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Erie, PA—Eriez® Executive Vice President of Strategy and Development Lukas Guenthardt announces that Jaisen Kohmuench has been promoted to the newly created position of Senior Director of Asia-Pacific Operations and Strategy.

December 1, 2018 - HOUSTON, TX USA—In order to provide premium levels of support to its customers, Tool-Flo, a member of the IMC Group, has consolidated its sales, engineering & manufacturing operations in a new 88,000 square foot facility located in Houston, TX.

By now, you’ve probably heard the troubling statistics. IndustryWeek reports that nearly 25% of manufacturing employees are age 55 or older, and many will soon be leaving to enjoy a well-earned retirement. Unfortunately, there’s no influx of new talent waiting to take their places. Some people feel shut out of job opportunities by degree requirements they don’t have; others lack on-the-job experience they can’t get; and then there are those who still view all manufacturing jobs as “dark, dirty, and dangerous,” and simply aren’t interested in the industry.

Inevitably, disagreements arise in the manufacturing industry, whether involving applications, performance, specification compliance, intellectual property ownership or any of a number of other subjects. What has not kept up with technological change is the sophistication of dispute resolution. That is a particularly serious problem for manufacturers because the increasing complexity of manufacturing technology often makes disputes more complex, even arcane, than disputes of the past.

Erie, PA—Tim Gland has been promoted to the newly created position of Vice President & General Manager of Eriez® USA, according to an announcement from Eriez President and CEO Tim Shuttleworth.

Tacoma, WA, November 14—Stellar Industrial Supply today announced it has been named Affiliate-of-the-Year Award winner by Snap-on Industrial Brands.

As of November 1, 2018, Tornos has moved its US headquarters headquarters from Lombard, IL, to Des Plaines, IL.

Selmsdorf, November 2018 – Stefan Heczko has been appointed Managing Director for Alltec GmbH (FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving), a laser marking technology company headquartered in Selmsdorf/Germany.

Birmingham, Ala. – Motion Industries, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company, is pleased to announce the addition of Hal Midkiff as Product Sales Manager, Process Pumps and Equipment.

Continuous learning, continuous improvement, continuous generation of ideas—they’re all important things. I would like to think they’re especially important to manufacturers but am struggling to come up with a specific reason. Every business, from floral arrangers to drywallers, must continually adapt and evolve or face eventual corporate death. Perhaps the reason continuous learning and improvement are so relevant to manufacturing, which in this context means machining, is that our industry is one of the fastest changing in terms of technology.

A shop’s product mix, the types of jobs running in the shop, can make or break it. The right mix increases profitability and makes for happy customers. The wrong mix risks demoralizing the shop and upsetting customers, ultimately resulting in more stress and less profit. Actively managing your product mix to correctly fit your shop makes life much easier. However, it does take intention to step away from the jobs you know your shop can, but shouldn’t make.

HARTLAND, Wis., (October 5, 2018) — Carlos Cassaretto has been named new Sales Manager for Dorner Latin America.

03 October 2018, Jupiter, FL USA — Jenoptik, a specialist in high performance optical systems and healthcare & industry solutions, announces the appointment of Robin Swain as Sr. Director of the Silicon Valley Application Center effective immediately.

INDIANAPOLIS – Hurco Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HURC), held its annual awards banquet to acknowledge the team of accomplished distributors and agents throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, and South America, who represent Hurco.

Being a data-driven manufacturer is all the rage. Sight Machine engages daily with global manufacturers looking to better use production data to predict machine failure, optimize processes or increase output. Yet many of these manufacturing analytics projects stumble out of the gate. Here’s why.

CHICAGO (Sept. 19, 2018) – The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) announced today that former federal executive and startup trailblazer Chandra Brown has been named executive director effective Sept. 26, 2018.

September 10, 2018 Cincinnati, Ohio – The LNS Group has acquired Meadville, Pennsylvania-based ChipBLASTER, Inc. the maker of high pressure coolant systems, coolant chillers, cyclonic filtration systems and other machine tool peripherals.

Any good machinist knows when to hit the stop button when their operation goes awry. Human senses - touch, see, hear, all come into play when optimizing a machining process. But as the saying goes, we're only human. Manually checking all machines running at all times leaves room for error and is next to impossible. Digital machining gives you a pair of digital eyes and ears providing you with the most accurate data from your machine – so you can know about disruptions before they happen.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (September 6, 2018) – Okuma America Corporation, a builder of CNC machine tools, announces that Summer Cline has joined the company as Vice President of Finance.

Troy, MI — Dallas Industries (www.dallasindustries.com), a manufacturer of coil handling, press feeding equipment and controls for the stamping industry has announced the appointment of Robert Herrada as Regional Sales Manager.