Modern Machine Shop News
Carr Lane Appoints New President
The board of directors of Carr Lane Manufacturing Company has announced that Alan K.
Read MoreStudy Details How Behavior Affects Measurement
The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) has released a 58-page report detailing the results of a large-scale, interactive measurement study of the measurement strategies and behaviors of corporate metrologists. Titled “How Behavior Impacts Your Measurement,” the report drives home the importance of defining best practices and understanding measurement fundamentals that enable informed judgments regardless of the measurement technologies used, says study co-author Keith Bevan of the National Physics Laboratory. Conducted at the 27th annual Coordinate Metrology Systems Conference (CMSC), the two-day study asked more than 100 conference attendees to perform three tasks using portable 3D coordinate metrology equipment: measure a door with a laser tracker, retro reflectors and software; measure an engine compartment with an articulating arm, probe and software; and measure a vehicle with a laser tracker, probing and a laser scanning system.
Read MoreLockheed to Help Sciaky Expand Capacity
Welding system supplier Sciaky (Chicago, Illinois) has entered a U.S.
Read MoreNew Leadership at Mitutoyo
Shigeyuki Sasaki has been appointed the new president of Mitutoyo America Corporation (Aurora, Illinois), a supplier of measurement and inspection products. Mr.
Read MoreKomet Seeks Acquisition Opportunities
Komet of America (Schaumburg, Illinois), a supplier of bore machining, threading and reaming tools, has announced that it is actively pursuing strategic acquisitions in the North American market.
Read MoreBuffet Considers Japanese Investment
Billionaire investor Warrant Buffet, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, recently said he is on the lookout for a “big investment” in Japan, although he stopped short of confirming concrete plans. Mr.
Read MoreEvent Exposes Students to Manufacturing Careers
To mark the occasion of its 25th anniversary, dgs Marketing Engineers hosted a mid-November educational event that exposed 25 Indianapolis-area high school students—one for each year the manufacturing-industry communications agency has been in business—to potentially lucrative manufacturing careers. Titled “Connect with Manufacturing,” the event took place at Shelton Machinery, a Mazak distributor in Fishers, Indiana.
Read MoreNew Leadership at European Machine Tool Association
CECIMO, the European machine tool association, elected Martin Kapp as its new president at its recent Fall General Assembly, which met in Zurich, Switzerland in November. Mr.
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