Midwest Manufacturing News • Sept 18

MW MIDWEST Vol. 11 No. 9 M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 2007 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin Feature Editorial Quality Control & Measurement Compact Radio Probe September 2018 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com New Haas Factory Outlet/ Tech Center Opens in Chicago Tooling Tech Group Acquires Die Cad Group The Tooling Tech Group (TTG) has announced the acquisition of Die Cad Group (DCG), a global engineering company specializing in tooling design and simulation for the metalworking industry. “Founded in 1995, DCG has grown under the leadership of Bobbie Blanton to become a leading provider of engineering services, including tool and die design, mold design, special machine design, transfer press simula-tion, die details sourcing, product and process simulation and other related services,” said a TTG spokesperson. Continued on Page 115 Compact strain gauge probe for part setting, feature measurement and machine performance checking. See Page 12 IMTS 2018 (l-r) Brad Morris, President and CEO of Morris Group, Inc.; Pat Feichter, Elk Grove Village Trustee; Nancy Czarnik, Elk Grove Village Trustee; Aaron Hornyak, COO of Morris Group, Inc.; Tim Taylor, Vice President of HFO/Chicago; Dave Tucker, President of HFO/Midwest; and Nick Schuchardt, President of MGI Haas Tower Haas Factory Outlet—A Division of Midwest Machinery Resources, LLC (aka HFO/Chicago) recently celebrated the grand opening of its new, larger, Chicago Tech Center in Elk Grove Village. The event included a ribbon cutting cere-mony with ownership, management and local government officials taking part. “Visible to those traveling East along I-90, the new HFO/Chicago Tech Center is located in one of the most densely populated manufacturing hubs in the U.S.,” said a company spokesper-son. According to Tim Taylor, Vice Pres-ident of HFO/Chicago, the 18,500 sq. ft. Continued on Page 115 REP Corporation Relocating Headquarters REP Corporation has announced plans to relocate its corporate headquar-ters to Kodak, TN. The current facility in Bartlett, IL, will be maintained as a sales and service office for the company. The new facility is currently under construction and plans to be open in early 2019, according to company Pres-ident Tim Graham. From the new loca-tion, REP Corporation will conduct sales, service, engineering and machine demonstrations, plus parts warehous-ing, for customers in North America. Continued on Page 116 IMTS 2018 exhibitor product previews See Page 30 Workholding Alberti has developed a combined system made by a swiveling column and a standard angle head. See Page 72 Line of Angle Heads Marking and Cleaning Tools Heimatec Inc. has announced immediate availability of marking and cleaning tools from its Euro-pean partner Andreas Maier under the AMF brand. The announce-ment was made by the of Hei-matec President Preben Hansen. “This development brings addi-tional products to our current cus-tomers and responds to the market needs for quality marking and cleaning tools for workpieces in CNC machining,” he said. AMF marking tools are used for the permanent marking of work-pieces made from all types of metal and thermoplastic substrates. They are typically mounted in toolhold-ers for use in the spindle of a CNC machine tool. Surface marking is Continued on Page 115 Milwaukee Tool Announces $32M Headquarters Expansion Marking tools (foreground) and cleaning tool (background) from AMF, now represented in North America by Heimatec Inc. Energy Manufacturing Smaller Series APX Drill The new 33 mm series is designed to allow higher spindle speeds and take advantage of the power curve on modern CNC machines. See Page 100 Milwaukee Tool will begin con-struction on another major expansion of its Global Headquarters Campus in Brookfield, WI. With a total investment of $32 million, the new advanced man-ufacturing and R&D facility is expected to create 350 new jobs, continuing a track record of rapid growth for the company within the United States. This newest expansion will house the company’s advanced manufactur-ing, engineering and global research Continued on Page 116 Subscription Changes: To make name, address subscription changes contact: • Phone: 800-375-8488 • Fax: 817-488-7813 • E-mail: info@mfgnewsweb.com • www.mfgnewsweb.com Gross Publications, Inc. MIDWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 Read about new personnel appointments in metalworking manufacturing companies throughout the United States. See Page 90 People in the News Advertiser Index Page 89 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID