People & Companies

News • August 1, 2024

Hardinge takes action to facilitate sale process and continue industry leadership

Hardinge Inc., a global leader and provider of advanced machine tool, manufacturing, and workholding solutions, has entered into an agreement in principle on an asset purchase agreement (APA) with an affiliate of Centre Lane Partners to sell substantially all of the company's business lines' operations and assets.

News • July 31, 2024

ARCH Cutting Tools acquires O-D Tool & Cutter

ARCH Cutting Tools Corp. announces the acquisition of O-D Tool & Cutter, Inc., a manufacturer of solid carbide and high-speed steel round tools located in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

News • July 23, 2024

Critical Manufacturing partners with Loftware on MES and labeling integration

Critical Manufacturing, a supplier of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for Industry 4.0, entered into a strategic alliance with Loftware, the world's largest cloud-based Enterprise Labeling and Artwork Management provider.

News • July 18, 2024

Star Cutter to unveil new tool grinder at IMTS 2024

Star Cutter Company will unveil its newest generation tool grinder – the FLX – at IMTS 2024. The 5-axis grinder offers high-efficiency carbide tool manufacturing within a compact footprint.

News • July 16, 2024

Mapal Group names new chief sales officer

Claudio Gabos has been named the new chief sales officer of the Mapal Group and thus part of the Mapal Executive Team. He takes over the role from Siegfried Wendel. Gabos has been with MAPAL since 2015 and has been Managing Director of the Italian subsidiary of the precision tool manufacturer since 2017. He was...

News • July 15, 2024

Emuge-Franken USA celebrates 40th anniversary

This year, Emuge-Franken USA, a manufacturer of taps, thread mills, drills, end mills, and other rotary cutting tools, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

News • July 12, 2024

Big Daishowa opens state-of-the-art facility

Big Daishowa Seiki Co., Ltd., based in Osaka, Japan, with U.S. headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, opened its ninth production plant at its Awaji, Japan, manufacturing facility earlier this year. The 49,500-square-meter (533,000 sq. ft.) plant is designed to meet today's production needs and accommodate future growth.

News • July 10, 2024

Renishaw joins additive manufacturing coalition to support education

To help educate key decision makers, stakeholders and the public about the importance of additive manufacturing (AM), global engineering technologies company, Renishaw, has joined the U.S. based Additive Manufacturing Coalition.

News • July 9, 2024

GF Machining celebrates 70 years of EDM technology

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) was invented 70 years ago. AGIE and Charmilles were the pioneers of this technology at the time and are still world market leaders today under the umbrella of GF Machining Solutions, constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

News • July 8, 2024

EXAIR and BETE announce strategic merger

EXAIR, a leader in engineered compressed air solutions and static elimination, and BETE, an engineered spray nozzle and spraying systems manufacturer, have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which EXAIR has acquired BETE.

News • July 2, 2024

MSC Industrial acquires two cutting tool firms

MSC Industrial Supply Co., a distributor of Metalworking and Maintenance, Repair and Operations supplies to industrial customers throughout North America, has acquired ApTex Inc. and Premier Tool Grinding Inc.

News • July 1, 2024

Tooling Tech Group names president, stamping and engineering division

Tooling Tech Group (TTG), a provider of highly engineered tools and automated assembly equipment to a range of industries, has appointed Jason Smalarz as president of its Stamping and Engineering division.