Modern Machine Shop News

10 Nov 2011

FMA Charitable Foundation Elects Officers

Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT), the charitable foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), elected new officers at its recent meeting.

Workforce Development 9 Nov 2011

Jobs Initiative Connects Businesses, Schools

A new initiative from The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation aims to create strong partnerships between organizations, businesses and exemplary schools to provide a comprehensive, community-based approach to manufacturing education.

8 Nov 2011

NTMA Purchasing Fair, amerimold to Co-Locate

Gardner Publications (GPI) and the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) have agreed to co-locate their respective amerimold and NTMA Purchasing Fair events in 2012.

7 Nov 2011

SNK Relocates Headquarters

Machine tool builder SNK America has relocated its U.S. headquarters in Mt.

4 Nov 2011

$2 Million Endowment Honors Former Carr Lane CEO

To honor the memory of Earl E.

3 Nov 2011

Rosler Unveils New Manufacturing Campus

Rosler Metal Finishing USA, a supplier of surface finishing equipment and consumables, recently celebrated the expansion of its facility in Battle Creek, Michigan.

2 Nov 2011

Nikon Opens New Tech Center

Nikon Metrology recently hosted more than 100 metrology and manufacturing professionals to introduce a new Technology Center at its American headquarters in Brighton, Michigan. Brighton Mayor Ricci Bandkau was on-hand for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and Gary Vasilash, editor-in-chief of “Automotive Design and Production” keynoted with an address on the state of the automotive industry. (“Automotive Design and Production” is a property of Gardner Publications, which also publishes “Modern Machine Shop.”) With the theme “Advances in Industrial Metrology,” the opening event offered technology overviews and demonstrations of various new and updated products.

Workforce Development 1 Nov 2011

PartMaker Training Initiative Aims To Reduce Skills Gap

PartMaker (Fort Washington, Pennsylvania), a division of Delcam, is offering free and reduced-cost training for its knowledge-based CAM system in an effort to help manufacturers take full advantage of Swiss-type and Turn-mill machine capabilities. Any new or existing customer that orders more than $10,000 worth of software from the company before the end of the year will receive free training for one student (these customers can take the training in 2012 if they wish). Customers seeking only training will receive a 20 percent discount on standard rates.

31 Oct 2011