People & Companies

Photonics company Jenoptik Optical Systems LLC, Jupiter, Fla., appointed three international executives to its executive management board.

With new ownership, governance, investment, leadership and professional manufacturing focus, Continental Casting LLC, Monroe City, Mo., has become Arcadia Metalcraft, a manufacturer of lighter die cast and precision-machined components for automotive and other industries.

AXYZ International Inc., Burlington, Ontario, a manufacturer of CNC router systems and CNC knife systems, acquired WardJet Inc., Tallmadge, Ohio, which manufactures waterjet cutting machines and offers custom waterjet solutions to a variety of industries.

Marposs Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich., a manufacturer of measurement and process monitoring technologies, acquired BPMA, Le Pin, France, a specialist in the design and manufacture of jet engine tooling and mechanical equipment for the aerospace industry.

Competitive Carbide Inc., designer and builder of special indexable cutting tools, solid-carbide round tools and PCD-tipped round tools, acquired an adjacent building, nearly doubling manufacturing space to 25,000 sq. ft.

CNC Software Inc., Tolland, Conn., developer of Mastercam CAD/CAM software, is partnering with NASA's program High Schools United With NASA to Create Hardware, or HUNCH.

Techniks Industries, Indianapolis, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, rebranded to Frontline Tooling Solutions.

Oberg Industries Inc., Freeport, Pa., a full-service contract manufacturer of precision machined and stamped components located north of Pittsburgh, acquired X-L Engineering Corp., Niles, Ill.

Wall Colmonoy Corp., Madison Heights, Mich., a global materials engineering group of companies engaged in the manufacture of advanced metal coatings and components, was established in 1938 in Detroit by Albert F. Wall.

PMT Group Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., parent company of Moore Tool Co. Inc., Moore Nanotechnology Systems LLC and Producto Corp., appointed Mark Boomgarden president and CEO of Moore Tool and Moore Nanotechnology Systems.

LMT Onsrud LP, Waukegan, Ill., hired Roger Piekarski as sales and applications specialist for North and South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Manitoba in Canada.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Haas Automation Inc.’s first vertical machining center, the VF-1.