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.