Modern Machine Shop News

MAG Acquires French Composites, Aerospace Firm

MAG has acquired Forest Line Industries Group (FLI), a supplier of manufacturing systems for aerospace, die/mold, large part, titanium and composites applications.

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CAMWorks Expands Reseller Base

Geometric, developer of solid-based CNC programming CAMWorks software, has expanded its footprint in Illinois, Indiana and Texas.

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Renishaw Chief Exec Elected to Royal Society

Sir David McMurtry, chairman and chief executive of global engineering company Renishaw, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science.

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Jet Edge Signs Polish Distributor

Waterjet manufacturer Jet Edge has announced that Techjet will distribute its waterjet pumps in Poland.   Located in Malbork, Techjet carries the company’s full line of high-pressure pumps for precision cutting, mobile cutting and surface preparation, including 2,500 bar, 4,100 bar and 6,200 bar models with electric or diesel power and between 20 and 280 hp.

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Delcam Software Supplied with Portable CMM

Metrology system supplier Aicon 3D Systems GmbH has agreed to supply PowerInspect software from CAD/CAM developer Delcam with its MoveInspect HR optical measuring system.   MoveInspect HR is a portable CMM consisting of high-resolution digital cameras and the developer’s hand-operated MI.Probe.

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Moldmakers Cite "Attitude" as Hiring Difficulty

The Spring Business Forecast Survey of the American Mold Builders Association included questions concerning finding and hiring skilled workers.

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Eriez Integrates North American Sales

Eriez (Erie, Pennsylvania) has combined its U.S. and Canadian sales organizations into a consolidated North American sales team.

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Ganesh to Unveil New Machines at Open House

Ganesh Machinery will unveil two new machines at an open house scheduled for September 14 at its Chatsworth, California headquarters.

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Mazak to Host Largest-Ever “Discover” Event

Machine tool builder Mazak will host the largest event yet in its Discover series is this fall at its Florence, Kentucky campus.The two-week event, dubbed Discover Mazak—Tomorrow’s Technology Today, is scheduled for October 17 to 27.

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Open Mind Renews Agreement with MachineWorks

Open Mind Technologies (Wessling, Germany), developer of the hyperMill CAD/CAM system, has renewed its agreement with MachineWorks (Sheffield, U.K.) for the use of the latter company’s simulation and verification algorithms.

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