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Automation

HaasTec Open House Billed as Success

More than 2,100 attendees flocked to Haas Automation’s Oxnard, California headquarters and manufacturing facility for the machine tool builder’s HaasTec open house.

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Partmaker Hosts Monthly Medical Webinars

CAD/CAM developer Partmaker, a division of Delcam, has launched a monthly webinar series focusing on optimal manufacturing and CNC programming techniques for common families of medical devices. “The machine tool, cutting tool and CNC programming techniques available in the market today to make medical devices have changed immensely during the past 24 months,” says Hanan Fishman, president of PartMaker. “The idea of this webinar series is to explain what these changes are and how firms need to apply the latest in advanced manufacturing to manufacture medical devices productively and profitably given the dynamics of their business.” Each webinar is conducted by a PartMaker specialist with medical experience and focuses on the manufacture of a particular implantable medical device.

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Sodick Names Territory Sales Manager for North Midwest

EDM supplier Sodick has named Joel Manns territory sales manager for the North Midwest Region, which includes Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and border counties of Wisconsin.

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Oil & Gas

Manufacturing Apps for Android

In a new partnership with Samsung Electronics Co., Indiana Technology and Manufacturing Companies (ITAMCO) has developed a range of manufacturing apps for Samsung’s Android mobile devices.   These include the MTConnect Client App, which enables monitoring machines and controls, as well as apps for converting between various material hardness scales, converting different pitch gear sizes, and calculating the weights of different types of metals in various shapes.     Based in Plymouth, Indiana, ITAMCO is a tier one supplier of precision machined components and gearing for industries including renewable energy, mining, off-highway construction equipment, oil and gas, and defense.

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Second “Manufacturing for Growth” Meeting Planned

Based on the success of the inaugural “Manufacturing for Growth” Meeting, organizers have announced plans to host a second conference next year from March 8 to 11, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida.   More than 650 manufacturing executives attended the first edition of the event from March 3 through 6 in Chandler, Arizona.

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Mori Seiki DTL Announces Interconnect Event

The Mori Seiki Digital Technologies Laboratory (DTL) will demonstrate software, networking and machining solutions at the annual Interconnect Showcase, which is scheduled for April 7 and 8 in Davis, California.   The two-day event will include technical seminars presented by industry specialists nad spanning several topics.

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Ganesh Expands Training Area

To accommodate customer needs, Ganesh Machinery has expanded the classroom training area of its Chatsworth, California campus.

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Verisurf Targets International Markets

To expand its presence in international markets, metrology software developer Verisurf Software has formed a global business development team to work closely with its key metrology OEM hardware partners around the globe.

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Renishaw Expands India Facility

Engineering technology company Renishaw recently opened a 4,875-square-meter extension to its facility in Pune, India.

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New Delcam Subsidiary Supports Dreamliner Project

Delcam (Birmingham, UK) has converted its Professional Services Group into an independent subsidiary, Delcam Professional Services Ltd. (DPS). The company says the move is the first stage in a significant expansion of its process development activities.

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