Industry News

News • September 25, 2019

Mitsui Seiki Kogyo Ltd. names president

[FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ] Mr. Kinichi Kato has been named President of Mitsui Seiki Kogyo, Ltd., the parent company of Mitsui Seiki USA, Inc.

News • September 25, 2019

Die Cad Group Inc. appoints president

Grand Rapids and Macomb, Mich. – Mary Nicholson has been named president of Die Cad Group, a Tooling Tech Group (TTG) company that specializes in engineering and tooling design services for the metalworking and plastics industries.

News • September 25, 2019

Allegany Capital Corp. acquires CID Performance Tooling Inc.

Rockford, IL – Bourn & Koch, an American manufacturer of new precision machine tools, today announces that its parent company, Alleghany Capital Corporation, has acquired Coastal Industrial Distributors LLC, (doing business as CID Performance Tooling); and has formed a new holding company for its subsidiaries in the machine tool and consumable cutting tool sectors.

News • September 25, 2019

Schunk Intec Inc.’s grippers now assembled in US

SCHUNK will now be assembling grippers in the US.

News • September 25, 2019

High QA Inc. appoints 2

[Hazlet, NJ] High QA, Inc., the developer of Inspection Manager™ Quality Management Software, has appointed Christopher (Chris) Mendicino to the position of Vice President of Professional Services and Jim Moroz to the position of Senior Software Support Applications Engineer.

News • September 25, 2019

Pferd Inc. appoints vice president of sales

Milwaukee, WI— PFERD INC., a global manufacturer of abrasives, brushes and power tools, has announced the appointment of Rafael Astacio to the position of Vice President, Sales.

News • September 25, 2019

Critical Manufacturing builds momentum in strategic partnership program

A leading provider of manufacturing execution systems (MES), Critical Manufacturing, Porto, Portugal, has announced that its new strategic partnership program is rapidly gaining momentum to enhance its global presence. Critical's newly forged relationships with leading service providers will benefit customers globally in industries across complex high-tech discrete industry segments, including semiconductor, electronics assembly and PCB, medical devices, aerospace and defense, and automotive.

News • September 24, 2019

David Milner joins Wildeck Inc.

Waukesha, WI – Wildeck, Inc. is proud to announce and welcome David Milner as the company's new Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

News • September 24, 2019

Wildeck Inc. names vice president of strategic accounts and installations

Waukesha, WI – Wildeck, Inc. is pleased to announce that Paul Mihelich will be transitioning from Wildeck's Vice President of Sales and Marketing to Wildeck's Vice President of Strategic Accounts and Installations.

News • September 24, 2019

Precision Micro Ltd. expands its commercial team

(Birmingham, U.K.) A European photochemical etching specialist, Precision Micro, has appointed Chris Carter as Key Account Manager to service the growing German market for precision photo-etched metal components.

News • September 24, 2019

Mona Pappafava-Ray receives award

Greensburg, PA – Mona Pappafava-Ray, president and CEO of General Carbide Corp., has been selected as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2019 Award East Central Region winner.

News • September 24, 2019

Takumi USA Inc. names Rossi Machinery Services Inc. distributor

Indianapolis, IN – Takumi USA has named Rossi Machinery Services of Ashland, Ohio as its exclusive full-service distributor for North Central Ohio and Northeast Ohio, effective immediately.