Missler Software and AMD have tested and certified the latter company’s ATI FirePro™ workstation graphics cards to ensure optimized performance and compatibility with the integrated TopSolid CAD/CAM software suite. The companies’ joint development effort results in superior levels of real-time visualization for TopSolid customers. The development teams from AMD and Missler Software worked together closely to […]
To provide enhanced services and information to its worldwide customer and dealer network, CAD/CAM software supplier Camtekhas upgraded its website at www.peps.com through a major redesign. The site has undergone a complete transformation. It now offers a new navigation system and access to a comprehensive search facility on every page. New video content also has been added, including […]
Acutely aware of the nuanced differences among machine cutting fluids and the enormous impact they have on machine and tool performance, Oel-Held UK Ltd. has established the largest research and development facility dedicated to cutting fluids anywhere in the world. At its multimillion-pound site, it has created a range of machining fluids suited specifically to particular production […]
At its staging from September 14 to 21, EMO Hannover 2005strengthened its undisputed position as the most popular international trade fair for the machine tool industry. Over 160,000 trade visitors from 82 countries lined up to explore all the latest trends and cutting-edge engineering advancements for the manufacturing industries, as showcased by some 2,000 exhibitors from […]
Organized by the Rapid Design, Engineering and Moldmaking special interest group (SIG) of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), an all-day conference entitled Modern Toolmaking: Crossing Borderswill be held in conjunction with the EuroMold trade fair on Thursday, December 1, 2005, in the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre. The SPE conference will run from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and […]
A manufacturer of horizontal machining centres and special-application machine tools, Gruppo Riello Sistemi of Verona, has acquired 100% of the Canadian company Tri-Way Manufacturing Technologies Corp. The purchase represents another milestone in Riello’s process of internationalization, following previous acquisitions of Mandelli Sistemi (Piacenza, Italy) and Burkhardt+Weber (Stuttgart, Germany) and the establishment of Gruppo Riello Sistemi China in […]
SolidWorks Corp. has reached a milestone in its international program to recognize the most proficient users of its 3D mechanical design software by designating the 1,000th Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP). The CSWP program makes it easier for design engineers to market themselves and their services, and helps employers identify individuals who excel at quickly designing sophisticated products. Stephen […]
Applied Market Information Ltd.‘s latest guide to the injection molding industry in Ireland shows plastics processing as the most important component of the plastics industry in that country. Last year it consumed an estimated 26% of all polymers. Injection molding is now substantially greater, by volume of material used, than either pipe or film extrusion. As outlined […]
The British rapid prototyping and tooling services organisation ARRK Product Development Group Ltd.has hired two new project advistors, John Lister for the UK Northwest Area and Helen Fowler for the Southeast Area. Lister brings a wealth of experience with him to ARRK, having worked in engineering all his life. He was previously with a large US firm noted for the […]
CenLong Tech. has announced that it has completed consolidating its North American sales operations, centtralizing them at the company’s headquarters in Houston, Texas. The company’s mill in Lorain, Ohio, will continue to produce its broad range of bronze products, but it will now operate solely as a production and shipping center, while the headquarters in Houston […]