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Modern Machine Shop News
Composite Supplier Celebrates 60th Anniversary
MFG Tray (Linesville, Pennsylvania), a manufacturer of fiber-reinforced composite products, celebrates its 60th year in business this year. Founded in 1952, the company was one of the first manufacturers of mass-produced commercial products using polyester resins and fiber glass reinforcements.
Read MoreNew President at Walter
Milko Merlo has become president of cutting tool supplier Walter AG, parent company of Walter USA (Waukesha, Wisconsin). He succeeds former president Andreas Evertz, who will become president of Sandvik Machining Solutions, of which Walter is a part. Most recently, Mr.
Read MoreHardinge Appoints New Board Chairman
Hardinge (Elmira, New York) has announced that its board of directors has elected Richard L.
Read MoreLabor Rules Made Permanent at IMTS Venue
IMTS exhibitors will have the right to use their own employees to assemble their own machines, thanks to a recent agreement on work rules at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
Read MoreAMT: 2011 Marked "Renaissance” for U.S. Manufacturing
The resurgence of manufacturing following the crash of 2008 is “unprecedented,” according to AMT-The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
Read MoreSeco Offers Free Cast Iron Insert Samples
Cutting tool manufacturer Seco (Troy, Michigan) is offering free samples of its new TK Grade inserts for cast iron turning applications at tkpromo.secotools.com. The grades feature the company’s Duratomic coating technology to enable faster, more aggressive cutting with longer tool life.
Read MoreReshoring Initiative Impacts 2012 U.S. Budget
According to The Reshoring Initiative, a recently passed “minibus” spending bill that directs the Commerce Department to develop a “cost of ownership” calculator illustrates the group’s influence on U.S.
Read MoreAccutex Recognized by Chinese Manufacturing Organization
Taiwanese EDM builder Accutex Technologies received the 2011 “Machinery Industry Contribution Award” from the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers in December. (In North America, Accutex products are available from Accutex EDM, a division of Mason, Ohio-based Absolute Machine Tools).
Read MoreSME Supports Edge Factor Show
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation has partnered with The Edge Factor, an HD series intended to change public perception of manufacturing and attract newcomers to the field.
Read MoreEdge Factor-Themed Competition to Highlight Product Lifecycle
The SME Education Foundation and other producers and sponsors of “The Edge Factor” HD series have introduced “Reality Redesigned,” which it bills as “an international student design contest series with a reality show twist.” As much as $40,000 in prizes will be presented live at the SME’s Rapid Conference in Atlanta, Georgia in April. Presented by the Edge Factor team in collaboration with PinkBike (pinkbike.com, the inaugural Reality Redesigned contest features a mountain biking theme.
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