Robotic End-Of-Arm Tooling Trends In Key Markets (13903)
Robotic sales have increased over recent years in the non-automotive markets as the cost of robots goes down and familiarity of robotic cells increases. North American companies can readily justify ROI when they look at competition, quality, productivity, and flexibility issues. Packaging, palletizing, and other material handling applications are key areas where robotic cells have assisted the non-automotive markets

Contract Injection-Mold Producer Optimizes Vertical Machining Center Capability to Retain Competitive Advantage (13556)
Cycle times have been reduced by as much as 75% on the new MAG Fadal 2216FX compared to their older machining centers

For Quality Overseas Molds Don't Call a Broker (13232)
Procurement of overseas molds would be a snap if all an American firm had to do was dial up a broker to act as an intermediary, request bids on new projects, then choose the best of the lot. But some domestic tool companies are learning that the risks far outweigh the rewards when trying to do business in a foreign land. And sometimes that broker that was hired to smooth the way actually impedes progress due to inexperience with the language, culture and basic engineering concepts.

Des Moines, Iowa's GreenMan Technologies Acquires Welch Products, Inc. (12820)
Headquartered in Carlisle, Iowa, Welch Products specializes in design, product development, and manufacturing of environmentally responsible products using recycled materials, primarily recycled rubber. The company's patented products and processes include playground safety tiles, roadside anti-vegetation products, construction molds and highway guard-rail rubber spacer blocks.

Polyurethane Manufacturers Association (PMA) Announces Reaction Industries’ Self-Certification Achievement: Steps to Certification Further Enhances the Safety of Employees and the Environment (12696)
Caster Concepts, Inc. is an ISO 9001-2000 certified designer and manufacturer of a comprehensive line of industrial casters, ranging from a medium-duty series to a heavy-duty series to meet any application. CCI also manufactures caster wheels to withstand impact, corrosion, temperature extremes and chemicals found in harsh industrial environments.

Salt Lake City, Utah\'s American Rapid-Manufacturing Team to Visit China(12509)
McInnis founded US Reliant with the goal of helping to restore America’s manufacturing prowess. His concept, he believes, will contribute to the repatriation of manufacturing assets; a reevaluation of how American companies make the most efficient use of those assets; investment in more environmentally friendly manufacturing equipment; improved national security; and a larger, well-paid U.S. manufacturing workforce.

Rochester Hills, Mich.'s DURA Automotive and MINTH Group Sign Joint Venture Agreement in China (12019)
DURA Automotive Handels und Beteiligungs GmbH, based in Plettenberg Germany, is a wholly owned subsidiary of DURA Automotive Systems, Inc. DURA Automotive Systems, Inc., is a leading independent designer and manufacturer of driver control systems, seating control systems, glass systems, engineered assemblies, structural door modules and exterior trim systems for the global automotive industry.

Plastic Gear and Motion Transfer Solutions Now Available Worldwide Through GW Plastics/ABA-PGT Strategic Alliance (11775)
GW Plastics and ABA-PGT announce the formation of a global strategic alliance for plastic gear systems and integrated motion transfer solutions. This will offer leading OEMs a world-wide provider of single-source solutions across a variety of markets including automotive, office equipment, appliance, healthcare and industrial.

Pins, Punches And Perforators Catalog (11605)
Providing descriptions, specifications, and prices for each product, this catalog includes a broad line of pins, punches, perforators, core pins and blanks, ejector pins and sleeves, die kicker pins, and related mold components. Introducing new side locks, tapered interlocks, and slug ejector punches, the Royal 2007 Catalog also describes a wide range of custom modifications that can be provided and includes drawings and descriptions.

Needham, Mass.' PTC Acquires Leading CAM Software Provider NC Graphics Ltd (11180)
Mold and die shops serve customers using a wide variety of CAD systems to model their products. The ability to create molds and dies quickly and accurately is important to the manufacturing process and overall product development cycle and vital for their business. Additionally, the quality of an end product depends directly on the quality of the tooling. With this acquisition, PTC now offers an open solution to any toolmaker or company requiring high-speed precision machining CAM software, regardless of the source of CAD data. These companies will be able to optimize their mold and die making processes to deliver more complex products faster and with less cost.