Modern Machine Shop News

Economist Identifies Four Key Factors Influencing Growth

If the United States addresses “in a coherent manner” four key issues that impact the economy—employment, consumer behavior, global economic strain and the role of politicians—the country can expect growth of approximately 3 percent in 2012, forecasts an economist for a manufacturing industry trade group. “If not, the United States will wallow in the 1 to 1.5 percent territory, with all that implies,” says Dr.

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Verisurf Moves to New HQ

Verisurf Software has expanded into a new corporate headquarters located just down the street from its previous location in Anaheim, California.

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Omax Helps Judge Future Inventions at Georgia Tech

Steve Brown of waterjet equipment supplier Omax (Kent, Washington) recently served as a guest judge at Georgia Institute of Technology’s latest Capstone Design Expo, a culmination of 40 mechanical and biomedical student projects from the school’s mechanical engineering senior design course.   Each team of four to five students worked together to define a project, perform research, develop a design and fabricate, test and refine a prototype.

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Wallover Oil Acquires Commonwealth Oil

Wallover Oil Company (Strongsville, Ohio), a supplier of metalworking fluids and industrial lubricants, has acquired Commonwealth Oil (Harrow, Ontario, Canada).  Commonwealth’s success in the Canadian metalworking fluid market, particularly in the EDM and tube-forming segments, will help Wallover as it works to expand its North American metalworking business, says Eric Kielts, company president.

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Composite Supplier Celebrates 60th Anniversary

MFG Tray (Linesville, Pennsylvania), a manufacturer of fiber-reinforced composite products, celebrates its 60th year in business this year.   Founded in 1952, the company was one of the first manufacturers of mass-produced commercial products using polyester resins and fiber glass reinforcements.

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New President at Walter

Milko Merlo has become president of cutting tool supplier Walter AG, parent company of Walter USA (Waukesha, Wisconsin). He succeeds former president Andreas Evertz, who will become president of Sandvik Machining Solutions, of which Walter is a part.   Most recently, Mr.

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Hardinge Appoints New Board Chairman

Hardinge (Elmira, New York) has announced that its board of directors has elected Richard L.

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Labor Rules Made Permanent at IMTS Venue

IMTS exhibitors will have the right to use their own employees to assemble their own machines, thanks to a recent agreement on work rules at Chicago’s McCormick Place. 

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AMT: 2011 Marked "Renaissance” for U.S. Manufacturing

The resurgence of manufacturing following the crash of 2008 is “unprecedented,” according to AMT-The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

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Seco Offers Free Cast Iron Insert Samples

Cutting tool manufacturer Seco (Troy, Michigan) is offering free samples of its new TK Grade inserts for cast iron turning applications at tkpromo.secotools.com.   The grades feature the company’s Duratomic coating technology to enable faster, more aggressive cutting with longer tool life.

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