TCI Precision Metals today announced an agreement with Fastenal to distribute TCI Precision Machine-Ready Blanks through its more than 2,600 stores, printed catalog and online sales.

Jet Edge Inc. announced that Hsiang Yu Machinery Co., Ltd. has been selected as its newest waterjet systems dealer for Taiwan, R.O.C. Hsiang Yu Machinery carries Jet Edge’s full line of waterjet cutting and surface preparation equipment, including waterjet cutting machines, waterjet intensifier pumps and portable waterjetting systems.

Jet Edge Inc. is pleased to announce that Anderson-Crane Company, a world leading material handling equipment manufacturer, has installed a Jet Edge waterjet cutting system at its fabrication facility in Litchfield, Minn.  With its new waterjet system, Anderson-Crane is now capable of cutting complex finished-quality parts from virtually any material.

GE’s Measurement and Control business is expanding its portfolio of inspection technologies through a new agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, a leading global supplier of analytical instruments and laboratory equipment.

Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has donated over $1 million in robotic welding equipment and simulation software to the Welding Engineering Technology program at Ferris State University (FSU) in Big Rapids, Mich.

OMAX Corporation welcomed nearly 600 customers, friends, family and special guests from across the country at SHAPE THE FUTURE: OMAX’s 20th Anniversary Open House and Technology Event. In addition to live cutting demonstrations and interactive technical sessions, the event featured tours of OMAX’s recently expanded, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Kent, Wash.

Red Bud Industries will be hosting a Coil Processing Seminar at the Hilton Garden Inn, 501 Gateway Boulevard, Chesterton, Ind., on September 12, 2013.

Graebener-Reika Inc., a provider of machinery for processing tube, pipe, bar, plate and sheet metal, provide high volume tube and pipe processing for the oil and automotive industries as well as other more general applications. Customers are invited to contact the company about sending material for cutting trials.

Bystronic Inc, a leading supplier of innovative laser cutting, waterjet cutting and bending equipment participated in the Fab and Steel Processing Expo hosted by their dealer, SOMINN Machinery Sales (Sominn) in Dodge Center, Minnesota, July 24 -25, 2013.

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) releases the August 2013 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 61.0, an increase from the July index of 59.4, and the fourth consecutive increase of the MCI-EFI.

Wilson Tool International, White Bear Lake, Minn., has changed the name of its two Canadian divisions, Exacta Precision and Exacta FabTool, to Wilson Tool Canada.

RKO Saw, Cullom, Ill., recently earned ISO 9001:2008 certification in the design, manufacturing and servicing of polycrystalline diamond tipped and carbide tipped saw blades, router bits, groovers and other cutting tools.

Mercury Products Corp., Schaumburg, Ill., formed Mercury Tube Products LLC to acquire the assets of Oakley Industries Co. LLC, Englewood, Colo.

IPG Photonics Corp., Oxford, Mass., acquired Mountain View, Calif.-based Mobius Photonics in March.

The Gene Haas Foundation continued its commitment to education and training today by making a gift of $1 million for scholarships in manufacturing and machining training and education to benefit as many as 1,000 students in North America and Europe.

Koike Aronson, Inc./Ransome, a leading manufacturer of metal cutting and positioning equipment, opened on July 19 a 30,000 sq. ft. expansion of its main facility in Arcade, N.Y.

The events (August 15 and 20) will offer guidance on the AMTech program and preparing proposals and will provide an opportunity to answer questions from the public about the program. 

Verisurf Software today announced a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the US Navy Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW). The intent of the agreement is to jointly develop technologies and processes to increase efficiency of Maintenance Repair and Overall of fleet aviation assets.

This is not the first time a technical breakthrough was supposed to revolutionize the world of factories: we’re talking about computer-integrated manufacturing, or CIM for short. EMO HANNOVER asked the scientist Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauernhansel, Director of the Institute for Industrial Manufacturing and Management (IFF) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) in Stuttgart, about Industry 4.0.

Flow International Corporation and Workshops for Warriors are congratulating the first class of Flow certified waterjet operators. The two and a half day training course covered FlowMaster Software and operator training.