Industry News
04/05/2021

The Star Cutter Co. in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has promoted Bradley Cooper to service manager at its Elk Rapids, Michigan, location.
03/29/2021

Diversity, including gender diversity, in the workplace can drive innovation, and ARCH Cutting Tools supports the idea that a gender-diverse culture, including in its engineering team, can spur innovation and growth. A key member of the ARCH Cutting Tools team is Dolores Morrison, an engineer at the company’s ARCH Cutting Tools – Mentor (Ohio) facility.
03/25/2021

GWS Tool Group in Taveres, Florida, has named several new members to its team including a new technology director.
03/24/2021

Despite the challenges of a global pandemic, CNC Software Inc. reported strong financial results, and its Mastercam product continued to be the world’s most widely used CAM software.
03/23/2021

Mitsui Seiki in Indianapolis has produced the first commercial CNC machine tool that incorporates the Blue Arc HSEE (High Speed Electro Erosion) material removal process technology that is exclusively licensed by General Electric.
03/22/2021

InfoSight Corp., the Chillicothe, Ohio-based maker of unique metal barcoding tag solutions for myriad industries, including the steel industry, has named Eric LaChapelle as its Technical Sales Specialist for the Northeast.
03/19/2021

Utilizing intelligent and adaptive control and monitor technology, ANCA CNC Machines has developed a new electro discharge grinding (EDG) machine that monitors and controls sparks and the erosion gap to decrease cycle times for PCD tools by 50%.
03/18/2021

Halter CNC Robotics in Cascade, Iowa, established a $2,500 scholarship earmarked for a U.S. veteran or active service member who wants to study manufacturing automation, engineering or robotics.
03/17/2021

Hurco North America announced that Reynolds Machinery, the exclusive distributor for Hurco CNC machine sales and service in Ohio, won the 2020 Top Unit Sales Award for North America.
03/16/2021

As California-based metal additive manufacturing (AM) leader Velo3D continues on its accelerated growth path, the company has appointed Jon Porter to head its commercial operations in Europe. Based in the U.K., Porter will oversee Velo3D’s ongoing expansion efforts into this key strategic region.
03/15/2021

The Ceratizit Group’s Hard Material Solutions division will host a week of eCarbide online seminars starting March 15 to 19. The seminars will cover a wide range of topics from carbide basics to expert knowledge.
03/12/2021

Continuous development of customer-focused tool solutions is the idea behind the growth of Paul Horn GmbH, suppliers of cutting tools for manufacturers of machine tools for pipe and coupling production, as well as end users.
03/11/2021

Holemaking is a common procedure in any machine shop, but selecting the best type of cutting tool for each job is not always clear. Should a machine shop use solid or insert drills? Here are 5 ways to make that decision
03/10/2021

ARCH Cutting Tools has named Doug Wickham as its new direct marketing/business analyst. In this role, he is working with the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based ARCH Cutting Tools marketing and business development team and reports to Stacey Eeman, marketing and business development manager.
03/09/2021

Eriez, a supplier of separation technologies, expanded its Wager Road manufacturing and testing facility that will support Eriez’ strategic growth initiatives for global research and development, aftermarket repair and testing, and recycling equipment technology.
03/08/2021

Customers of Big Kaiser helped raise $6,275 to benefit the National Robotics League (NRL). This represents the fifth annual contribution to the program by the Hoffman Estates, Illinois-based company.
03/05/2021

Tormach Inc., a Waunakee, Wisconsin-based supplier of compact CNC machines, named Darcy Johnson as its chief financial officer (CFO).
03/04/2021

New CAM software from Mastercam in Tolland, Connecticut, is now available for a public beta testing.
03/02/2021

Greenleaf Corp. in Saegertown, Pennsylvania, released the XSYTIN-360, a new line of high-performance solid ceramic end mills, to the global market.
03/02/2021

John Blicha has been named global senior director of marketing and brand management for Eriez. Blicha joined Eriez in 2012 as manager of marketing communications.