Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. - June 2007  —  ATS Systems, Inc. has agreed to distribute HAINBUCH America Corporation's SPANNTOP™ Dead Length Collet Chucks.

Jurgen Bettray, President of HAINBUCH America, says: "This agreement opens a very important channel of distribution in the U.S. and Canada.  Through ATS Systems’ large, consultative sales force and supported resellers, we can introduce more shops to the unique, innovative advantages of the SPANNTOP™ models.”

Sean Murphy, CEO of ATS Systems, commented: "Broadening our solutions makes it easy for resellers to supply the right workholding for each application. SPANNTOP™ is a terrific compliment to our products. This chuck is ideal for sub-spindle applications. It features a wide clamping range per collet, near perfect part run-out, minimum tool interference, excellent rigidity and clamp force, and quick and easy changeover.”

HAINBUCH America Corporation, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a world leader in high-quality workholding design and manufacture.

ATS Systems is a leading producer of collet chucks and other CNC accessories, having recently acquired SMW Systems and its Automation and Workholding lines. The firm fields twenty sales and service staff to help North American distributors integrate these accessories into shops’ machine tool investments. ATS Systems is headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, California.