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Zagar Distributes Arnold Vises
Zagar is now the exclusive North American importer of Arnold Workholding high pressure vises from Fresmak (Zarautz, Spain). According to the terms of the agreement, Arnold Workholding has moved from Morgan, Pennsylvania to Zagar’s headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. The high-pressure vises are designed to enable deep cuts at high feed rates without part slippage or distortion.
Read MoreSoftware Developer Offers Discount for Educational Institutions
MTI Systems (West Springfield, Massachusetts) has announced a country-wide initiative to offer educational institutions a significant discount on its flagship Costimator software, a cost-estimating, quoting and process planning system.
Read MoreNew Distributor for Italian Spindle Heads
ERI America (Lake Zurich, Illinois) is now the exclusive North American distributor for the complete line of specialty spindle heads and other components from MPA (Bologna, Italy). These include multispindle heads, 90-degree angle heads, tilting heads, spindle speed increasers and customized specialty heads.
Read MoreEriez Celebrates 70 Years
Eriez (Erie, Pennsylvania), a manufacturer of equipment for magnetic, vibratory and inspection applications, says a number of milestones are in reach as it celebrates its 70th year of business in 2012.
Read MoreDatron Offers 3D Scanners for Dental Milling
Machine tool builder Datron Dynamics (Milford, New Hampshire) has agreed to market Swiss company Imetric’s 3D scanning systems for dental milling applications in North America. Imetric’s structured white-light scanning systems are designed to provide flexible, contactless digitalization for industrial reconstruction, inspection, deformation or movement analysis.
Read MorePoll Reveals Public’s Manufacturing Misconceptions
A recent poll conducted by cutting tool manufacturer Kennametal shows a wide gap between the public’s perception of manufacturing and the facts about the sector’s current strength and future viability. According to the survey, 65 percent of Americans believe manufacturing jobs are desirable, high-paying and high-tech, and 70 percent believe manufacturing jobs are important for domestic job creation.
Read MoreHirschmann Acquires Manufacturer of EDM Tables, Spindles
The Hirschmann Group (Flourn-Winzeln, Germany) parent company of Hirschmann Engineering USA (Schaumburg, Illinois) has taken over the insolvent JuachSchmider (Villingendorf, Germany). A holding company, JS, has been established to continue the transactions of JauchSchmider. The takeover combines both companies’ lines of submersible single- and multi-axis rotary tables and spindles for EDM, which will now be available from Hirschmann.
Read MoreU.S.-Manufactured Vises Marketed in China
Kurt Manufacturing Company, Industrial Products Division has announced that will expand U.S.-based production of precision Anglock vises for marketing in China.
Read MoreSpanish Industry Groups Join Forces
The merger of two prominent industry associations in Spain fulfills a goal outlined almost two years ago to create a single, stronger, more representative entity with renewed capacity for serving the manufacturing technology sector.
Read MoreEMAG Unveils Technology School
The Emag Technology School USA hosted its first class January 9 at machine tool builder Emag’s U.S. headquarters facility in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
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