Vol. 74 Nbr. 11-12, November - November 2008

Index

• Green and global: Tooling & Production to navigate exciting new course for 2009 and beyond with the big story for big plants.
• At the helm: new AMT president knows the ropes--and likes what he sees.
• Detroit summit aims to be catalyst for manufacturing.
• T&P survey finds workholding budgets steady.
• Airbus expands reach with China venture.
• A major step toward making aerospace a significant portion of business was taken by ZKM Forging of Poland, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ladish Co. Inc. of Cudahy, WI.
• A new buy-direct website for United States has been launched by Renishaw Inc.
• Adept Technology Inc.
• Aptera Motors.
• Caterpillar.
• Delcam plc.
• Doosan Infracore International.
• Ellison Technologies.
• Flow International Corp. has begun a merger with OMAX Corp.
• Ford Motor Co. has named Stephen Odell president and CEO of Volvo Car Corp. replacing Fredrik Arp, who decided to leave the company.
• Ft. Wayne, IN-based PHD Inc. has announced it will acquire Rankin Corp., the North American distributor for Yamaha Robotics.
• General Automotive Co. has created a joint venture with SenCer.
• Integrity Manufacturing.
• Kennametal Inc. has agreed to acquire Tricon Metals & Services Inc. of Birmingham, AL.
• LNS North American Business Unit.
• Microscan will purchase Siemens' Machine Vision business, formerly Acuity CiMatrix, of Nashua, NH.
• Navistar Engine Group.
• Nova-Tech Engineering LLC has purchased Transbotics Corp.
• Nucor Corp. has announced that its subsidiary Harris Steel Inc. has acquired Ambassador Steel Corp. of Auburn, IN.
• Parlec Inc.
• Sandvik Coromant.
• The National Science Foundation.
• The Trumpf Group.
• William King has been named president of Datron Dynamics Inc. of Milford, NH.
• Quality of life: IMTS shows metalworking evolution--down to the micron.
• Health care's high cost: manufacturers sort out solutions to nation's troubled system.
• Strong numbers at IMTS 2008: show has best attendance since 2000; more than 1,800 exhibits filled pavilions.
• Readers choice awards: winners receive honors at IMTS from Editor-in-Chief Dennis Seeds.
• Knowing the cause is half the battle: symptoms can be signposts on the route to curing problems.
• One operation, no scrap: six-axis tube laser helps keep manufacturer on the cutting edge.
• Trends in NC software: CIMdata shows efficiency, effectiveness are industry goals.
• Integration brings savings: manufacturer gets data organized with new PLM solution.
• Optimizing the search: websites unearth buried treasure in the product data field.
• Samurai Sleuth: trimming time from an already lean product development cycle.
• Building curriculum II: knowledge of machine types begins with CNC lathes and mills.
• Driving innovation: increased capacity for building complex dies allows growth for forging operation with adding skilled labor.
• Achieving precision at mach speed: tale of two companies has down-to-earth message.
• Serious challenges: price strength of gold relays important financial information.
• Micro model brings faster grinding.
• New line of tooling cools with Jetstream.
• Snap Rings offered in over 300 sizes.
• Actuators for harsh environments.
• GibbsCAM[R] interactive tour.
• MSC/J&L metalworking 2008/2009 catalog includes many new manufacturers.
• Valenite's V560 Penta heavy duty, roughing face mill.
• Automatic tube cutoff lathes and feeders.
• Expanded manufacturing capabilities.
• Non-contact thread inspection instrument.
• Turning visions into reality welcome to the "New Walter".
• Schmidt extends global reach of machine tool manufacturer.