Industry News

07/30/2021
The Seco Assistant app.
Laser printed data matrix codes can track ten billion tools that in turn can generate huge amount of insight into how our products are used.
07/28/2021
Eriez, the Erie, Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of separation technologies, has established Eriez-Deutschland GmbH (Eriez-Germany), headquartered in Recklinghausen, Germany.
07/27/2021
Mazak's iSMART factory in Florence, Kentucky.
Mazak hopes to “move manufacturing forward” at its Oct. 25-29 Discover 2021 technology and education event.
07/27/2021
The Vollmer CHD270 saw blade grinding machine.
To kick off this agreement, Transor will provide a filtration system to serve two saw blade grinding machines at Vollmer’s headquarters in Pittsburgh.
07/26/2021
Star Cutter Co. hired Josh Hubbard as a sales and applications engineer at its facility where the company builds 5-axis CNC tool grinding machines.
07/22/2021
Industry 4.0 technology uptake is still low among manufacturers, according to recent research.
Sandvik Coromant's CoroPlus MachiningInsights platform is an expansion of the company’s CoroPlus suite of connectivity software. The platform gives manufacturers greater visibility of CNC machine tools and machining processes, and to provide the tools needed to analyze, identify, and eliminate common sources of downtime and inefficiency.
07/21/2021
Now in its fourth year, ANCA Tool of the Year has raised the profile of cutting tools and those companies who make them.
07/20/2021
The manufacturer of custom cutting tools joins more than 40 companies participating in the Thinc network.
07/19/2021
The Ceratizit Group acquisition of the remaining shares allows the Group to further expand its footprint and accelerate a growth strategy in the cutting tools market, specifically in high-end micro tools.
07/18/2021
As a Diamond partner, Absolute Machine Tools Inc. will be able to utilize resources available from Mitsubishi Electric.
07/16/2021
GWS Tool Group and Haimer USA form Safe-Lock partnership
GWS Tool Group and Haimer USA signed a U.S. licensing agreement for Haimer's Safe-Lock anti-pullout system.
07/15/2021
Big Kaiser uses a multicomponent dynamometer from Kistler to carry out objective comparison tests on cutting tools.
In the cutting tool and toolholder industry, one of the reasons for Big Kaiser's success is its adherence to quality control -- in part by using measurement technology from Kistler to benchmark cutting tools.
07/14/2021
GWS Tool Group in Tavares, Florida, finalized its third acquisition in 2021 and its first international acquisition with the purchase of Indexable Cutting Tools Inc.
07/13/2021
John O’ Neil, engineering manager for gear tools at Star SU
John O’ Neil, engineering manager for gear tools at Star SU has been elected by the Gear Research Institute to its Board of Trustees for the 2021- 2023 term.
07/11/2021
The 53,000 sq. ft. center was built specifically for industrial machine tool training and supports flexible machine layouts and configurations.
07/09/2021
The global pandemic has impacted businesses around the world, but for Aiguisatek, a Canada-based sharpening service, the impact was compounded by stringent local regulation in the Quebec province that all but shut down manufacturing in the area. Automation technology solved these challenges.
07/08/2021
Choosing the “right” drill normally means a tool that perform for longer and produce better quality holes, particularly in tough materials.
Choosing the right tools, and determining the right tool calculations, is vital to overcome diversification challenges and developing new revenue streams.
07/07/2021
Photochemical etching produces intricate parts with low tolerances.
Micrometal's photochemical etching process enables ultraprecise contours to take shape and produces metal parts with unique features and a greater level of complexity.
07/05/2021
RCR, Dow and Team Rubicon honor U.S. military veterans with patriotic paint scheme over July 4th holiday weekend.
Initially, RCR purchased five Okuma machines. Today, it operates 19 Okuma machines, 2 of which are original machines from the initial 2001 installation.
07/01/2021
Jeff Dunlop is responsible for developing and growing distributor relationships using unique programs that support growth in the standard product categories that GWS has to offer.