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DarkAero, an aerospace company based in Madison, Wisconsin, is on a mission to revolutionize personal aviation.

This acquisition will allow Mahr to offer more advanced options to its customers, improving the ability to measure surfaces extremely accurately and efficiently while supporting the minimization of friction, reduction of wear, and improvement of system efficiency.

Accutek Inc., a US-based tool-holding and work-holding product company, is proud to announce our collaboration with National Machine Products based out of Huntsville, Alabama, to sell and service the EVOSET Presetter.

Hardinge Inc., a global leader and provider of advanced machine tool, manufacturing, and workholding solutions, has entered into an agreement in principle on an asset purchase agreement (APA) with an affiliate of Centre Lane Partners to sell substantially all of the company’s business lines’ operations and assets. 

ARCH Cutting Tools Corp. announces the acquisition of O-D Tool & Cutter, Inc., a manufacturer of solid carbide and high-speed steel round tools located in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

U.S. Department of Labor funding will help the ASME Foundation to train and place community college graduates with employers in manufacturing, clean energy, supply chains, semiconductors, and nanotechnology.

Energy solutions provider becomes regional partner and value-added reseller to deploy, train, sell, and supporSpee3D, a global additive manufacturing company, entered into a strategic partnership with the RusselSmith company to bring Spee3D's cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM) solution to West Africa.t Spee3D technology in West Africa

Following delivery difficulties, market lockdowns and logistics bottlenecks it experienced during the pandemic, the German machine tool industry is now looking intensively at how it can position itself more broadly on the global market.

Quickparts, a leading provider of custom manufacturing, has launched a new online tool designed to streamline the request process for volume manufacturing solutions.

Thomson Industries Inc., a manufacturer of linear motion control solutions, has added advanced controllability options to its Electrak LL line of long-life electric linear actuators.

Critical Manufacturing, a supplier of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for Industry 4.0, entered into a strategic alliance with Loftware, the world’s largest cloud-based Enterprise Labeling and Artwork Management provider.

SW North America, a supplier of horizontal multi- and single-spindle CNC machining centers, automation, and complete system solutions, announced that its manufacturing automation capabilities will be on display at the International Manufacturing Technology Show show.

Star Cutter Company will unveil its newest generation tool grinder – the FLX –  at IMTS 2024. The 5-axis grinder offers high-efficiency carbide tool manufacturing within a compact footprint.

WFL Multifunction Turning and Milling Centers are employed across various industries, with aerospace being a significant market. ArianeGroup, at the forefront of space transportation, stands as a prime example of utilizing Millturn machines. The production of key components necessitates the use of reliable and precise machinery.

This year, Emuge-Franken USA, a manufacturer of taps, thread mills, drills, end mills, and other rotary cutting tools, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. 

Big Daishowa Seiki Co., Ltd., based in Osaka, Japan, with U.S. headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, opened its ninth production plant at its Awaji, Japan, manufacturing facility earlier this year. The 49,500-square-meter (533,000 sq. ft.) plant is designed to meet today’s production needs and accommodate future growth.

Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report compiled in a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), were $214.4 million in May 2024.

To help educate key decision makers, stakeholders and the public about the importance of additive manufacturing (AM), global engineering technologies company, Renishaw, has joined the U.S. based Additive Manufacturing Coalition.

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) was invented 70 years ago. AGIE and Charmilles were the pioneers of this technology at the time and are still world market leaders today under the umbrella of GF Machining Solutions, constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible.