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News • February 16, 2026

Bystronic acquires Coherent’s Tools for Materials Processing business unit

At the end of January, Bystronic completed the acquisition of the Tools for Materials Processing division of the US company Coherent Corp. With this acquisition, Bystronic plans to expand into several growth markets such as medical technology and semiconductors. At the same time, the Swiss technology leader is expanding its technology portfolio to include applications...

News • February 13, 2026

Studer hosts Motion Meeting 2026 press conference

By Alan Richter Under the motto “Swiss Made,” Fritz Studer AG held its annual press conference on the occasion of the Motion Meeting 2026 in Steffisburg, Switzerland, Feb. 6, and reported that the builder of cylindrical grinding machines strengthened its global market position, expanded its portfolio, further developed its customer care and invested in infrastructure....

News • February 12, 2026

Morse enhances sales team with new hire

The M. K. Morse Company announced the hiring of Ivan Robles as its sales manager, Mexico. An industrial engineer with more than 12 years of experience in technical sales, commercial support, and team coordination in the metalworking industry, Robles will lead our push to grow market share and customer relationships in Mexico. With industry experience...

News • February 10, 2026

Wintriss Controls Group appoints new president

Wintriss Controls Group named former Wintriss General Manager Keith Magnant as the company’s new president, an appointment that became effective Jan. 1, 2026. Magnant succeeds long-standing Wintriss President Mark Hatch, who retired at the end of 2025 after 45 years in manufacturing with Wintriss, 15 of which he served as the company’s president. The succession...

News • February 9, 2026

Lyndex-Nikken’s Website Helps users search, evaluate, and specify accessories

Lyndex-Nikken, manufacturer and provider of high-performance machine tool accessories and machine tending solutions, announces the launch of its newly redesigned website – designed to help the manufacturing community quickly search, evaluate, and specify machine tool accessories and machine tending solutions that optimize machining performance. With enhanced search and filtering tools, users can now search the...

News • February 5, 2026

New Mazak Phoenix Technical Center opens for business

Mazak Corporation has opened its new Phoenix Technical Center to provide service and support for manufacturers throughout the Western United States. To showcase the new facility, Mazak will also host a grand opening event later this year. “We continue to establish new facilities to further ensure customers receive the local service and support they need,”...

News • February 2, 2026

Trumpf names new Head of TruServices

Maren Fleming has been named as head of TruServices at Trumpf Inc., effective as of January 1, 2026. In her new role, Fleming oversees the organization of Trumpf’s proactive aftersales technology and solution-oriented services for machine tool customers throughout North America. The company’s TruServices offerings include warranty and service agreements, software, training, tooling and consumables,...

News • January 20, 2026

US Cutting Tool Orders Total $206.1M in November 2025

Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report, a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), totaled $206.1 million in November 2025. Orders decreased 17.6% from October 2025 but were up 9.9% from November 2024. Year-to-date shipments totaled $2.34 billion, up 1.3% from...

News • January 14, 2026

Mazak to host Florida Open House

Mazak Corporation has set its sights on the latest manufacturing and automation technology specifically for aerospace, medical, space exploration, defense/marine defense and other area industry component production at its two-day Florida Open House scheduled for February 18-19 at 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Located at its Mazak Technical Center located in Orlando, the event will...

News • January 12, 2026

Big Daishowa names new regional sales manager – West

Edgar Argueta was promoted to regional sales manager – West for Big Daishowa.

News • December 29, 2025

ZEISS opens Connecticut Quality Excellence Center

The new ZEISS facility in Bloomfield, Connecticut, will support the manufacturing community with cutting-edge metrology and inspection technologies, services, training, and access to a local team of experts.

News • December 22, 2025

October 2025 US Cutting Tool orders jump 14.7% from October 2024

Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report, a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), totaled $250.1 million in October 2025.