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JAN 2018

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SHOP TALK MMS JANUARY 2018 52 mmsonline.com Industry News market while increasing its numer of customers in the industrial, aerospace, alternative energy, trans- portation, consumer products and medical sectors. President and CEO Mark Reichenbacher added that the company will employ 50 people at the new facility. SW North America is a designer and manu- facturer of high-precision multi-spindle HMCs and other metalworking manufacturing systems, specializing in providing equipment for machining mid- to high-volume, prismatic components using four- and five-axis multi-spindle technologies. The company previously operated a small office in Canton, Michigan. Company officials stated that expansion for added manufacturing activity at the New Hudson facility is expected to begin as early as 2018. | SW North America Inc. 734-736-4027 | sw-machines.com Lincoln Electric Welding School Opens Training Center In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of its legacy welding school, Lincoln Electric will open its new Welding Technology & Training Center on its Euclid, Ohio, campus in January. The center's opening highlights the company's role of running one of the oldest continually operating welding schools. The two-story facility has more than 100,000 square feet, doubling the company's welding education capacity. It features a virtual reality training lab with MFG.com Appoints President/CEO MFG.com has appointed Ronald L. Hollis, Ph.D., as its president and CEO. Dr. Hollis joined the firm in October 2017 with the goal of using his expertise in the manu- facturing sector to help redefine the platform and usher it into the future, the company says. Dr. Hollis founded Quickparts. com Inc. and served as its pres- ident and CEO. The firm's goal was to simplify the purchase of low-volume custom parts with online instant quoting. Previously, he founded and served as president and CEO of Rapid Tech Engineering, which provided engineering services for product development and became a value-added reseller of 3D printers. Earlier, he helped guide operations as a vice presi- dent at injection molding manu- facturer Fastec Engineering. | MFG.com 888-404-9686 | mfg.com www . alliedmachine . com 120 Deeds Drive, Dover OH 44622, United States Drilling Boring Reaming Burnishing Threading Specials 1.800.321.5537

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