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Sandvik Coromant Gets New President Published: November 14, 2011 Klas Forsström Klas Forsström has taken over the position of global president of Sandvik Coromant, Sandviken, Sweden. He has been with...

Brandt Set to Hire Published: November 11, 2011 Brandt Group of Companies, Regina, plans to fill more than 300 new positions within its five divisions as a result of recent growth. Positions...

Milltronics Names New General Manager Published: November 9, 2011 Paul Wichert Paul Wichert has joined Milltronics CNC Machines, Waconia, Minn., as the company's new general manager. He will lead the...

Seco Announces New Energy Sector Web Site Published: November 7, 2011 Seco Tools, Troy, Mich., has launched a new Web site to provide support to energy manufacturers. The new site went live in October at...

Survey Results Say Canadian Companies Are Optimistic Despite Slump Published: November 4, 2011 Despite another slowdown in the economy, private Canadian companies are still aiming for growth and expansion. In fact, their confidence level is...

FABTECH 2011 Expected to Be the Largest Ever Published: November 2, 2011 With North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event just around the corner, FABTECH® 2011 is already expected...

FABTECH Coming to Canada Published: October 14, 2011 The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and American Welding Society (AWS) will...

UBC and Toyota Reinvent the Wheel? Published: October 12, 2011 The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and automaker Toyota have received a federal grant to develop a new process for producing...

Elliott-Matsuura Adds YCM Equipment Line Published: October 10, 2011 Elliott-Matsuura Canada Inc. has partnered with Yeong Chin Machinery Industries Co. Ltd. (YCM) and will represent this product line in Canada....

MTN Networking Event Focuses on Innovation Published: October 6, 2011 The Manufacturing Technology Network (MTN) is holding its annual conference at the University of Western Ontario’s Sarnia, Ont., campus in the...

Manufacturing Industry Loses Key Figure Published: October 3, 2011 Teruyuki (Terry) Yamazaki Mazak Corp., Florence, Ky., has announced the passing of Yamazaki Mazak Corp. Chairman and CEO Teruyuki...

Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show Gears Up Published: September 14, 2011 Nearly 60 percent of Canadian manufacturers are planning to spend more money on equipment this year compared to 2010, while approximately 30...

SICK Names New President for Canada Published: September 12, 2011 Craig S. Smith SICK, Minneapolis, Minn., a producer of sensor systems for industrial applications, factory and logistics automation, and...

The Electric Press Brake: How It Works Published: September 9, 2011 Canadian Industrial Machinery asked Safan Area Export Manager Mauricio Gutierrez Matta to explain the technology behind electric press...

Methods Chooses SMS Machine Tools Published: September 7, 2011 Machine tool supplier Methods Machine Tools, Sudbury, Mass., has chosen Toronto's SMS Machine Tools to represent the FANUC RoboDrill, KIWA-Japan,...

Lincoln Electric Acquires Torchmate, Techalloy Published: September 5, 2011 Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Applied Robotics Inc., a manufacturer of CNC...

Construction Begins on New Ingersoll Distribution and Technical Center Published: September 1, 2011 Ingersoll Cutting Tools, Rockford, Ill., has started construction on a new facility at its corporate campus. The new building has been...

EMEC Machine Tools to Distribute Hardinge Published: August 17, 2011 EMEC Machine Tools to Distribute Hardinge Products by Hardinge Inc., Elmira, N.Y., will now be distributed by Mississauga, Ont.-based EMEC...

Delcam’s North American Subsidiary Updates Facility Published: July 15, 2011 Delcam’s North American subsidiary in Windsor, Ont., has renovated its existing location to meet the growing demand for sales and services for...

Pratt & Whitney Canada Opens New Aerospace Center Published: July 8, 2011 Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC), Mirabel, Que., recently opened its new Mirabel Aerospace Centre, located at Montreal-Mirabel International...

Will Additive Manufacturing Replace Conventional Processes? Published: July 4, 2011 Andrzej Grzesiak, head of the Fraunhofer Additive Manufacturing Alliance at the Stuttgart, Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Production...

Ontario College of Trades Seeks Registrar Published: July 1, 2011 Ontario College of Trades Seeks Registrar Ontario’s newest and largest self-regulatory college has launched a search for a permanent...

CINDE Names New President/CEO Published: June 17, 2011 Larry Cote The Canadian Institute for NDE (CINDE), Canada’s national nonprofit, membership-based society for those in the business of...

Laserdyne Celebrates 30th Anniversary Published: June 13, 2011 March 2011 marks the 30th anniversary of Laserdyne, Champlin, Minn., and the BeamDirector® family of multiaxis laser systems. Since their...

Komet Opens Canadian Office Published: June 10, 2011 In January Komet of America opened its new Canadian subsidiary, Komet of Canada Tooling Solutions ULC, and tooling industry veteran David...

Hurco Canada Hosting Five-Axis Machining Event Published: June 6, 2011 How many shops use their five-axis machines exclusively for five-sided machining? What’s the best way to determine how quickly a five-axis...

Amada to Build Laser Manufacturing Center in California Published: May 30, 2011 Mitsuo Okamoto, president and CEO of Amada Co. Ltd., has announced plans to broaden the company’s global manufacturing capabilities. In addition...

MecSoft Launches Social Networking CAM Web Site Published: May 27, 2011 MecSoft Launches Social Networking CAM Web Site MecSoft Corp., Irvine, Calif., a maker of CAM software, has created an online community for its...

Prima Power Brand Launches Published: May 23, 2011 Prima Industries and Finn-Power have created a new brand for the fabricating market: Prima Power. Since the acquisition of Finn-Power by Prima...

Walter Tools Launches iPhone App Published: May 20, 2011 Walter Tools, Waukesha, Wis., has launched an iPhone® app that manufacturers can use to determine cutting parameters and also to place orders....

Mazak Appoints Canadian Service Manager Published: May 16, 2011 Mazak Corp., Florence, Ky., has appointed Steve Mackay to the position of service manager at the company’s Canadian location in Cambridge,...

Stoody Celebrates 90 Years of Hardfacing Tradition and Leadership Published: May 13, 2011 Ninety years ago, no one had even heard of the concept, but in a small shop in Whittier, Calif., two brothers were experimenting with a new weld...

Engineering Laboratory Opens at McMaster Published: May 9, 2011 Joey Chan, a student in the Bachelor of Technology automotive program, describes his design project to Matt Crossley, director of engineering,...

Okuma Names New President, Chief Strategy Officer Published: May 5, 2011 Okuma America Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has announced that current President Larry Schwartz has moved to the position of chief strategy...

Westway Machinery Adds Line, Hosts Open House Published: April 28, 2011 Westway Machinery, Mississauga, Ont., has been named the exclusive representative for Safan press brakes and shears in the Canadian market. The...

Ferro Technique Wins Distributor Award Published: April 25, 2011 For the sixth time since it started carrying the line in 1992, Ferro Technique, Mississauga, Ont., has been awarded the Century Award from...

Joint Technical Center Opens Published: April 21, 2011 Mori Seiki and Ellison Technologies will host a grand opening event at its Mississauga, Ont., facility to introduce and celebrate the...

Trades Get New Ontario College Published: April 18, 2011 For the more than 400,000 people in Ontario employed in the trades and those apprenticing or studying to become a journeyperson, the new Ontario...

Ontario Distributors to Host Joint Open House Published: April 7, 2011 A 2006 experiment featuring three distributors has grown and continues to be expanded on. Now six years after its creation, a joint open house...

LVD and Pullmax Merge Published: April 4, 2011 LVD Company, Gullegem, Belgium, and Pullmax, Göteborg, Sweden, have entered into an agreement to combine their sales, service, production, and...

FARO Celebrates 30 Years With Custom Chopper Published: March 30, 2011 FARO Technologies, Lake Mary, Fla., a manufacturer of portable measurement and imaging systems, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year....

Amada America Celebrates 40 Years Published: March 25, 2011 This year marks fabricating machine tool builder Amada America Inc.’s 40th year in North America. The anniversary comes on the heels of...

IPG Photonics Names Sales Manager for Canada Published: March 22, 2011 IPG Photonics Corp., Oxford, Mass., a manufacturer of fiber lasers and amplifiers, has appointed Chris Pilcher as sales manager for Canada. He has...

Remote Accessibility Allows Quick Troubleshooting Published: March 21, 2011 Okuma America Corp., Charlotte, N.C., now equips all THINC®-OSP-controlled machines with the new Constant CARE remote troubleshooting and...

Lincoln Electric Acquires Arc Products Published: March 18, 2011 Lincoln Electric Holdings, Cleveland, has acquired the assets of Arc Products, San Diego, Calif., a privately held manufacturer of orbital welding...

Mate Opens Chinese Office, Names New Staff Published: March 16, 2011 Sun Mate Precision Tooling, Anoka, Minn., a manufacturer of CNC punch press tooling, has opened a new sales office in Shanghai, China....

Bystronic Breaks Ground on New Headquarters Published: March 15, 2011 Bystronic officials—John Kemp, applications manager; Bernard Arteaga, product manager; Bob St. Aubin, president; Johan Elster, market...

Toolholding Products-maker Expands Published: February 17, 2011 REGO-FIX® has broken ground on a new facility that will expand its manufacturing capacity and capabilities. Located at the company’s...

PRAB Buys Triple/S Dynamics Published: February 11, 2011 PRAB Inc., Kalamazoo, Mich., a manufacturer of custom-engineered material handling and chip and fluid management systems, has acquired Triple/S...

Iscar Tools Names New Product Manager Published: February 8, 2011 Iscar Tools Inc., Oakville, Ont., has appointed Tom Hagan as the company’s new milling product manager. He has been with Iscar for 13...

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