Gear Industry News 2013
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Hexagon Renews Contract with Red Bull Technology
Hexagon Metrology recently announced the signing of an Innovation Partnership contract renewal with Red Bull Technology which runs until ... (posted 2013-05-23)
Schafer Gear Restructures Organization
Bipin N. Doshi, president and CEO of Schafer Gear Works, has announced a restructuring of the organization. Effective May 1, the company ... (posted 2013-05-22)
Mazak Honored for Manufacturing Investments
In recognition of the expansions of its North American Headquarters campus in Florence, Kentucky, Mazak Corporation received the Cincinna... (posted 2013-05-22)
Hainbuch Names Woods President
Hainbuch America Corporation has announced that James Woods has been appointed president for its Germantown, Wisconsin based company. Woo... (posted 2013-05-20)
AMT to Showcase Technologies at FEIMAFE 2013
Featuring some of the best U.S. manufacturing technology for a wide array of end-user applications, the Association For Manufacturing Tec... (posted 2013-05-16)
Tungsten Industry Develops Conflict Minerals Legislation
Supported by two leading tungsten industry trade associations, the International Tungsten Industry Association (ITIA), London, England, a... (posted 2013-05-15)
Innovation Days Brings Record Attendance
DMG/Mori Seiki USA, recently announced record attendance at its Innovation Days 2013. The event, which ran May 7-10, welcomed 3,208 visit... (posted 2013-05-14)
Microprecision Opens Manufacturing Plant in India
Driven by local demand, primarily in the burgeoning aerospace sector, specialist precision gear manufacturer Microprecision has officiall... (posted 2013-05-14)
Hardinge to Acquire Forkardt
Hardinge Inc. recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Forkardt from Illinois Tool Works for $34 mil... (posted 2013-05-13)
Machine Tools Matter at EMO
From September 16 to September 21, 2013, this year’s EMO Hannover will be opening its doors. At the wor... (posted 2013-05-10)
Solar Launches Bimonthly Podcast Series
Solar Manufacturing recently launched a new bimonthly podcast series in cooperation with Industrial Heating called “Vacuum Heat Tre... (posted 2013-05-07)
Seco-Warwick Acquires Engefor
Seco/Warwick and the owners of Engefor Indústria e Comércio Ltda., a Brazilian furnace manufacturer based in the industrial... (posted 2013-05-02)
KISSsoft Wins Industry Award
The Huber Verlag für Neue Medien GmbH awards the INDUSTRIEPREIS to companies with high economic, social, technological and environm... (posted 2013-05-01)
Liebherr Achieves Highest Turnover in its History
World economic development was weaker in 2012 than in the previous year. Although growth was still 3.2 percent, the emerging markets&rsqu... (posted 2013-04-29)
DMG-Mori Seiki Earns NIMS Accreditation
DMG/Mori Seiki USA announced that its training center, DMG/Mori Seiki University (DMSU) is the latest addition to the network of National... (posted 2013-04-25)
GE to Acquire Lufkin Industries
GE and Lufkin Industries Inc. recently announced a joint agreement whereby GE will acquire Lufkin Industries Inc., a provider of artifici... (posted 2013-04-22)
Delta Receives ISO 17025:2005 Designation
Delta Inspection, the newest company of the Delta Family of Companies, located in Livonia, Michigan is pleased to announce that it has be... (posted 2013-04-18)
Wenzel America Partners with Liebherr Gear Technology
Wenzel America proudly announces their new partnership with Liebherr Gear Technology, Inc. Liebherr will exclusively represent the Wenzel... (posted 2013-04-09)
GMTA Updates Activity in Gear Market
GMTA (German Machine Tools of America) represents various top-quality German metalworking machine builders, including Profilator, Pittler... (posted 2013-04-05)
Kapp-Niles Sets Date for Rocky Mountain Gear Finishing School
The Sixth Annual Kapp-Niles Rocky Mountain Gear Finishing School (RMGFS) will be held this year October 16, 17 & 18 in Boulder, Color... (posted 2013-04-03)
Solar Receives Nadcap Approval for Carburizing
Solar Atmospheres recently received Nadcap approval for carburizing. The Souderton, PA plant can now better serve the aerospace market wi... (posted 2013-04-03)
Seco Relocates Custom Tooling Division
Seco Tools recently announced that it will relocate its Custom Tooling unit to its North American headquarters in Troy, Michigan. This wi... (posted 2013-04-02)
Liebherr Appoints Service Manager for North America
Liebherr Gear Technology, Inc., Saline, Michigan, has appointed Robert (Bob) Jelic service manager overseeing North American operations f... (posted 2013-03-27)
Solar Donates Vacuum Furnace to ASM
In commemoration of ASM International’s 100th anniversary, Solar Atmospheres Inc. is donating a vacuum furnace to ASM for use in it... (posted 2013-03-26)
Drake Welcomes Kenneth Lonsberry
Drake Manufacturing Services Co., a Warren, Ohio, precision machine tool builder, has recently hired Kenneth Lonsberry as vice president ... (posted 2013-03-22)
Gleason Cutting Tools Recognized as John Deere Partner-Level Supplier
Gleason Corporation recently announced that its Gleason Cutting Tools Corporation facility in Rockford, Illinois has earned Partner-level... (posted 2013-03-21)
Burkhardt+Weber Starts Sales Operations in United States
Romi Machine Tools Ltd., is pleased to announce the opening of the North American office of Burkhardt+Weber Fertigungssysteme GmbH. The c... (posted 2013-03-20)
Polygon Solutions Announced as Transformation Award Finalist
The Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership announced finalists recently for its Transformation and Savvis Direct Innovention A... (posted 2013-03-19)
Direct Gear Design Debuts in March
Direct Gear Design (Hardcover; 328 pp.; CRC Press) by Dr. Alex Kapelevich, is now available for online purchase—at both CRC Press (... (posted 2013-03-18)
Kapp Named North American Distributor for R&P Metrology
Kapp Technologies has announced it will be the distributor of Rauth-Pumm Metrology Equipment (R&P) for North America. Rauth-Pumm Metr... (posted 2013-03-15)
Fives to Acquire MAG Americas
Fives has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MAG Americas, a global supplier of high-performance machining solutions and comp... (posted 2013-03-11)
Mazak Targets Aerospace and Medical Manufacturing Technology
In support of the growing aerospace and medical industries, Mazak Corporation is hosting a Discover More With Mazak event at its Northeas... (posted 2013-03-07)
Solar Manufacturing Announces Expansion
Solar Manufacturing Inc. announces the expansion of its office and manufacturing facilities with the addition of 22,000 square feet in a ... (posted 2013-03-06)
Weiler Corporation Welcomes Bill Dwyre
Weiler Corporation welcomes Bill Dwyre as their new vice president, strategic marketing. Dwyre comes to Weiler with a broad background in... (posted 2013-03-05)
Wall Colmonoy Partners With MetaGlobal
Wall Colmonoy’s European headquarters in Pontardawe, Wales has reached a distributor partnership agreement with Portuguese based su... (posted 2013-03-04)
PTG Heavy Industries Reports Successful IMTEX 2013
As first-time exhibitors at the biannual event held in Bangalore, the precision machinery group naturally expected a reasonable degree of... (posted 2013-03-01)
Solar Atmospheres Names Jones VP of Operations
Solar Atmospheres recently named Jamie Jones as its new vice president of operations. Jones has been with the company for nineteen years ... (posted 2013-02-28)
BLM Group Appoints Sales Manager
BLM Group USA (Wixom, Michigan), a manufacturer of tube processing equipment, has announced the appointment of Jason E. Blair as its new ... (posted 2013-02-27)
Hagen Hans Hofmann (1940-2013)
Mr. Hagen Hans Hofmann was born on January 30, 1940 in Berlin, Germany. Since his father was an opera singer with the Badisches State The... (posted 2013-02-26)
Weiler Acquires Rei Abrasivos
Weiler Corporation recently announced that it has acquired Rei Abrasivos, a manufacturer of vitrified and bonded abrasive products for th... (posted 2013-02-25)
A A Gear Welcomes Wegryn-Jones as Account Manager
A A Gear & Manufacturing is pleased to welcome Ross Wegryn-Jones to their team as account manager. Reporting to Aaron Remsing, A A Ge... (posted 2013-02-22)
Mahr Federal Expands Application Center
Mahr Federal has expanded the Application Center at its Providence, RI, headquarters, more than doubling in size the available space. The... (posted 2013-02-21)
Applied Process Announces Promotions
A new year and new titles have brought new opportunities and responsibilities for employees at Applied Process, Inc. as three senior staf... (posted 2013-02-20)
LMC Workholding Completes Expansion
LMC Workholding recently completed a $2 million expansion at its Logansport, Indiana facility with several new machines, all green lighti... (posted 2013-02-19)
Polygon Solutions Participates in Engineering Initiative for Girls
On February 21, 2013, women engineers, along with their male counterparts, will engage and mentor as many as one million girls around the... (posted 2013-02-18)
Klingelnberg Lays Foundation for Further Growth
On January 29 of this year, the company signed a contract to purchase several lots in an industrial zone located in Hückeswagen, Ger... (posted 2013-02-13)
AMT Reports Strong Finish to 2012 Manufacturing Technology Orders
December U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $499.43 million according to the Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT). Th... (posted 2013-02-12)
Smith Increases Role at Kapp and Niles
Kapp Technologies is pleased to announce that Dwight Smith, has been named sales manager for Kapp and Niles products and services for the... (posted 2013-02-11)
Ipsen Expands Field Service Team
Ipsen has announced that they will be adding six new Field Service Engineers (FSEs) to their already strong support crew, increasing thei... (posted 2013-02-08)
Somaschini Announces Buyout of South Bend Gear
Somaschini S.p.A., headquartered in Trescore Balneario (Bergamo) Italy, announces the purchase on Nov. 30th from Schafer Gear Works Inc. ... (posted 2013-02-07)
Okuma Discusses Advances in Software Media
Do you remember using paper tape with your CNC control? If you’ve been in the machine tool industry for a while, you may remember t... (posted 2013-02-06)
IMTS Ranks Among Top 50 Trade Shows
The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) has been named among an elite group of tradeshows as part of Trade Show Executive ... (posted 2013-02-05)
KISSsoft Welcomes MSC Software as Technology Partner
KISSsoft recently announced that it will be MSC Software's first Technology Partner with a connection to the new Adams/Machinery prod... (posted 2013-02-01)
Dontyne Systems Establishes North American Support Facility
Dontyne Systems, supplier of gear design software and systems, has recently established a North American support facility. Dr. Mich... (posted 2013-01-31)
Applied Process Hosts First AP University
More than 30 designers and engineers went “back to college” to learn how Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) could work in their m... (posted 2013-01-28)
Cella Named Application Engineer
Chris Cella has been appointed application engineer at Star SU. LLC. In his new role, Cella will provide additional depth to our applicat... (posted 2013-01-25)
Star SU Appoints Sales Manager
Alex Simioni has been appointed sales manager at Star SU for the South America market. "In his new position, Mr. Simioni will be res... (posted 2013-01-23)
Ipsen Hires VP of Sales
Ipsen USA is pleased to welcome Art Tsubaki to the Ipsen USA Team as vice president of sales. Reporting to Geoffrey Somary, Ipsen USA CEO... (posted 2013-01-21)
Seco Tools Hosts Successful Manufacturing Event
Seco Tools, two-time recipient of the National Association for Business Resources “Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” ... (posted 2013-01-17)
Cleaning Technologies Names Buse CFO
Cleaning Technologies Group, LLC announced that Helene M. Buse has been named chief financial officer effective January 1, 2013. Buse wil... (posted 2013-01-16)
Inductotherm Group Adds Clinton Machine
Inductotherm Group, a multi-technology, global organization, serving the thermal processing industry, is pleased to announce the addition... (posted 2013-01-14)
Star Cutter Company Receives ISO Registration
Star SU recently announced that Star Cutter has received a Certificate of Registration for ISO-9001:2008. Star Cutter was registered to t... (posted 2013-01-11)
Carl Zeiss Appoints Kirchner President of Industrial Metrology Group
Carl Zeiss announces the appointment of Michael Kirchner as the new president for the Industrial Metrology group in North America effecti... (posted 2013-01-10)
H-D Advanced Manufacturing Acquires Overton Chicago Gear
Hicks Equity Partners and The Riverside Company recently announced that they have partnered with Christopher DiSantis to establish H-D Ad... (posted 2013-01-09)
AFC Holcroft Names Disler President and CEO
AFC-Holcroft is pleased to name William Disler as president and CEO, effective December, 2012. In his new position as president and CEO o... (posted 2013-01-08)
Giacobbi Joins Solar Atmospheres
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has named John (Jack) Giacobbi as their new regional sales manager. Giacobbi will manage established acco... (posted 2013-01-08)
David Flynn Joins Diehl Steel
Diehl Steel is pleased to announce the hiring of David Flynn as its new production manager. Flynn will be responsible for managing day-to... (posted 2013-01-07)
Maiorino Joins GH Induction
GH Induction Atmospheres (GH IA), part of the worldwide GH Group, has hired a veteran sales professional to penetrate the market for its ... (posted 2013-01-04)
GF AgieCharmilles Opens Training Academy
GF AgieCharmilles, a provider of wire and die-sinking EDM systems, three- and five-axis milling machines and laser texturing technology, ... (posted 2013-01-03)


