People & Companies

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Heule Tool Corp., Cincinnati, has launched a new website at www.heuletool.com designed to provide a more user-friendly experience with improved mobile-responsive navigation and functionality throughout.

Computer Aided Technology LLC, Buffalo Grove, Ill., a provider of engineering and manufacturing solutions, partnered with Roland DGA Corp., Irvine, Calif., to bring to market the DGShape line of office-friendly, benchtop CNC milling machines, including the MDX-50, MDX-540 and MDX-40A.

Verisurf Software Inc., Anaheim, Calif., appointed Pat Bass director of sales for the Americas.

Established in 1918, J.A.M. Taylor Tool Co. Ltd., Cambridge, Ontario, is a family-owned, fourth generation Canadian manufacturing company specializing in cutting tools comprising taps, reamers and dies.

Forbes & Co. Ltd., Mumbai, India, and MachiningCloud Inc., Camarillo, Calif., are partnering to provide Forbes & Co. product data in the cloud.

Ed Mohrbach joined materials engineering company Wall Colmonoy Corp., Madison Heights, Mich., bringing extensive experience in the industrial segment with leadership roles in sales, marketing and general management.

Significant company growth and key initiatives led to important management changes at Heidenhain Corp., Schaumburg, Ill., in North America.

Machine tool builder Matsuura Machinery USA Inc., St. Paul, Minn., announced the territory expansion of distributor Yamazen Inc., which has offices in Knoxville, Tenn., and Roswell, Ga.

Pferd Inc., Milwaukee, which manufactures abrasives, brushes and power tools, appointed John Hibbard regional sales manager of the Western U.S.

Heidenhain Corp., Schaumburg, Ill., which manufactures encoders, digital readouts and numerical controls, acquired AMO Corp., an Austrian specialty encoder company.

Cincinnati Inc., Harrison, Ohio, which manufactures laser-cutting, automation and other metal fabrication equipment, named Adam Yborra sales engineer for the Eastern U.S., specifically eastern Pennsylvania, south New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and northwest New York.