Modern Machine Shop News
Mazak Event Offers Energy-Industry Focus
A “Discover Mazak” event at the machine tool builder’s Southwest Technology Center in Houston, Texas will focus on new machines, technologies and services for manufacturers serving the energy industry.
Read MoreLincoln Electric, IPG Photonics Enter Partnership
Arc welding and cutting product supplier Lincoln Electric (Cleveland, Ohio) and fiber laser and amplifer manufacturer IPG Photonics (Oxford, Massachusetts) have formed a strategic partnership to explore global opportunities in the laser welding and cutting market. The agreement stipulates that the two companies will jointly pursue the development of methods for providing expanded, turnkey solutions involving hybrid fiber laser/MIG welding technology to industrial companies worldwide.
Read MoreThird Wave Opens West Coast Office
Machine modeling software provider Third Wave Systems (Minneapolis, Minnesota) has opened a remote office in Los Angeles, California.
Read MoreEriez Moves Hydroflow Division to New Facility
Liquid and solid material separation technology supplier Eriez (Erie, Pennsylvania) has announced that its Hydroflow division has relocated to a new sales and engineering office in Maumee, Ohio. The move follows the company’s recent acquisition of the Hydroflow Filtration Systems and Systems Equipment Division (SED) of fluid-recycling products, the operations of which were previously based in another Maumee location. Hydroflow supplies standard and custom-designed products to the metalworking, aerospace, medical, automotive, bearing/gear and power generation industries.
Read MoreChemtrac Assets Purchased
Chemtrac, a division of North American Filtration, has purchased certain operating assets of Norcross, Georgia-based Chemtrac Systems, a company that has supplier monitoring and control instrumentation to the municipal water and wastewater, pulp/paper and power generation industries since 1985.
Read MoreReid Expands GSA Products
Industrial products supplier Reid Supply Company (Muskegon, Michigan has added approximately 10,000 new products to its General Services Administration (GSA) government buyers contract.
Read MoreGibbs Makes Second Grant to Purdue
CAM software developer Gibbs and Associates (Moorpark, California), a Cimatron company, has granted to Purdue University’s College of Engineering 60 seats of Gibbscam to run on the University’s Engineering College Network at the West Lafayette, Indiana campus.
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Trade Show Highlights Italian Innovations
When the doors closed on the 27th edition of Bi-Mu, the biennial Italian machine tool, robot and automation exhibition, more than 60,047 attendees had passed through the halls of the Fiera Milano Exhibition Center in Milan to visit more than 1,223 exhibitors.
Read MoreEdgecam Supports Growing Regional Customer Base
Edgecam, part of the Planit software group (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) has set up a new office to provide direct service to its growing customer base in the Southeastern United States. “Customers tell us the difference between a good CAM software company and a great one is the ongoing backup support they get,” says Edgecam channel manager Domenic Lanzillotta. “As a result of our continued growth in the region, we realized the time was right to set up this dedicated resource to further assist our customers.”
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