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18 January 2012S.E. Huffman founder Stan Huffman diesStan E. Huffman Jr., founder of longtime AMT member S.E. Huffman Corp. (now operating as Huffman Technologies LLC), passed away in Naples, Fla., on Nov. 16, 2011. He was 88. (more) |
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18 January 2012Industry News - January 2012FANUC Corporation named by Thomson Reuters a 2011 Top 100 Global InnovatorSM; Gleason Corporation at IPTEX 2012; Jet Edge, Inc., offering waterjet training and demonstration workshops in Shanghai; Mercado Machinery now distributing Jet Edge precision water jet cutting systems in Mexico; PRIMA POWER LASERDYNE has delivered the first RAPIDO Laser System produced in U.S.; Mahr Federal will be at MD&M WEST; NCMS awarded first place in “Great Ideas Competition.” (more) |
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09 December 2011Alka Parandekar joins AMT staffAlka Parandekar has joined the AMT staff in the Strategic Information & Research Department, in the role of Applications Developer. (more) |
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09 December 2011Jergens HQ hosts AMT staffOn October 17, a number of AMT staff from both the Virginia and China offices visited Jergens’ headquarters and plant in Cleveland, Ohio. Jergens, founded in 1942, has been an IMTS exhibitor for many years and an active member of AMT since 2004. Their product lines are workholding and quick change fixturing, swiveling hoist rings, and specialty fasteners. (more) |
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09 December 2011Industry News - December 2011The Ex One Company awarded Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the Naval Air Warfare Center; Prima Power Laserdyne appoints Allan Callander Market Sales Manager; Murata Machinery USA, Inc. announces that Futoshi Miyamoto will succeed Masahiko Hattori as president and CEO on Jan. 1, 2012; NCMS launches Transportation Environmental Resource Center (TERC), a new online compliance resource; Professor Berthold Leibinger, Chairman, TRUMPF Group Supervisory Boards receives Arthur L. Schawlow Award. (more) |
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03 November 2011New employees join SIR, Meetings departmentKim Montenyohl has joined AMT’s Strategic Information & Research team as a Research Specialist and Donna Hartigan has joined the Meetings Department as Meetings Manager. (more) |
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03 November 2011Industry News - November 2011News from: FANUC; Hexagon Metrology Inc.; Jet Edge, Inc.; Mazak Corporation; Machine Tools Division of Murata Machinery USA; Prima Electro North America; NCDMM (more) |
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03 November 2011Doug Woods keynote speaker at Lockheed Martin WorkshopAMT President Doug Woods was a keynote speaker at the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and Producibility Workshop 2011 at Lockheed Martin’s Center for Leadership Excellence. (more) |
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12 October 2011Mark Kennedy joins AMT staff as membership directorMark Kennedy has come to AMT as its new Membership Director. Mark will primarily work in sales for MTInsight, AMT’s business intelligence tool (www.MTInsight.org), and will promote the product to members and nonmembers. In addition, he will work to bring new members on board. (more) |
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12 October 2011So, what’s it like to be an AMT intern?Sarita Loredo, a graphic design major at George Mason University, recently completed an internship in the Communications Department at AMT. She began her internship in February. (more) |
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12 October 2011Industry News - October 2011Certified Comparator Products (CCP) plans to move to a new, larger facility; FANUC Corporation named one of the Top 100 companies on the “World’s Most Innovative Companies” list; Gleason Corporation has acquired the assets and business of K2 Plastics, Inc., Bergen, N.Y.; Gleason announces formation of a strategic alliance with Gebr. Heller Maschinenfabrik GmbH (Nürtingen, Germany); Mahr marks its 150th birthday; Manufacturing industry mourns loss of Teruyuki Yamazaki. (more) |
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12 September 2011Industry News - September 2011News from: AccuStream, Eriez, Gleason Cutting Tools Corporation, Hurco, Jet Edge, Inc., Mahr Federal, MAG-IAS, TRUMPF Inc., Weldon Solutions and FANUC Robotics. (more) |
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12 September 2011AMT, AMTDA explore product, service integrationAMT and AMTDA have announced the formation of a committee to explore ways to integrate their products and services to better serve the members of both associations. (more) |
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12 September 2011Tammy An joins AMT staffTammy An has joined the AMT staff as the Executive Communications Specialist. (more) |
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08 August 2011Industry News - August 2011Kurt Industrial Products has appointed Advanced Tooling Company of Olympia, Wash., exclusive sales agency for their products in Washington and Oregon; Mori Seiki recently broke ground on a 200,000-square-foot factory to be situated on 14.5 acres in Davis, Calif.; Ralph Resnick has received 2011 Outstanding Lifetime Service Award; The Energy Efficient Hydraulics and Pneumatics Conference will be taking place November 15-17, 2011, at the Sheraton Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, Ill. (more) |
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08 August 2011AMT welcomes two new employeesSome new faces have recently come to AMT in the Strategic Information & Research and Business Development departments. Barb Diederich has joined SIR as a software developer and Sarah Icore is the new Assistant to the Vice President-Business Development. (more) |
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11 July 2011Industry News - July 2011Gleason Corporation announces changes to their European Sales organization; TECHJET is now distributing Jet Edge waterjet pumps in Poland; Mazak Corporation hosted a Grand Opening celebration to inaugurate its new Southwest Technology Center & Regional Headquarters; Third Wave Systems (TWS) has purchased its second machining center: a Microlution 363-S 3-axis CNC horizontal micro-milling machine. (more) |
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13 June 2011Industry News - June 2011AccuStream Inc. appoints TrennTek GmbH as exclusive agents in Germany, Switzerland and Austria; Chiron America doubling its manufacturing capability; Genesis Systems Group, LLC and ICESA Modicon, San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico, announce new joint venture enterprise; MAG acquires the French company, Forest Line Industries Group (FLI); The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) announces election of Ralph L. Resnick to the position of President and Executive Director; NCDMM also announces that it has awarded its highest honor, the Lawrence J. Rhoades Award, to Haas Automation, Inc.; National Center for Manufacturing Sciences receives award from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport; Preco, Inc. is ISO 13485:2003 certified. (more) |
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13 June 2011New meetings planner joins AMTAMT added to its meeting staff recently with the arrival of Senior Meetings Planner Miaeng Griffin. (more) |
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06 May 2011Industry News - May 2011Eimeldingen Technologies Inc. is changing its name to Rusach International Inc.; Jet Edge, Inc. has appointed Haihong (Samuel) Song area manager for its new sales office in Shanghai, China; Kitagawa-Northtech, Inc. has hired Gene Gregory as territory manager; Transor Filter USA announces an aggressive expansion program and the addition of Nick Renello as project manager; LASERDYNE celebrated its 30th anniversary in March; Tooling U has relocated its headquarters to Tyler Village — one of Cleveland’s largest-ever downtown redevelopment projects. (more) |
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06 April 2011Industry News - April 2011American Broach & Machine Company promotes Neal Henriques to Broach Department Floor Supervisor; Atlas Technologies, Inc. has announced significant changes made to their management structure and the rehiring of veteran managers; EMAG USA Technology Days will be held May 10-11, 2011, in Farmington Hills, Mich.; Hardinge Inc. was recently profiled as both a unique company and industry leader on “World’s Greatest,” a television series highlighting innovation and excellence; Third Wave Systems is presenting its 10th Annual Users Conference, May 25-26, 2011; Third Wave Systems also announces that it has reopened its Detroit, Mich., office. (more) |
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07 March 2011Illinois Reshoring Initiative kicks off with conferenceThe Illinois Reshoring Initiative is a program that aims to bring back the many desirable technical and manufacturing jobs that have been lost to decades of offshoring. This program will kick off with a March 16 conference, “Rethinking the Total Cost of Offshoring.” (more) |
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07 March 2011Industry News - March 2011AMT members Chip Storie, MAG Industrial Automation Systems, and Tino Oldani, Ingersoll Machine Tools, Inc., have been appointed to the President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration (PECSEA); Cleaning Technologies Group has named Chris Whittaker Vice President of Sales and Marketing; CNC Engineering, Inc., FANUC FA America and Koma Precision, Inc. join forces to support the Manufacturing Technology program at Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, Conn.; Maintenance Service Corp. appointed by Schiess Brighton GmbH Inc. as its technical support organization in the United States, Canada and Mexico; PRIMA North America, Inc., has announced the appointment of Luca Bianchini to lead the LASERDYNE SYSTEMS sales effort in Europe; National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining announces that Randy Gilmore has joined the NCDMM team as a Senior Program Manager. (more) |
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07 February 2011Industry News - February 2011Aspect Automation and Stäubli North America announce new environmental toxin screening system for installation at NIH; Cleaning Technologies Group names Tim Piazza President of Blackstone-NEY Ultrasonics; Gleason Corporation expands the Advanced Coatings Facility at its Gleason Cutting Tools Corporation facility; Jet Edge, Inc. opens new water jet sales, service and showroom office in Shanghai, China; LVD Strippit incorporates new Energy Reduction System (ERS) into its Strippit VX-Series punch presses and PPEC series press brake products; Methods Machine Tools, Inc. selects Michael Minton as National Applications Engineering Manager; TRUMPF Inc. selects Sterling Fabrication Technology to represent its sheet metal fabricating equipment in Louisiana and Texas; Jeffrey S. Kelly, Edward A. Morris, and John R. Tucker elected to the NCDMM Directors Class of 2013 and Dr. Dean L. Bartles has been elected Chairman. (more) |
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11 January 2011Industry News - January 2011Reshoring Initiative’s founder, Harry Moser, named as one of the 2010 inductees into Industry Week’s Manufacturing Hall of Fame; Gleason Corporation has expanded its presence in the Brazilian market with the formation of Gleason do Brasil Comércio de Máquinas Ltda.; Gleason has also opened a new wholly owned subsidiary in Russia; Cleaning Technologies Group, LLC has named Bernard Bosse President of Ransohoff;Jet Edge Waterjet Systems and its applications partner Chukar Waterjet will showcase the latest innovations in portable and undersea ultra high-pressure water jet cutting and water blasting technology at Underwater Intervention; PRIMA North America has announced six LASERDYNE SYSTEM orders from four turbine engine industry customers; The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences has announced that two of its projects have been honored with Defense Manufacturing Excellence Awards. (more) |