August U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $371.97 million according to AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTO program, was up 4.9% from July.
Optimism among U.S. industrial manufacturers regarding the global economic outlook reached the highest level since the first quarter of 2012, according to the Q3 2013 Manufacturing Barometer, released today by PwC US.
Control Gaging recently broke ground on its new Ann Arbor facility, where the company will engineer and manufacture precision measurement systems for the machining industry.
Natel Engineering Co., Inc.’s acquisition of EPIC Technologies, LLC, powers Natel upward toward higher levels of capabilities and competitiveness among U.S. electronics manufacturers.
Mitutoyo America Corporation, provider of metrology solutions, is pleased to celebrate the Grand Opening of their new corporate headquarters in Aurora, IL with an Open House.
AMETEK Test & Calibration Instruments, an established leader in material test and calibration devices including hardness testers and accessories, is pleased to announce that its Newage Hardness Testing B.O.S.S. (Brinell Optical Scanning System) units and HiLight Brinell scope have received CE approval and certification. Used extensively in North America by the automotive, metal casting, foundry and other industries, both products are now available to hardness testing customers globally.
Hertzler Systems Inc., a leading provider of customized statistical process control systems, announced that TRUMPF North America has invested in Hertzler’s GainSeeker SPC software to improve quality management of its manufacturing processes.