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Located in Alpharetta, Georgia, the new facility will serve as a home base for local sales and support engineers as well as a regional hub for training, seminars and other business activities.

The 2024 ANCA Tool of the Year Awards, now in its seventh year, celebrated excellence in the cutting tool industry at an awards ceremony during IMTS in Chicago.

Lyndex-Nikken, manufacturer and provider of high-performance machine tool accessories and automation, announces a partnership with Zero Clamp GmbH to offer high-quality German engineered clamping solutions to manufacturers in North America.

ANCA, a manufacturer of CNC grinding machines, and Tetralytix, a developer of simulation software for metal cutting technology, entered into a strategic collaboration in the field of virtual design for cutting tools.

Sumitomo Drive Technologies received the 2024 National Metalworking Reshoring Award in recognition of its success in bringing manufacturing to the United States through foreign direct investment and to Mexico via nearshoring.

Advanced materials are the backbone of technological innovation, and Stanford Advanced Materials’ Tantalum products, which include Tantalum Powder, Tantalum Strip Wire Rod, Tantalum Tube, and Tantalum Ingot, are integral to high-performance applications across industries such as electronics, aerospace, and medicine.

Mate Precision Technologies, a provider of workholding solutions, has earned its certification as a DMG MORI DMQP partner for its 52/96 workholding system.

GoEngineer, a developer of design and engineering solutions, has acquired Inceptra, a provider of PLM and advanced CAD software solutions headquartered in Weston, Florida.

Canon U.S.A.., a leader in digital imaging solutions, developed a bagging system with its customer OSARO Inc., a San Francisco-based Canon U.S.A. customer that provides sophisticated AI-based robotic perception and picking solutions.

Tim Patt has been selected as regional sales director for Dorner. In this position, Patt will lead a team of Dorner regional managers to grow the company’s automation, industrial and sanitary conveyor business.

Rodrigo Perez's journey into the world of manufacturing began during high school, but not in a classroom. While working construction for his father, Perez crossed paths with an electronics engineer who taught him about machining and manufacturing; how to use a mill and a lathe; how to put together circuit boards; how to solder surface components and wires, and build robotic computer systems.

Taiwan's International Trade Administration successfully hosted an "Integrate to Innovate: Smart Machinery Application Forum” at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago

Redex USA showcased its portfolio of high-performance drives for machine tool applications at IMTS.

Mark Schmid has been appointed regional sales manager, covering the upper Midwest portions of the U.S. for Dorner. Schmid will be working with sales channel partners and key accounts to grow the company’s automation, industrial, and sanitary conveyor business within his region.

New Horizon Aircraft, the Toronto-based company doing business as Horizon Aircraft, an advanced aerospace engineering company and developer of the world’s first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicle has appointed Tom Brassington as chief technology officer.

Rösler, a supplier of mass finishing and shot blasting technologies, now offers a Retrofit and TuneUp service for companies utilizing the company’s equipment.

Shipments of cutting tools were $208.1 million in June 2024. Orders decreased 2.9% from May 2024 and were down 4.2% from June 2023. Year-to-date shipments totaled $1.27 billion, up 2.6% from shipments made in the first six months of 2023.

CGTech, a developer of CNC simulation, verification, optimization and post-processing software is demonstrating its latest advancements in its suite of manufacturing software at IMTS 2024.

Ceratizit has added Carlos Garza as the company’s new business development leader for the oil and gas industry sector.

Olis Robotics launched a remote diagnostics system for industrial automation cells at IMTS 2024 in Chicago, following the addition of powerful new PLC capabilities to its Olis solution.