A new Trimill milling machine with a five-axis head has enabled Votaw Precision Technologies to take work it wouldn’t have ...

Material inconsistencies can doom an automation integration as surely as incorrect tooling. But what should shops look for in ...

The Metalworking Index eased about half a point in July to a reading of 55.7, marking a seventh consecutive month of expansion. The month’s soft spot was employment, which fell more than two points, ...

For 100 years, GROB has been a globally active family-owned business engaged in the development and manufacture of equipment and machine tools. Its...READ MORE ...

Today, however, the manufacturing environment has dramatically changed. Machine shops are facing shorter lead times, increasing part complexity, workforce shortages and mounting pressure to scale ...

Haitian Precision USA has been selling industrial machine tools since 2000 under the Absolute Group of Companies. Absolute started by selling and s...READ MORE ...

In my last column, I described a shop owner who held off on an aluminum purchase because the pricing signal from his supplier reached him too late. What could have been a warning turned into two ...