General Machining & Manufacturing Processes

Sunnen Products Company expands its direct sales operations to Canada with establishment of a Canada-based sales and support team.

RAMSEY, NJ – Manufacturer and solutions provider of fully automated centerless and other types of turnkey precision grinding systems, Glebar Company, announced that it has added two more members to its Sales Team; Mark Kraus and Anthony Pickering.

Birmingham, AL – Motion Industries, Inc., a distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company, announced today the promotion of N. Joe Limbaugh to the position of Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, Operations Support and Marketing, effective January 1, 2019.

Birmingham, AL – Motion Industries, Inc., a distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company, announced the promotion of Randall (Randy) P. Breaux to President on December 12, 2018.

Memphis, TN, U.S.A. – Methods Machine Tools, Inc., a North American supplier of precision machine tools and automation, held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to announce the opening of its new 7,000 sq. ft. Memphis Technology Center at 6700 Fletcher Creek Cove in Memphis, Tennessee.

No. 1042 is a 2000° F (1093° C), gas-fired heavy-duty furnace from Grieve, used for heat treating at the customer's facility. Workspace dimensions of this furnace measure 30" W x 60" D x 30" H, and 750,000 BTU/HR are installed in four modulating natural gas burners with a floor mounted combustion air blower.

A new power skiving solution composed of CoroMill 178 and CoroMill 180 cutters from Sandvik Coromant is being released to help automotive manufacturers complete gear and spline components in one setup on a multitask machine or machining center. Skiving processes are many times faster than shaping and more flexible than broaching, and are quickly becoming an efficient and flexible alternative for gear and spline production.

SUDBURY, MA. U.S.A. – Methods Machine Tools, Inc. (www.methodsmachine.com), a North American supplier of precision machine tools and automation, has announced that Mr. Jon Dobosenski has been appointed as General Manager of Methods' new Memphis Technology Center.

Hermitage PA - Solar Atmospheres is pleased to announce the addition of Timothy C. Fish to our sales team, as Regional Sales Manager at Solar Atmospheres of Western PA.

Souderton, PA – Solar Atmospheres recently awarded the title of CEO Emeritus to Roger A. Jones, FASM.

Greenville, SC - Solar Atmospheres South Carolina facility proudly announces that Mike Paponetti has accepted the position of Sales Manager.

Thomson Industries Inc. has introduced a ball screw with more than twice the load capacity of a standard ball screw. The redesigned ball screws handle more than double the load capacity or provide 10 times the service life compared to standard ball screws at equivalent performance points – along with Thomson's characteristic German-engineered precision, high reliability and exemplary stiffness.