Industry News

01/14/2025
smla
Thomson Industries Inc., a manufacturer of linear motion control solutions, upgraded its stepper motor linear actuator (SMLA) online selector tool, adding the ability to include encoders in the design process.
01/13/2025
Cobot Conference and Tradeshow
The nation’s largest cobot conference and tradeshow, Collaborate North America 2025, takes place in Novi, Michigan, January 28, 2025, and is free to attend. This one-day, in-person event brings together 500+ manufacturing professionals from across North America.
01/10/2025
AI Startup challenge winners
ABB Robotics named T-Robotics and Mbodi as the winners of its 2024 ABB Robotics AI Startup Challenge, "marking a significant milestone in advancing artificial intelligence solutions for industrial robotics."
01/09/2025
DeSalvo - BlackHawk
BlackHawk Industrial, a distributor of metalworking and other mission-critical industrial products, has appointed Anthony DeSalvo as General Manager of the Great Lakes Region.
01/08/2025
INDEX Corp. names succsesor to retiring president and CEO
INDEX Corporation announced that this April, Cris Taylor will be retiring from a long career in the manufacturing industry and Michael Huggett will step into the role of President & CEO.
01/07/2025
Royal Products
Royal Products today announced a recent investment from growth-oriented investor Heartwood Partners in partnership with the management who will continue to lead the company. This financial backing will position Royal for continued expansion and market leadership.
01/07/2025
BLM, Hypertherm
Hypertherm Associates and BLM GROUP have entered into a strategic partnership agreement aimed at expanding the market reach of their respective solutions.
01/06/2025
Zebra Photoneo
Zebra Technologies, a digital solutions provider that helps businesses connect data and assets, said it intends to acquire Photoneo, a developer and manufacturer of 3D machine vision solutions.
01/03/2025
Mastercam
Sandvik has acquired the assets of FASTech, a U.S.-based reseller of Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) solutions in the Mastercam network.
01/02/2025
Walter USA opens Walter Americas Campus in S.C.
Walter USA recently announced its new Walter Americas Campus in Greer, South Carolina, which became operational as of Jan. 1, 2025. The facility is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery, testing labs, and collaborative workspaces designed to meet the diverse needs of our customers and partners.
01/02/2025
MazakMazak Opens New Customer Solutions Center
Mazak has opened a new Customer Solutions Center in Florence, Kentucky, which the company says specializes in developing production-ready, custom automation solutions that allow manufacturers to overcome existing labor issues while increasing production output.
12/31/2024
Long-range solid rocket motor
Raytheon, an RTX business, and Ursa Major's long-range solid rocket motor completed a successful missile flight test for the U.S. Army.
12/30/2024
HWR Workholding
As HWR Workholding USA enters its third year of business in the US, the company announced that it had moved to a larger facility.
12/27/2024
David McMurtry
Renishaw plc Co-founder David McMurtry has died at age 84. The Gloucestershire, U.K.-based company he began with the invention of a touch probe in 1973 now has more than 1,800 patents and some 5,000 employees across 36 countries. McMurtry invented or co-invented more than 150 of the engineering firm’s products.
12/26/2024
Cobotix Manufacturing Inc.
Southfield, Michigan-based thyssenkrupp Materials NA has acquired Cobotix Manufacturing Inc., a precision metal fabricator that specializes in working with copper and aluminum.
12/24/2024
Tobias Trautmann
Vollmer is focusing on the future with and expanded management team. Starting January 1, 2025, Tobias Trautmann will join the management team.
12/23/2024
Miss Vollmer
Sieglinde Vollmer, affectionately known as "Fräulein Vollmer" (“Miss Vollmer”), celebrated her 100th birthday on November 30, 2024, and marked the occasion at the Technology and Training Center of the cutting tool specialist Vollmer in Germany.
12/18/2024
Russ Bukowski
Mastercam, a global leader in CAD/CAM solutions, has appointed Russ Bukowski as interim President, effective Dec. 16.
12/17/2024
Alan Oak Cininnati Inc.
Cincinnati Incorporated, a provider of built-to-order machine tools, announced that Timothy Warning will be stepping down as president & CEO effective Jan. 1, 2025. At that time, Alan Oak will assume the company’s leadership position.
12/16/2024
Cutting Tool Market Report for October 2024
Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report produced by AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), totaled $212.5 million in October 2024. That's up 12.6% from the previous month but down 0.2% compared to October 2023. Year-to-date shipments through October 2024 totaled $2.07 billion, an increase of 0.6% from shipments made between January and October of 2023. The 2024 YTD growth rate, however, has declined every month since April.