Industry News

GWS Tool Group in Tavares, Florida, has bolstered its applications and sales expertise in California and Northern Mexico with the appointment of two specialists.

More than a third of manufacturers say the Covid-19 pandemic is a catalyst for increasing automation, and additional drivers for adding and expanding automation include the need for increased productivity and a shortage of skilled workers, according to a new survey from MC Machinery of Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

Despite COVID, reshoring is up in 2020 and by year’s end total numbers should top more than a million jobs coming back to the U.S. in the last decade, according to a new report from the Reshoring Initiative.

TDM Systems, the Schaumburg, Illinois, provider of tool data management systems has appointed Desarrollo de Sistemas Informáticos (DSI) as a value-added reseller of TDM software in Mexico.

Eriez-USA awarded Weinacht & Associates, a Collinsville, Illinois-based metalworking equipment distributor of Eriez products, with the company’s 2019 Merwin Award.

September 2020 U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $156.1 million. This total, as reported by companies participating in the Cutting Tool Market Report collaboration, was up 14.7 percent from August's $136.1 million and down 20.5 percent when compared with the $196.3 million reported for September 2019.

A new line of aluminum tools from Inovatools utilizes the ta-C thin-layered coating that the company says makes the process of machining aluminum and its alloys more productive and cost-effective.

With new advances in abrasive technology, machining center operators are able to complete surface finishing simultaneously with other machining operations, to speed cycle times, improve quality and save on off-line finishing time and costs. The abrasive finishing tools can be easily integrated into CNC machines carousels or tool holding systems.

Don Schumacher Motorsports (DSM) is one of the country’s most successful motorsports companies, both on and off the track. Tooling from Sandvik Coromant helped the company achieve some impressive goals.

Mazak Corp. will unveil its Ez Series of machines and Mazatrol SmoothEz CNC at a Dec. 8 virtual event.

Marposs, a supplier of measurement, inspection and test technologies, has launched a real-time remote testing and acceptance service.

Railway machine tool builder needed a robust 5-axis machine to ensure uptime, accuracy, and precision in cutter tool manufacturing

CNC Software Inc., the Tolland, Connecticut-based developers of Mastercam, named Raf Lobato European sales director to further develop the company’s distribution channel and identify areas for growth and improvement.

Purchase cutting tools, tool holders, tool presetters and workholding products from Big Kaiser and support the National Robotics League (NRL) at the same time.

TCI Precision Metals launched a program to provide customers with first article sample parts on request with accompanying production volume quotation.

Charlie Ingram, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Eriez Manufacturing, plans to retire at the end of the year.

Since the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic, manufacturers have dealt with supply chain issues. In this Q&A, two industry leaders discuss the pandemic, the supply-chain and bringing manufacturing back to U.S. shores.

Big Kaiser Precision Tooling has promoted Jack Burley to president and chief operating officer as of Jan. 1, 2021. Chris Kaiser, Big Kaiser president and CEO of 30 years, will take on the role of executive advisor.

Mazak Corp. Canada opened a technical center in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with a grand opening and ribbon cutting event attended by Alberta Premier, Jason Kenney.