Production Machining’s June 2023 News Highlights

Hendrick Motorsports has named Sunnen Products Co. its Official Honing Equipment Partner as the race team pursues its record-extending 15th NASCAR Cup Series championship. The partnership puts the Sunnen SV-series honing machine in the Hendrick Motorsports engine operation alongside other Sunnen honing and engine building machines. The SV-series is the next generation of the Cylinder King line of honing machines, offering a variety of features well suited for automotive performance and rebuilding shops. Hendrick Motorsports fields four full-time Chevrolet teams in the elite NASCAR Cup Series with drivers Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, William Byron and Alex Bowman. Read more online.

Here are more news highlights:

Valstone Acquires Henning Industrial Software
Valstone Corp., an international software and technology solutions provider, has acquired Henning Industrial Software, a provider of high-quality enterprise software for small- and medium-sized manufacturing businesses. Henning Software designs, develops, licenses and supports mission-critical operational and financial management software to manufacturers and distributors that enable improved productivity, efficiency and profitability. Henning’s flagship products, Visual EstiTrack and Visual Books, provide a completely integrated, feature-rich, ERP shop management solution designed to manage manufacturing companies.

AMT Partners With CSCMP to Strengthen US Industrial Base
The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) have announced a new partnership that will bring together their expertise and resources to strengthen the U.S. industrial base. In doing so, AMT and CSCMP aim to drive innovation, promote job creation and foster economic growth.

Lift, DOD Sign New Agreement for Public-Private Partnership
Lift, the Detroit-based Department of Defense (DOD) manufacturing innovation institute, has signed a new Cooperative Agreement with the DOD Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program to continue to operate the public-private partnership and national Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) for the next five years.

Swiss Steel Produces Materials Guide
The Swiss Steel Group’s Materials Guide supports users in the search for the right steel solution according to the individual requirements. Users will get a quick overview of the wide range of applications offered by the group’s various steel grades for important application industries, including automotive, aerospace, wind energy, oil and gas, and molds. Other sectors are planned for inclusion in the near future.

YCM Alliance Opens Michigan Technical Center
YCM Technology opened its newest technical center in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The high-tech facility is designed to showcase and demonstrate various complementary machining solutions available through the YCM Alliance for die/mold machining, general parts machining and ultra-high-speed machining. Alliance partners include YCM (milling, turning and wire EDM), Exeron (sinker EDM, and ultra-high-speed milling), TRIMILL (gantry type portal milling), Cheto (deep hole drilling) and Millutensil (spotting presses).

Applied Manufacturing Technologies Appoints New President
Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) has promoted Chief Operating Officer (COO) Craig Salvalaggio to the position of company president. AMT says it is North America’s largest independent automation engineering company which supports manufacturers, robot companies, systems integrators, line builders and users of robotic automation worldwide.

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