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2013 State of the Industry: Dr. John Cheung, OMAX
Dr. John Cheung is the chief executive officer of OMAX® Corporation, which designs and manufactures abrasive waterjets for the precision cutting of metals, composites, glass, ceramics and other materials.
2013 Equipment Investment: The Good News… And Some Bad
The good news is that the plant, equipment and software investments will surpass $740 billion in 2013. The bad news is that lingering uncertainty regarding important tax and regulatory decisions could still hamper business investment in the near term.
DMG/Mori Seiki Opens New HQ in UK
The new 3,189 sq m facility includes a showroom of 1,225 sq m with around 13 machines under power at any one time, a dedicated CMM room in partnership with Hexagon Metrology, and a secure facilities for the development of confidential processes.
AT&F Announces Equipment Upgrades
The custom steel fabricator completed the installation of the largest roll in the western hemisphere, a third robotic contour beveling laser, the largest single ram press brake, a large plate blasting machine and a CNC horizontal boring mill.
Sandvik Breaks Ground in New Jersey
The new 108,000 sq ft state-of-the-art facility will serve as the company’s U.S. head office and a hub for Sandvik Coromant’s strategic geographical alignment dedicated to increasing synergies between the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Latin America.
Spring Technologies Adds Application Engineer
Desilets brings experience on multi-axis machining centers and mill-turn centers to support customers with NCSIMUL machining simulation software solutions.
Airgas Chairman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The American Chemical Society CM&E group honors McCausland for his many years of leadership at one of the nation’s leading suppliers of industrial, medical and specialty gases.
Dewhirst Receives Cold Spray Leadership Award
This annual award is in recognition of outstanding contributions made to the industrial development and application of Cold Spray technology.
Cleaning Technologies Has New CEO
The manufacturer of industrial parts cleaning machinery promotes an executive from within with industry experience and an engineering background to grow the company’s market presence in the innovative cleaning and waste minimization equipment sectors.
Lincoln Electric Acquires Shape Cutting, Engineered Systems Businesses from ITT
The Kaliburn, Burny and Cleveland Motion Control businesses employ approximately 140 people with a combined annual sales of $35 million.
Coord3 Metrology Opens New North American Sales And Service Center
Anticipating significant growth in CMM sales heading into 2013, the Italian CMM builder opens a new sales and service facility that includes an ISO17025-certified CMM rebuild and remanufacturing center.
Welders Compete at Daytona 500 for Spot on U.S. Team
Three of America’s best young welders will compete at the Daytona 500 Speedweek for a spot on the SkillsUSA WorldTeam that will represent the United States during the WorldSkills competition in Germany.
