Industry News

The surface treatment global business unit of Ludwigshafen, Germany-based BASF SE’s coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, opened a laboratory at its 38,700-sq.-ft. manufacturing and office facility in Querétaro, Mexico.

A sensei is a teacher or instructor, usually of Japanese martial arts. Sensai the company offers an augmented productivity platform for manufacturing operations, but transferring knowledge to help people make better decisions is at the heart of the company’s concept, according to CEO Porfirio Lima. “We believe that the most valuable asset an organization has is the knowledge that comes from its people.”

Liftomatic Material Handling Inc., Buffalo Grove, Ill., a material-handling equipment manufacturer, announced the opening of Asian headquarters in the near future.

A rotary tooling development manager started March 19 and operates out of the office in Pittsburgh.

Tap Associates Inc. is now available on MachiningCloud Inc.

OSG USA Inc. now distributes Somta Tools (Pty) Ltd. tools in the United States.

Röhm Products of America, Suwanee, Ga., a provider of clamping and gripping technology for the metalworking industry, expanded its sales team with the addition of Steven Onik as national sales manager and Yusuf Ali as regional sales manager for Canada.

Sylvain Julien joined Kordt GmbH & Co. KG as key account manager of international projects.

Absolute Machine Tools Inc., Lorain, Ohio, is marking its 30th year as a machine tool importer and distributor in North America.

Acme Industrial Co., Carpentersville, Ill., a subsidiary of Jergens Inc., promoted George Margelos to general manager.

Jtekt Toyoda Americas Corp., Arlington Heights, Ill., named GeroTech Inc. distributor for east and north Michigan territories for the entire product line, excluding grinder sales.

DataCAD Software & Services GmbH, Bad Kreuznach, Germany, a supplier of technical software solutions throughout Europe, has joined BobCAD-CAM Inc., Clearwater, Fla., as a value-added reseller.

Milltronics USA Inc., Waconia, Minn., named Protek CNC Sales Corp., Simi Valley, Calif., the exclusive distributor for Southern California and southern Nevada.

Global Shop Solutions Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, is celebrating 20 years of technological innovations for enterprise resource planning software under the leadership of Chris Okamuro, vice president and chief technology officer.

Kitagawa North-Tech Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., which manufactures standard chucks, advanced chucks, custom-engineered workholding and steady rests, hired Mike Johnston as regional sales manager.

Star Rapid, a global rapid prototyping, rapid tooling and low-volume manufacturer, partnered with Guhring Inc., a German manufacturer of carbide and PCD cutting tools, such as drills, reamers, taps and mills, for the machining industry.

Ryan Hodgkins joined Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc., Hoffman Estates, Ill., in New England to support customers in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.

Continental Machines Inc., Savage, Minn., distributor and manufacturer of the DoAll Sawing Products brand of metalcutting bandsaws, expanded its sales and field service team in the continental United States.

Motion Industries Inc., Birmingham, Ala., a distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Co., will open a distribution center in Auburn, Wash., in late spring.

GF Machining Solutions LLC, Lincolnshire, Ill., appointed several members to its sales and marketing team.