General Shop Equipment & Supplies

Macomb, Michigan-based Tooling Tech Group has announced that its TTG Automation facility in Temperance, Michigan, has completed a 14,000 sq. ft. expansion, bringing the total facility size to 59,000 sq. ft. The new area includes a new five-ton overhead crane system, air compressor and overhead sprinkler system.

American National Carbide (ANC), a leader in the manufacture of tungsten-carbide products for the energy and metalworking industries, announces a $4 million investment in the future of the company.

Horizontal machining center builder Niigata Machine Techno USA Inc., Elk Grove Village, Illinois has named Dan Selakovic as national service manager for its machine tool division. An industry-veteran, Selakovic returns to the builder after two decades in the field where he worked as a contractor for Niigata and Niigata customers.

Mitsui Seiki USA Inc. announces the appointment of Kyal Machine Tools Ltd. as its exclusive representative for machine tool sales and service in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland.

After 14 years in service, a Studer S40 grinding machine that had over 45,000 hours of run time now produces precision components to tolerances it achieved when brand new. The Studer factory in Switzerland performed the rebuild that involved completely overhauling the machine, and while doing so also provided the machine's owner LMT Kieninger with a loaner to ensure the customer's production would continue uninterrupted.

Forest City Gear has expanded its capacity for high precision finish grinding of external, internal, straight and helical gears and special profiles with the addition of its second KAPP VUS 55P form grinding machine.

Tavares, Florida-based GWS Tool Group has acquired North American Tool Corp. (NATC). This acquisition represents the second add-on acquisition in 2020 for GWS. Located in South Beloit, Illinois, NATC is a world-class supplier of special taps, dies and gages.

Dialight announced the launch of its new 594 Prism surface-mount indicator. The smallest right-angle indicator in its class, the 4.5mm x 3mm x 4mm 594 Prism features Dialight's proprietary single-level design for through-hole applications in high-density boards and board-edge mounting in network interface cards, networking hardware, wireless components, electronic testing and measuring equipment.

West Dundee, IL – January 29, 2020 – Renishaw Inc., a precision engineering and manufacturing technologies company, announced the appointment of Denis Zayia to the position of President of its USA operations.

Ort Tool and Die Corp., Erie, Michigan, saw significant sales growth in 2019, which matched its best year of sales in 2007.

OMAX Corp. announces that Landmark Solutions will be taking over Southern California distribution of all lines of OMAX waterjets.

Cutting Tool Engineering explores a trio of turning advancements in the cover story of its February 2020 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.