Big Kaiser (Hoffman Estates, Illinois) celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. In 1948, 25-year-old Heinz Kaiser gave up his job to start his own business in Rümlang, Switzerland. His vision was to advance the development of tools to keep pace with the increasing productivity of machine tool technology at that

Innovative Products of America introduces its 3-in-1 diamond grinding wheels. Available in 2" and 3" diameters, the wheels are designed for use with high-speed die grinders. The grinding disc features a diamond abrasive edge that is said to last 20 to 60 times longer than traditional abrasives. In

Rick Haas has an impressive automotive resume, having held positions at Ford and Tesla and currently as the president and CEO of Mahindra Automotive North America. While you may not be familiar with Mahindra (yet), know that the India-based Mahindra Group is a $19-billion organization that is involved in the production of products ranging from

Rick Haas has an impressive automotive resume, having held positions at Ford and Tesla and currently as the president and CEO of Mahindra Automotive North America. While you may not be familiar with Mahindra (yet), know that the India-based Mahindra Group is a $19-billion organization that is involved in the production of products ranging from

Mahr Inc. has expanded the Optimar 100 with an upgrade kit that makes working with the measuring instrument safer and faster with a camera that automatically records the indicated values of the test indicators and forwards them to a software for processing.  New Product Post: 4/30/2018 Edited by Bart Bishop Assistant Editor, Production

Absolute Machine Tools turns 30, a new manufacturing cybersecurity hub in the works and other industry news. Blog Post: 4/19/2018 Jedd Cole Associate Editor, Modern Machine Shop Absolute Machine Tools Inc. (Lorain, Ohio) is marking its 30th year as a machine tool importer and distributor in North America. Steve Ortner and Hayden Wellman founded the

Emuge Corp.’s Self-Lock internal thread yields a self-locking screw connection that can be used repeatedly.  New Product Post: 4/29/2018 Edited by Bart Bishop Assistant Editor, Production Machining Emuge Corp.’s Self-Lock threading tools offer an alternative in thread locking for safety applications in aerospace,

Silicon Designs, Inc. has improved its compact, low-mass, single axis Model 2220 series, a part of its highly rugged industrial-grade line of MEMS variable capacitive accelerometer chips. 

Converter saves development time and frees up input/output resources. 

The new CTD088 foot is especially effective for operators of smaller machinery such as riveters and welders, among others.