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Industry Watch - F & M
CML USA
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Bernie McConnell
KENNAMETAL INC. (LATROBE, PA) ...
named Bernie McConnell as the new vice president of the Widia Products Group and Services. www.widia.com
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Rob Akers (l), Doug Woods (c)
and Jude Lague
JET EDGE, INC. (ST. MICHAEL, MN)...
recently toured Douglas K. Woods of AMT and Robert L. Akers, Jr. of NTMA through their headquarters. www.jetedge.com
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Chris Hill
BUSHMAN AVONTEC (HAMILTON, ON) ...
added Chris Hill as vice president sales and marketing for below-the-hook and custom fabrication. www.BushmanAvonTec.com
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Bob Sharpe
HYDRO ALUMINUM (LINTHICUM, MD) ...
added Robert Sharpe and Shane Young to the Extrusion Americas sales team in the Midwest. www.hydro.com/northamerica
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Al Fosco
FRIGEL NORTH AMERICA (EAST DUNDEE, IL) ...
added Al Fosco as the industrial markets sales manager to support the heat treating market and others with critical process cooling needs. www.frigel.com/na
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SUMITOMO MACHINERY CORPORATION OF AMERICA (CHESAPEAKE, VA) ...
has four more individuals who have recently become project management (PMP) certified: Brian Perkins, Mario Haeck, Paul F. Martin and Jennifer Shambley. www.sumitomodrive.com
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Brian Perkins Mario Haeck Paul F. Martin Jennifer Shambley


Paul Scott
BUNTING® MAGNETICS CO. (NEWTON, KS) ...
added Paul Scott as a design engineer for their material handling product line. www.buntingmagnetics.com
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CALIFORNIA STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. (FONTANA, CA) ...
restructured and expanded the roles of three vice presidents in its organization: Ricardo Bernardes, Brett Guge, and Toshiyuki ("Ted") Tamai. www.californiasteel.com
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HYPERTHERM, INC. (HANOVER, NH) ...
recently expanded its management team by adding new responsibilities to Jeff Deckrow, Peter Vickers, Dave LaPrade, and Gordon Rice. www.hypertherm.com
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TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION (DALLAS, TX) ...
named Bobby D. O'Brien as chief executive officer, in addition to his current position as president. www.timet.com
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ASTM INTERNATIONAL (W. CONSHOHOCKEN, PA) ...
named Roger E. Stoller, Ph.D., of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, TN), as the 2010 chairman of the board of directors. www.astm.org
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DORNER MFG. CORPORATION (HARTLAND, WI) ...
promoted John Kuhnz to marketing director to oversee all marketing and advertising initiatives that support its conveyor platforms. www.Dorner.com
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Business


New BIG Kaiser headquarters
BIG KAISER PRECISION TOOLING INC. (HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL) ...
opened its new corporate headquarters in Hoffman Estates. www.bigkaiser.com
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ISO 9001:2008 certification
for Prima North America
PRIMA NORTH AMERICA (CHICOPEE, MA) ...
received ISO 9001:2008 certification for both the Champlin, MN and Chicopee facilities, and all three of Prima North America’s businesses: Laserdyne Systems, Convergent Lasers, and Prima Systems. www.prima-na.com
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Western Enterprises donates equipment
WESTERN ENTERPRISES (WESTLAKE, OH) ...
made a major donation of its equipment to the Cincinnati-based Great Oaks Career Campuses in support of the school’s welding program. www.westernenterprises.com
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AMTDA and AMT issue U.S.
manufacturing reports
AMERICAN MACHINE TOOL DISTRIBUTORS' ASSOCIATION (ROCKVILLE, MD) and
ASSOCIATION FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (MCLEAN, VA) ...
November U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $178.83 million, according to AMTDA and AMT. www.amtda.org, www.AMTonline.org
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Seminars at Methods Machine Tools
METHODS MACHINE TOOLS INC. (SUDBURY, MA) ...
held two Multitasking Machining Seminars in December at their Sudbury Technology Center that showcased new multitasking strategies for machining precision parts and were well received by over 100 manufacturing professionals. www.methodsmachine.com
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Contract manufacturing from
Micro Waterjet
MICRO WATERJET LLC (HUNTERSVILLE, NC) ...
now offers contract manufacturing services through the North American headquarters in Huntersville, with plans to sell the WomaJet® by the end of 2010. www.microwaterjet.com
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BOSCH REXROTH CORPORATION (HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL) ...
opened a new Dallas Regional Service Center that provides state-of-the-art repair, upgrade and maintenance resources for industrial and mobile hydraulics components in the region. www.boschrexroth-us.com
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AMETEK TAYLOR HOBSON (LEICESTER, UK) ...
recently completed a 15,000 sq ft addition to their De Pere facility to increase stocking capabilities for stocking, polycarbonate sheeting, aluminum extrusions, steel tubing, steel coil and other products. www.taylor-hobson.com
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ADVANCED LASER TECHNOLOGIES (STONEHAM, MA) ...
now offers  precision micro-hole drilling, cutting, and welding services for extremely close tolerance aerospace, electronic, and medical components. www.advancedlasertechnologies.net
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HARDINGE INC. (ELMIRA, NY) ...
recently announced a new strategic alliance with three premier distributors: Gosiger, Inc. (Dayton, OH), Hartwig, Inc. (St. Louis, MO), Morris Group, Inc. (Windsor, CT).
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ERIE PRESS SYSTEMS (ERIE, PA) ...
upgraded its Quality Management System, attaining certification from BSI America, Inc. (Reston, VA) to the International standard ISO 9001:2008, which is valid through October 1, 2012. www.eriepress.com
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AIRTRONICS METAL PRODUCTS (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) ...
received ISO 13485:2003 certification from TÜV SÜD (Munich, Germany), an international quality management systems certification body. www.airtronics.com
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ACCURATE MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS GROUP (ST. MICHAEL, MN) ...
took delivery of their fifth Star (Roslyn Heights, NY) CNC Swiss lathe. www.accuratemfg.com
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GF AGIECHARMILLES (LINCOLNSHIRE, IL) ...
has partnered with Metalcam SpA (Breno, Italy) to include the new AC CAM Easy software on every machine in its series of CUT 20P/30P wire-cutting EDM. www.gfac.com/us
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ASKO, INC. (HOMESTEAD, PA) ...
recently acquired the assets of the Wapakoneta Machine Company (Wapak; Wapakoneta, OH), including intellectual property, machinery, equipment and inventories, to serve new customers, expand business and create growth. www.asko.com
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ASTRAEUS WIND ENERGY INC. (EATON RAPIDS, MI) ...
received a $7 million grant to develop a revolutionary wind hub machining cell for high-volume manufacturing, as well as pursue development of carbon-fiber turbine blades. www.mag-ias.com
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