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FDA Awards Funds for Smart Medical Manufacturing Project

MxD receives funding through the FDA Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats to identify benefits and barriers to adoption of smart manufacturing technology in medical product manufacturing. Participation from medical manufacturing industry is urged by Dec. 18.
Fabrication Machine Manufacturer Opens Southeast Technology Center

MC Machinery’s new 16,000-square-foot facility in North Carolina offers local customers sales, service, training and more. The company plans to host a grand opening celebration in 2021.
Shear-Loc Updates Website: Enter Thread Size, Get Part Numbers

The makers of the original Instant Thumb Screw Knob make it easy to get the precise parts, pricing and availability information customers need fast.
Sigma Labs Creates New Directed Energy Deposition Application

A partnership with Northwestern University expands in-process quality assurance technology across a broad array of 3d printing processes.
Combilift and Author Join Forces on New Kids’ Book

Award-winning Combilift and award-winning author, Emer Conlon, have produced a children’s storybook that features forklift heroes and teaches important values. The ‘combi-nation’ has the added benefit of educating young kids and their parents about the company’s equipment and the material handling industry.
ARCH Cutting Tools Takes Top Place in ANCA Competition

A complex, multifunctional tool measuring an inch in diameter with a long functional cutting length, the ARCH tool checked every box to win the prestigious ANCA Tool of the Year 2020.
Reshoring Initiative Report: 1 Million+ Jobs Reshored in a Decade

Reshoring is up in 2020 despite COVID, and reshoring is now outpacing foreign direct investment in job creation, the report finds.
New Prototyping Abilities at Cass Precision Machining

The new Cass Rapid Proto-Machining (C-RPM) is a service aimed at quickly providing customers with all phases of the prototyping process. The wide range of materials handled includes includes alloys, carbon, stainless steel, titanium, aluminum, brass, and bronze.
First Accredited Cobot Certifications for Schools, Industry

Universal Robots becomes the first collaborative robot manufacturer accredited to issue Continuing Education Units. The accreditation enables the cobot maker to provide a comprehensive collaborative robot curriculum for students and industry professionals as part of the Universal Robots Education Program package.
September U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Increase 26.4 % from August

“Manufacturing is ramping back up,” according to AMT president, but aerospace and oil & gas will take years to return to pre-COVID levels.
Battery Ventures Acquires Cimatron and GibbsCAM from 3D Systems

Businesses join Battery-owned SigmaTEK under new corporate umbrella called CAMBRIO to be led by SigmaTEK CEO Robbie Payne.
How Much Can You Save by Predicting Tool Failures?

What would a 30% or even a 15% cost reduction mean for your organization? Find out with new online calculator.