Modern Machine Shop News
StarragHeckert Acquires Dörries Scharmann
StarragHeckert Holding AG has finalized its acquisition of the Dörries Scharmann Group, thereby strengthening its position in the aerospace, energy, transportation and engineering markets by practically doubling its business volume.
Read MoreSeco Offers Aerospace Materials Seminar
Seco Tools’ (Troy, Michigan) upcoming seminar, “Solutions for Machining Materials Common to the Aerospace Industry,” will focus on difficult-to-machine materials, including high-temperature superalloys, titanium-based alloys, stainless steel and composites.
Read MoreFree Black Oxide Treatment Feasibility Testing
Birchwood Casey (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) offers free lab testing of iron, steel or aluminum production parts to determine whether they are feasible candidates for its low-temperature black oxide processes.
Read MoreMAG Funds Composites Institute
Philadelphia University and machine tool builder MAG (New York, New York) are establishing a new institute for research and development of new textile-based composites that could have wide application in the aerospace, automotive, energy and other industries. The Philadelphia University MAG Composites Institute will be funded in part by $1.1 million from MAG.
Read MoreNSK Focuses on Sustainability
NSK Corporation (Ann Arbor, Michigan), a manufacturer of bearings and other motion components and a member of the NSK Ltd. group of companies, has implemented and standardized a new environmental policy to raise sustainability standard within its North American operations.
Read MoreTechnology Suppliers Support Community College
Fanuc FA America (Hoffman Estates, Illinois), CNC Engineering (Enfield, Connecticut) and Koma Precision (East Windsor, Connecticut) have joined forces to support the manufacturing technology program and Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield, Connecticut. For its part, CNC supplier Fanuc FA America recently donated three control systems to staff and students.
Read MoreMori, Ellison to Open Joint Canadian Tech Center
Machine tool builder Mori Seiki (Chicago, Illinois) and distributor Ellison Technologies (Santa Fe Springs, California) will host a grand opening event for a new joint Technical Center in Mississauga, Ontario on April 27 and 28. Event attendees will be the first to see Mori’s NVX5080 VMC from the new X-Class, as well as the NMV5000DCG five-axis VMC, the NT1000/SZM turn-mill and the NL2500SY lathe.
Read MoreReid Facility to Serve Western U.S.
Reid Supply Company (Muskegon, Michigan) recently opened a distribution center in Reno, Nevada for bearings and power transmission products.
Read MoreNew Appointment at Techni
Techni Waterjet (Lenexa, Kansas) has promoted Dennis Schmidt to the position of International Service Manager.
Read MoreKomet Opens Canadian Subsidiary
Cutting tool manufacturer Komet of America (Schaumburg, Illinois) has opened a new subsidiary, Komet of Canada Tooling Solutions ULC.
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