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3M Tops Stellar Industrial’s 2017 Cost Savings Partner Awards
Stellar Industrial Supply Inc., Tacoma, Wash., named partner 3M Co., St. Paul, Minn., the winner of its Documented Cost Savings "Horse Race" Winner of the Year Award for 2017.
DNM 4000 Vertical Machining Center
Doosan Machine Tools announces the addition of the DNM 4000 to its line of vertical machining centers. This compact VMC was designed for lean cell applications where space is tight, but productivity and cutting performance are essential.
CoroTurn Prime SL Head
Following last year's launch of PrimeTurning methodology and tools for external turning operations, Sandvik Coromant is introducing a dedicated CoroTurn Prime SL head that makes this process available for internal turning operations. The new SL head will meet the needs of oil and gas, aerospace and other manufacturers that machine diameters in excess of 90 mm (3.5 inches) and overhangs up to 8–10×D.
Suite of Automotive Industry Workholding Solutions
Kitagawa NorthTech Inc. announces its suite of automotive industry workholding solutions, which bundles together advanced and custom engineered workholding products for automotive industry machining applications.
Dust Collectors With Integrated Safety Monitoring Filters
For operations that produce toxic dusts like manganese, hex chrome, nickel and zinc oxide, it is a priority to keep the workplace safe and compliant with OSHA regulations. But traditional remote-mounted HEPA filters require expensive, cumbersome ducting configurations and additional supports that take up valuable space.
Stainless Steel Leveling Feet
JW Winco Inc. offers stainless steel leveling feet, with inch size threaded stud and turned base. Bases are available with mounting bores (GN 23) and without mounting bores (GN 21).
Mahr Inc. promotes Don Foisy
Mahr Inc., Providence, R.I., promoted Don Foisy to director of operations to support continued company growth.
Roger Wood named CEO, chairman of the board at Fallbrook Technologies Inc.
Fallbrook Technologies Inc., Cedar Park, Texas, announced that Roger Wood, former CEO of publicly traded Dana Holding Corp., will become the CEO and chairman of the board for the privately held developer and licenser of the patented NuVinci continuously variable planetary transmission technology.
Michael J. Mankosa elected to National Academy of Engineering
Eriez Manufacturing Co., Erie, Pa., announced that Michael J. Mankosa, executive vice president of global technology, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Nikon Metrology Inc., Roush Yates Engines announce tech partnership
Roush Yates Engines, Mooresville, N.C., and Nikon Metrology Inc., Brighton, Mich., announced a multiyear partnership program demonstrating Roush Yates Engines' commitment to partnering with best-in-class companies.
Sick Inc. appoints general counsel for North America
Sick Inc., Minneapolis, a manufacturer of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, encoders and automatic identification solutions for factory, logistics and process automation, promoted Elise Furlan to general counsel for Sick.
Manufacturing partnership targets growth in Mexico
To support rapid expansion at its Mexico facility, the team at KUKA Automotive appointed Dormer Pramet its primary cutting tools supplier over the next three years.
