Modern Machine Shop News
Cinetic Landis Opens New Facility
Employees, company executives and guests from local academia and government recently convened in Hagerstown, Maryland to officially dedicate the new home of Cinetic Landis Corp. Speaking to an audience of more than 250, President and CEO Daniel Pheil presented the 108,700-square-foot facility as a sustainable, green foundation for the company’s future progress in the design and manufacture of precision grinding equipment. The facility combines 84,700 square feet of manufacturing space and 24,000 square feet of office space.
Read MoreKomet Buys Tool Grinding, Coating Firm
Cutting tool manufacturer Komet has acquired Afilatec, S. A. de C.
Read MoreShop Rat Endorses SME Youth Programs
The Shop Rat Foundation, an organization in Pleasant Lake, Michigan dedicated to the advancing the skilled trade industries by offering hands-on education programs for young people, has endorsed successful national youth programs offered by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation. The broader educational goal of these industry collaborations is to address the need for a skilled workforce by offering a full range of technology-based curriculum designed to appeal to young people. Initial plans are to introduce new curriculum at youth-based engineering programs offered by the SME Education Foundation.
Read MoreSandvik Opens New Training, Demo Facility
Sandvik Coromant (Fair Lawn, New Jersey) recently hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house to commemorate the opening of its new Chicago Productivity Center in Shaumburg, Illinois. The facility contains classrooms, meeting areas, a tooling showroom and a dedicated machining floor. The fourth of its kind in North America, the new center joins existing locations in Fair lawn, New Jersey; Mississauga, Ontario; and Monterey, Mexico.
Read MoreFMA Elects New Board, Officers
Traci Tapani was elected to the board of directors of the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA) Foundation at the group’s recent annual meeting. Current board members Jeffrey Knauf andr Delbert “Del” Mullens were elected to the positions of board chairman and secretary/treasurer, respectively. The nine-member board provides governance for the activities, affairs and property of the FMA Foundation.
Read MoreSeminars Explore Vibration Fundamentals
Datastick Systems’ Vibration Basics Training Seminar schedule will kick off January 27-29 outside Washington D. C. near Dulles Airport.
Read MoreWire Provider Changes Name
bedra-Gisco, Inc. has officially changed its name to bedra Inc. The company was formed in late 2005 as the U.
Read MoreAMB Exceeds Expectations
With a record number of exhibitors, a significant increase in attendance and more floor space than ever before, AMB 2008 was larger than any previous iteration of the German metalworking trade show. The biennial event was hosted for the first time in Stuttgart, Germany at the new Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre from September 9 to 13. More than 85,000 visitors—a 70-percent increase over the 2006 show—viewed innovations and developments from 1,306 exhibitors occupying 105,200 square meters of floor space, an area twice as large as the show’s previous location.
Read MoreSME Elects 2009 Officers
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation has named new officers and selected two new members to serve on its board of directors. All terms will be effective January 1, 2009. New President Khalil S.
Read MoreComposites Exhibition Makes Debut In Italy
Organizers of Compotec, an exhibition dedicated to the production of composite materials and related technology, cite attendance figures as evidence of the success of the event’s debut. Visitors to the show, which occurred from October 29 to 31 at CarraraFiere in Marina di Carrarra, Italy, totaled 3,370. Attendees hailed from more than 20 countries, including many from Europe, the United States, Tunisia and Israel, to view equipment from 120 exhibitors in a 10,000-square-meter area.
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