People & Companies

News • April 2, 2014

Versevo celebrates 20 years

Versevo Inc., Hartland, Wis., a manufacturing and services provider for the cast metals industry, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. "Whether you have been here 1 month or 20 years, the commitment and determination that goes into a business and making it successful is important," said Terry Moon, founder, president and CEO of Versevo, when addressing employees at a celebratory luncheon. "But it's the collection of all of us that make this work."

Articles • April 1, 2014 • Keith Jennings

Small items can have a big impact

Shop growth is much easier when your credit is solid, even with slight profitability, suggests Keith Jennings in his Manager's Desk column for the April 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • April 1, 2014 • Kip Hanson

Systematic thinking: Enterprise resource planning

The steel comes in late, she shop is overloaded, due dates are regularly missed and the last quote was blown because no one has a clue about actual operating costs. These are just a few of the daily problems encountered by shops that manage their businesses through Excel spreadsheets and low-cost accounting software. There is a better way.

News • April 1, 2014

Kyocera consolidates North American operations

Advanced ceramics producer Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corp. (KICC), Tokyo, announced the creation of a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Kyocera Precision Tools Inc., that consolidates its North American cutting tool operations in the indexable, microtool, and printed circuit board (PCB) cutting tool markets.

News • March 19, 2014

EMAG launches apprentice program

EMAG LLC, a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based machine tool supplier, has launched an apprentice training program to encourage continuing growth in Michigan's mechatronics manufacturing industry and ensure an advanced workforce to close the sector's skills gap. Developed in conjunction with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Oakland Community College and Henry Ford Community College, the program offers high-school graduates a career in machine mechatronics, a discipline incorporating electrical, electronic and mechanical studies, providing all graduates an advanced associate's degree.

News • March 11, 2014

U. of W. students choose Lucifer furnace

Students in the University of Washington's mechanical engineering program successfully petitioned the Dean of Engineering for a new furnace at the school's Engineering Instructional Shop as a replacement for an antiquated, unreliable, smaller unit. The new furnace, a model HL7-P36 from Lucifer Furnaces Inc., Warrington, Pa., with a work chamber of 18"x24"x36", will allow students to heat treat more parts in-house.

News • March 11, 2014

Jenoptik’s ‘Better Parts Challenge’

Jenoptik Industrial Metrology has announced a 2014 event, The Better Parts Challenge., where U.S. manufacturers send their part quality challenges to be reviewed by the Rochester Hills, Mich.-based metrology manufacturer's experts. These challenges will be reviewed at "road shows" across the U.S., showing how Jenoptik measuring devices and software can help manufacturers make better quality parts and potentially reduce the cost of production.

Articles • March 1, 2014 • Keith Jennings

More on smart online marketing

Presented here is the second part of the Manager's Desk column about Web-based marketing. The first part appeared in the February issue.

Articles • March 1, 2014 • Thomas Van Hersh

Up in the valley

Valley Tool invests in high-performance machine tools to effectively compete and grow.

News • March 1, 2014

CTE+ digital edition app available

A mobile digital edition app to view Cutting Tool Engineering magazine on smartphones and tablets is now available.

Videos • February 14, 2014

Tour Toolingtrader.com portal for surplus tooling

The new Toolingtrader.com is said to be the industry's most complete interactive web portal for buying and selling surplus tooling for the machining industry. The site also features industry forums, technical data sheets, and the ability for sellers to upload multiple products at once.

News • February 5, 2014

NTM named KOMET SERVICE partner

Minneapolis machine shop NTM Inc. was named a partner in the KOMET SERVICE network and will provide localized tool regrinding and refurbishment services for tools from KOMET and other toolmakers, as well as sell standard and special KOMET solid-carbide tools.