Edgecam quote accompanies each Hurco machine tool sale

Stone Machinery, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, now includes a price quote for a license of Vero Software’s Edgecam with each Hurco machine tool it sells.

“Edgecam has broad applications that most customers can use – whether they’re in tooling manufacturing, job shops, high-speed machining, prototyping, or EDM,” says Tom Drazkowski, owner of Stone Machinery.

Edgecam price quotes mark the first time that the 80-year-old company, which serves a base of more than 2,000 customers, has included a software quote of any type of software with sales of its machine tools.

Drazkowski credits the Edgecam Workflow interface for assisting programmers in managing jobs. Stone Machinery performs extensive customer training on both machinery and software, and Drazkowski notes that Edgecam Workflow pairs well with his training methods.

“Workflow ‘thinks’ the same way that we train customers to think with our machine tools,” he says. “They’ve moved past the standard CAM system by treating the work setup as an integral part of the software.” www.hurco.com; www.edgecam.com; stonemachinery.com

Steve Schmidtke appointed group manager for Jergens Inc.’s Workholding Solutions Group

Jergens Inc. officials appointed Steve Schmidtke as the group manager for the Workholding Solutions Group.

“In his new role, Steve will be responsible for all of the Workholding Group’s activities including application engineering, product management, new product, and new market development as well as sales and support of our workholding products through our network of partner distributors,” says Jergens General Manager Robert Rubenstahl.

“I’m very pleased to join the Jergens team and eager to continue the growth initiatives we have in place to support our robust products and technologies,” Schmidtke says.

Prior to accepting this position with Jergens, Schmidtke served in both sales and operations management in this industry and related industries. www.jergensinc.com

CNC Solutions representing Ganesh Machinery

Milpitas, California-based CNC Solutions now represents Ganesh Machinery in Northern California and Nevada. CNC Solutions offers more than 65 years of experience in the machine tool industry ranging from service to applications and sales.

“The vast knowledge of the machine tool industry positions CNC Solutions to provide the best product support in the industry in their market, which perfectly matches up with our commitment to Ganesh customers,” states Harvinder Singh, president of Ganesh Machinery, which makes its machines in Taiwan.

Ganesh manufactures CNC lathes starting at two axes going up to the multi-tasking CNC lathes with 11 axes for complex parts with up to 3" bar capacity.

“Providing our customers with high quality machine tools that allow them to successfully compete in the world economy and then following up with great training and superior service are the means we use to ensure our customers are profitable for years to come,” says Jim Selway of CNC Solutions. www.cncsolutions.biz; www.ganeshmachinery.com

Servometer, BellowsTech acquisition is complete

MW Industries officials announced the acquisition of Servometer and BellowsTech in late 2015. Both companies offer technologies that service mission-critical applications across a variety of markets and that complement each other in terms of size, compatibility, pressure, and temperature capability.

Bill Marcum, CEO of MW Industries, says, “The Servometer and BellowsTech brands have an excellent reputation for quality, technology, material flexibility, and engineering expertise. The companies’ products and workforces are highly complementary to our existing business base, and as part of the MW integrated family of companies, we believe that both Servometer and BellowsTech are better positioned to penetrate and expand in our existing markets, including medical, aerospace, semiconductor, energy, and other industrial markets.” www.mw-ind.com

Plastikos expands, adds automation capabilities

Throughout the last year, Plastikos officials have invested more than $500,000 in automation and robotic centers throughout the facility.

“We are continuing to look at ways to automate our manufacturing-related process,” says Rob Cooney, manufacturing manager at Plastikos.

In addition, a cleanroom assembly area was built within the company’s larger ISO 7 cleanroom with two additional molding machines ranging from 88 tons to 220 tons of clamping force. www.plastikoserie.com