Industry News

Account managers Brian Basiliere and Kyle Inman have been hired to manage accounts for users of Hexagon production software. The Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence production software business has hired two new team members in support of its metalcutting software.

The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), Weatherford, Texas, announced the launch of the industry’s first Level-One and Level-Two Certifications for traditional coordinate measuring machine professionals. Applicants for the CMS Level-One Certification must submit an application, meet eligibility requirements, sign the CMS code of ethics, and pass a peer review. Candidates for the CMS Level-Two Certification must possess a Level-One Certification, have two years experience using a CMM (minimum 400 hours), and submit an application with two references who can confirm their hands-on expertise.

As part of the company’s recent sales and marketing realignment efforts, GF Machining Solutions, Lincolnshire, Illinois, has announced that Peter Eigenmann, former head of sales for the Southeast region, has been promoted to the position of director of sales and marketing, effective Oct. 7, 2019.

Troy, Michigan-based Tebis America, a leading software company specializing in CAD/CAM and MES systems for design and manufacturing, servicing the tool, die, mold, aerospace and automotive manufacturing industries, has announced new management positions for its North America operation.

After seven years working at Bystronic Inc., Elgin, Illinois, and a career in sheet metal fabrication spanning over five decades, Paul LeTang, press brake product manager and bending guru for Bystronic Inc. is set to retire on March 2, 2020.

BIG KAISER Precision Tooling is pleased to announce a promotion and multiple new hires that will continue to bolster customer support and responsiveness in several key regions.

Industrial cutting processes have played a significant part in the overall manufacturing of products. From metal foundries to automobile manufacturing, the effectiveness of cutting technologies has been employed across multiple industrial verticals. Among which, plasma cutting methods have gained lucrative grounds in the global industrial landscape.

Located in its new North American Tech Center, LK Metrology has built a new CMM measurement services department for performing contract dimensional inspection using the latest metrology software with state-of-the-art multiple-sensor technology applied to the newest LK Metrology CMM designs.

Tacoma, WA, January 20, 2020 — Stellar Industrial Supply, which distributes more than 35,000 MRO (maintenance, repair and operation) products and tools from more than 1,500 brands for Safety, Metalworking, Marine Supply, Aerospace, and other general manufacturing and processing organizations, and also offers customized Indirect Material Management solutions, today named Fullerton Tool Company, Inc. as its 2019, repeat Supplier of the Year award winner.

Monaghan Tooling Group welcomes industry veteran Mark Doré to the sales and business development team. He will work out of his home office in the U.K. and is responsible for growing the burnishing, recessing and mechanical joining tool sales to existing and potential customers in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India and Australia.

Systima Technologies Inc., Kirkland, Washington, manufactures components for the defense, space and commercial markets. The company was founded in 2008 but has quadrupled in the four years since 2015. Materials and Process Engineer Marc Staiger realized early on that the forecast growth would require them to have better material management; “At that time we had around 20 rolls on-site, which we were managing out time with Excel spreadsheets, but information was not up-to-date and was scattered across PCs across the network. Also, it involved a lot of manual work counting out-time.”

Emuge Corp. has announced the appointment of Scott Lowe as national accounts manager for the U.S. and Canada. In his new position, Lowe is responsible for developing and managing channel partner relations with key customers, distributors and integrated suppliers of Emuge products.

According to the 2017 McKinsey report "Making it in America – Revitalizing U.S. Manufacturing," the manufacturing industry is responsible for 35% of the nation’s productivity growth, 60% of its exports and about 70% of private sector R&D spending. These figures point to just how impactful American manufacturing is to the U.S. economy. Visionary American manufacturers have the opportunity to lead the evolution in this industry, which is the basis for the growth/investment strategy of ARCH Cutting Tools (ACT).

The EMAG Group is expanding its technology range in the field of grinding with cylindrical grinding technology from Weiss.

The production of comprehensive manufacturing solutions from a single source is the main requirement for many mechanical engineering production planners. Typically, a general contractor would be responsible for the development of a complex line of interlinked machines with a variety of technologies. This provides the manufacturing company with two major benefits: the overall planning is easier (of the new factory) and a production partner that guarantees a perfectly designed, flexible, manufacturing solution, even for the most complex production situation. For years, the EMAG Group has been this partner, as it is one of the few machine builders that covers the entire process chain from soft to hard machining. Now, the experts are taking the next step with the creation of EMAG Systems and combining their project engineering expertise.

Tooling Tech Group (TTG), a leading provider of engineered tools and automated assembly equipment to a wide range of industries, has announced Jeff Johnson as the company’s new chief financial officer. Johnson will be responsible for all areas of the company’s financial activity, including accounting and control, financial reporting, planning and forecasting, treasury, credit, collections and taxes.

Toolholders are the critical connection between a cutting tool and a machine tool spindle. A toolholder’s performance dictates productive output, part surface finish and cutter life. With the right toolholder for the application at hand, shops gain maximum benefit from their high-performance cutting tools and machine tools.

Manufacturer of Swiss precision toolholder Rego-Fix AG has named William Obras as the company’s new general manager Americas in charge of Rego-Fix USA, Rego-Fix Brazil and Rego-Fix Mexico. In his new position, Obras will play a key role in the implementation of the company’s regional management business concept, which will further strengthen sales and service support as well as customer responsiveness.

6-D Laser LLC was formed in 2018 as an affiliate of leading nanometer-level motion control specialist ALIO Industries, with the mission of integrating ultrafast laser processing with precision multiple-axis motion systems. 6-D Laser offers Hybrid Hexapod-based laser micromachining systems for wide-range taper angle control, 5-axis laser Gimbal-based systems for laser processing 3D substrates, and unlimited field of view scanning solutions for laser processing large-format substrates.

Sandvik Coromant wins the Technical Excellence Award from Ford Motor Co. for tool and process monitoring application of a gear grinding operation. The award was presented at a ceremony in Michigan on Nov. 7, 2019.