Ohio based company that focuses on quality industrial robotic solutions and customized integration, has announced a strategic partnership with Octopuz Inc. The new collaboration will allow RobotWorx to expand its service offerings into offline robot programming with a leading software creator.

News • February 10, 2020

MC Machinery names Shannon Morris regional sales representative

MC Machinery Systems Inc. named Shannon Morris as a regional sales representative for north/central Texas and a portion of east Texas. Morris will utilize her extensive industry knowledge to support local customers and grow MC Machinery product sales.n

News • February 7, 2020

ARCH Cutting Tools names Brian Barlow general manager

ARCH Cutting Tools names Brian Barlow as general manager – ARCH Cutting Tools Rhode Island. Barlow is responsible for the overall business and production operations at the ARCH Cutting Tools Smithfield, Rhode Island, manufacturing facility. The plant invested in a 1,000-sq.-ft. expansion/modernization in January 2019 that included new machining centers to increase capacity and reduce customer lead times.

News • February 7, 2020

Sandvik Coromant recognized for cost savings by Stellar Industrial Supply

Stellar Industrial Supply rrecognized Sandvik Coromant with a Documented Cost Savings award at the company's annual "STARS" Supplier Summit on Jan. 15, 2020. Accepting the award for a second year in a row was John Kaleta, channel relationships manager at Sandvik Coromant.

News • February 6, 2020

Tooling Tech Group announces completion of TTG Automation expansion

Macomb, Michigan-based Tooling Tech Group has announced that its TTG Automation facility in Temperance, Michigan, has completed a 14,000 sq. ft. expansion, bringing the total facility size to 59,000 sq. ft. The new area includes a new five-ton overhead crane system, air compressor and overhead sprinkler system.

News • February 6, 2020

American National Carbide invests $4 million to grow the company

American National Carbide (ANC), a leader in the manufacture of tungsten-carbide products for the energy and metalworking industries, announces a $4 million investment in the future of the company.

News • February 6, 2020

Niigata Machine Techno names Dan Selakovic national service manager

Horizontal machining center builder Niigata Machine Techno USA Inc., Elk Grove Village, Illinois has named Dan Selakovic as national service manager for its machine tool division. An industry-veteran, Selakovic returns to the builder after two decades in the field where he worked as a contractor for Niigata and Niigata customers.

News • February 4, 2020

Kyal Machine Tools represents Mitsui Seiki in U.K. and Ireland

Mitsui Seiki USA Inc. announces the appointment of Kyal Machine Tools Ltd. as its exclusive representative for machine tool sales and service in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland.

News • February 4, 2020

World’s largest hub for collaborative robots opens in Denmark

With financial backing from their joint U.S. parent company Teradyne, Mobile Industrial Robots and Universal Robots have acquired a 50,000-sq.-m building site in Odense, where $36 million will be invested in the construction of a major cobot hub in the "cobot capital" of the world. Collaborative robots – or cobots – are now the fastest growing segment of industrial automation. Cobots are a type of user-friendly robots that can work closely with humans without the need for safety guarding, enhancing both work environment and productivity.

News • February 4, 2020

Forest City Gear adds form grinder to expand its capacity

Forest City Gear has expanded its capacity for high precision finish grinding of external, internal, straight and helical gears and special profiles with the addition of its second KAPP VUS 55P form grinding machine.

News • February 4, 2020

GWS Tool Group acquires North American Tool Corp.

Tavares, Florida-based GWS Tool Group has acquired North American Tool Corp. (NATC). This acquisition represents the second add-on acquisition in 2020 for GWS. Located in South Beloit, Illinois, NATC is a world-class supplier of special taps, dies and gages.