Waukesha, WI — Walter USA, a leading manufacturer of cutting tools has announced the appointment of Kim Seidelman to Managing Director and Jeff Kraez to National Sales Director.

Ditzingen, May 21, 2013 – At the 21st Laser World of Photonics, held once again in Munich this year, TRUMPF presented 13 world premieres. The company unveiled at least one “world first” in each of its families of beam sources – fully in line with the motto chosen for the trade fair: “The Power of Choice”.

As of June 1st, 2013, all new DMG / MORI SEIKI machines equipped with MAPPS control come installed with an MTConnect Standard V1.1 compliant MTConnect Adapter. With pre-installed MTConnect Adapters, DMG / MORI SEIKI customers will have a plug-and-play solution that allows easy, real-time monitoring of their machines — from anywhere, at any time.

In today's economy, where price pressure is a major factor for the modern machine shop, the Tungaloy Corporation has now developed a new range of economical turning inserts that are cost effective for the end user while delivering performance benefits beyond the realms of alternate products.

TRUMPF recently released the latest generation TruTool N 200, a handheld nibbler that transitions to the TruTool PN 200 or PN 201 professional nibbler with a simple change of the working tool. Able to process sheet metal up to 0.080 inches thick, its performance is unrivaled when cutting corrugated sheets and trapezoidal profiles. The power tool is ideal for a wide range of metal working applications including in electrical cabinets, chassis construction, and metal roofing, building and construction.

HEIDENHAIN announces the ACANTO 30xx, the newest product in its line of high accuracy length gauges. The ACANTO 30xx features a 30 mm measuring stroke, ideal for measuring objects of multiple sizes or for applications which require a long travel.

Amada’s new ACIES series of punch/laser combination machines provide unmatched productivity and scratch-free processing of complex sheet metal parts. This series features advanced automation and tool change options to meet virtually any production need. The ACIES series boasts extremely fast hit rates, stable processing, versatile forming and the unlimited shape cutting flexibility of a laser.

Hobart has introduced a new gas-shielded metal-cored wire to its growing portfolio of innovative filler metals. The FabCOR F6 wire provides higher deposition rates and faster travel speeds than solid wires to help increase productivity on single-pass, flat and horizontal welding applications. It also offers deposition efficiencies similar to solid wire, but with reduced spatter to minimize clean up.