Industry News

Solar Manufacturing Inc., Souderton, Pennsylvania, began a new chapter in its history with a groundbreaking ceremony for a manufacturing facility at the Sellersville Business Campus in Sellersville, Pennsylvania.

Master Fluid Solutions, Perrysburg, Ohio, hired Erica A. Denton as director of the global supply chain.

To further support Midwestern customers, clamping and gripping provider Röhm Products of America Inc., Suwanee, Georgia, appointed George Burleson to manage sales of the company’s products in the Illinois and Wisconsin territories.

Hexagon AB, Stockholm, a leader in digital solutions, acquired Spring Technologies SAS, Montreuil, France, a software provider specializing in integrated solutions for optimizing the machining workflow through machine tool simulation, toolpath verification and optimization, and machine tool management.

Vero Software Ltd. hired Application Engineer Ed Patterson to support customers of SMIRT viewing software for the die-build stamping industry.

Coldwater Machine Co., Coldwater, Ohio, an engineered solutions and precision machining company that manufactures and integrates assembly automation and special machines, announced that it is opening a 2,300 sq. ft. engineering office at 3401 Park Center Dr. in north Dayton, located near both I-75 and I-70 for easy accessibility.

Kenneth Goodin joined Heller Group in January as vice president of program management.

Gehring LP, Farmington Hills, Michigan, and copperING Group are uniting their global product portfolios, establishing themselves as a supplier for production systems in both conventional and electrical powertrain segments.

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based EZset LLC named Hi-Speed Corp., Thousand Oaks, California, the exclusive West Coast manufacturers representative for its high-precision, German-built line of tool-presetting machines.

AutoCrib Inc., Tustin, California, a manufacturer of automated inventory vending systems, named its new regional partner, AutoCrib South Asia.

GF Machining Solutions LLC, Lincolnshire, Illinois, named Applied Machine Solutions Inc. its exclusive distributor and representative in Georgia and Alabama as of June 1, expanding Applied Machine Solutions’ current territory of Florida.

To keep in line with the growing demand for Vollmer of America Corp. technology, the company invested in additional staff to underpin a commitment to customers.

Marposs Corp., Auburn Hills, Michigan, a leader in measurement and process monitoring technologies, acquired Aeroel SRL, Pradamano, Italy, a designer and manufacturer of high-accuracy laser micrometers and laser gages for noncontact diameter measurement and control.

Ricardo Sanchez and Daniel Hernandez V are regional sales managers covering Mexico for Dorner Latin America.

Enrico Krog Iversen, former CEO of collaborative robot pioneer Universal Robots, along with the Danish Growth Fund, is addressing the next challenge in automation with the merger of three innovative end-of-arm tooling companies to facilitate the ongoing growth of collaborative robotics, an industry expected to reach $8.5 billion by 2025.

Poco Graphite Inc., Decatur, Texas, added Marc Sanders to its EDM support team.

Rem Sales LLC, Windsor, Connecticut, the exclusive North American importer of Precision Tsugami machine tools, announced that 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the Tsugami and Rem Sales partnership.

Since 1976, Master Magnetics Inc., Castle Rock, Colorado, has grown into a leading single source for magnets and magnetic products throughout North America for commercial, industrial and consumer use.

To determine the places where manufacturing growth is strongest, employment in the sector was looked at in 373 metropolitan statistical areas, assessing short-, medium- and long-term trends going back to 2006 and adding in variables for persistence and momentum.

When it comes to components for industrial machines, Montana Hydraulics LLC owners Mark and Della Ehlke say there isn’t much they can’t make. “We’re able to pretty much take on just about anything,” Mark said. “In fact, we had a tagline at one point: ‘If you can imagine it, we can build it.’”