Industry News

When tariff hikes began in spring 2018, companies associated with manufacturing immediately went on alert. Over the past year and a half, continued escalations have increased pressure on U.S. and China relations, leaving international companies that rely on Chinese manufacturing looking to reduce uncertainty with short- and long-term solutions.

Cleveland, TN – voestalpine eifeler Coatings today announced the opening of their newest coatings facility in Cleveland, Tennessee, thirty minutes north of Chattanooga on Interstate 75.

[FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ]  Mr. Kinichi Kato has been named President of Mitsui Seiki Kogyo, Ltd., the parent company of Mitsui Seiki USA, Inc.

Waukesha, WI – Wildeck, Inc. is pleased to announce that Paul Mihelich will be transitioning from Wildeck’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing to Wildeck’s Vice President of Strategic Accounts and Installations.

Greensburg, PA – Mona Pappafava-Ray, president and CEO of General Carbide Corp., has been selected as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2019 Award East Central Region winner.

Indianapolis, IN – Takumi USA has named Rossi Machinery Services of Ashland, Ohio as its exclusive full-service distributor for North Central Ohio and Northeast Ohio, effective immediately.

FLORENCE, Ky. – Manufacturing technology company Yamazaki Mazak Corporation has announced that President Tomohisa Yamazaki will become the company’s chairman while Vice President Takashi Yamazaki has been named the new president.

Erie, PA—Eriez® announces the promotions of John Blicha, Greg Nowak and Chris Knoll to new positions within the company’s corporate leadership team.

FLORENCE, Ky. – With the expansion of its Spindle Rebuild Department, Mazak will reset the bar for efficiency and quality in OEM-factory-certified spindle rebuild services.

This award recognized Mr. Hoeting’s achievements at the company within the last 11 years.

Cleveland OH, Jergens, Inc. announces that Ken Marvar assumed the role of National Sales Manager, Jergens Workholding Solutions Group.

Mequon, WI - Jorgensen Conveyors, Inc. announced the addition of The Whittemore Co. as its new manufacturers’ representative for nine mid-western states including Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Indiana.

Precision Tool Technologies Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality products and services for wholesale optical laboratories and retail optical industries. The company's first success came in the precision machining of polishing tools and mold inserts for the optical industry, where accuracy of ±0.0001” and surface finishes of 4 Ra are required. For successful operations, this level of excellence must be repeatable on a daily (and nightly) basis. During the course of perfecting their techniques, Precision Tool became the “go to” company for solving difficult machining problems for a variety of industries. Haimer has been a key partner in helping them maintain this competitive edge.

Recently, Haimer USA tried something new: a community outreach project. The employees at Haimer USA joined forces to collect items for a worthy, local organization.

ARCH announced the appointment of Lori Lorant to the position of vice president human resources. Lorant has been with the organization for almost five years and has held the roles of employee relations manager and director of human resources prior to her promotion to vice president.

Mobile Industrial Robots opened its largest office in North America to accommodate continued growth across the continent. The new two-building, 7,376-sq.-ft. office in Holbrook, New York, replaces the Danish company’s first international office, opened in the same city in 2016.

Heidenhain announces the opening of a new central U.S. sales office as part of the company’s continued North American expansion efforts. Operating in Longmont, Colorado, this new office now provides direct sales support for central U.S. and Mexico territories, previously managed in either Heidenhain’s longtime Illinois or its 2017-established California headquarters.

While buzzwords such as predictive maintenance, artificial intelligence, digital twin and augmented reality have promised to enable the fabled digital transformation of manufacturing, when it comes to Manufacturing 4.0, most practical applications start and end with machine connectivity.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has named Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative, as a member of its new Investment Advisory Council. The council will advise the commerce secretary on how government policies and programs affect the United States’ ability to attract and facilitate business investment.

St. Paul, MN --- Matsuura Machinery USA, Inc. announces the promotion of Cassandra Yanke to Logistics and Project Manager.