People & Companies

After a year of vision and construction, Global Shop Solutions Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, a global developer of enterprise resource planning software for the manufacturing industry, has opened a state-of-the-art facility, making it the third building at headquarters.

System Insights, Berkeley, Calif., which specializes in manufacturing analytics, is changing its corporate name to Vimana.

Motion Industries Inc., Birmingham, Ala., a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Co., Atlanta, has agreed to acquire Numatic Engineering Inc., Sun Valley, Calif.

Master Fluid Solutions, Perrysburg, Ohio, a marketer of metalworking fluid products, has appointed Kyle R. Stoffer as CFO.

Heidenhain Corp., Schaumburg, Ill., has hired Gisbert Ledvon as TNC business development manager in North America.

MachiningCloud Inc., Camarillo, Calif., and Garr Tool Co., Alma, Mich., have partnered to provide Garr Tool product data in the cloud.

Newton, Kan.-based Bunting Magnetics Co., which specializes in magnet and magnetic equipment design, manufacturing and distribution, has appointed Bill Wagner to the executive leadership team as the CFO.

Fives Landis Corp., Hagerstown, Md., a manufacturer of precision grinding solutions and grinding accessories, will open a technology center at its headquarters.

Florence, Ky.-based Mazak Corp. continues its advancement toward the complete digitization of all its manufacturing operations with the recent transformation of its Oguchi, Japan, facility into yet another Mazak iSmart Factory.

Absolute Machine Tools Inc., Lorain, Ohio, has hired David Grega as COO. He will oversee the operation of Absolute's technical centers in Lorain and Mason, Ohio; Livonia, Mich.; and Elgin, Ill.

Richmond, Ind.-based Osborn has picked Paul Dent to be its new director of sales for the Load Runners division.

Irvine, Calif.-based CGTech, creator of Vericut, and MachiningCloud Inc., Camarillo, Calif., have announced a Vericut enhancement in MachiningCloud software whereby Vericut customers can import cutting parameters from cutting tool manufacturers from within MachiningCloud directly into Vericut.