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Agreements
The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, East Hartford, CT, has received a contract from America Makes (the National Additive Manu- facturing Innovation Institute) to advance the use of aero- space alloys in additive manu- facturing. Supporting the con- tract award: the U.S. Air Force and Optomec, a manufacturer of 3D printing equipment.
Edgecam and VISI. The acqui- sition will allow Hexagon to extend the reach of its newly developed metrology-planning software.
2014. Organized by the Chica- go Association of Spring Man- ufacturers, Inc. (CASMI), the show should attract some 3000 attendees from all over the world.
on a new 6500-sq-m tech center in Tianjin, China, slat- ed to open in spring 2015. The center will house a 1600-metric-ton press that, come 2016, Schuler expects to use for stamping parts for the Chinese market for dual- clutch and automatic trans- missions.
Advancing the Use of Aerospace Alloys for Additive Manufacturing
Exhibitors will display the latest in spring-making and wire-forming technology, including high-speed coiling and bending machinery and fourslide equipment and tool- ing. Also displayed: testing equipment, and plating and heattreating technology.
Dallas Appoints
St. Louis-Based Rep Firm
Zimmerman McDonald Machinery, Inc., St. Louis, MO, now represents Dallas Indus- tries in Missouri, Kansas and southern Illinois. Dallas, Troy, MI, manufactures coil-han- dling and press-feeding equip- ment and controls.
Red Bud Slitting Lines Pulling Duty at Roofing- Panel Manufacturer
Hexagon Acquires Vero
Schuler Breaks Ground on Servo TechCenter
in China
Metrology-equipment provider Hexagon AB, Stock- holm, Sweden, has acquired CAM-software developer Vero Software. Vero’s portfolio includes Alphacam, Radan,
Spring World Bounces into Chicagoland
Associations
Facilities
Petersen Aluminum Corp., Elk Grove Village, IL, a manu- facturer of metal roofing pan- els, has installed new slitting lines at its facilities in Acworth, GA and Tyler, TX. Both lines, from Red Bud (IL) Industries, process prepainted material and boast low passlines and a small foot- print, avoiding the need for costly foundation work.
The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rose- mont, IL, will host Spring World 2014 on October 8-10,
Aimed at demonstrating the capabilities of its TwinServo press technology, Schuler has broken ground
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