M W MW MIDWEST Vol. 17 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 September 2024 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Marotta Controls Unveils State-of-the-Art Facility IMTS 2024 Conference Sessions Announced IMTS 2024—The International Man-ufacturing Technology Show has an-nounced the full schedule for The IMTS 2024 Conference, which is comprised of 68 sessions across five different tracks: Process Innovations, Alternative Pro-cesses, Plant Operations, Quality and In-spection and Automation. The IMTS 2024 Conference sessions run Monday, September 9, through Thursday, Sep-tember 12, and are held in the West Building of Chicago’s McCormick Place. Powered by AMT—The Associa-tion For Manufacturing Technology and managed by GIE Media, The IMTS 2024 Conference provides deeper education Continued on Page 68 September 9-14, 2024 McCormick Place, Chicago See Page 10 Workholding NC Rotary Tables Rotary tables for HMCs are designed for aerospace and other general purpose machining applications. See Page 20 Applying Technology Job Shop Grows Forward-thinking shop evolves with the addition of advanced technology. See Page 36 Marotta President and CEO Patrick Marotta (center left) and SVP Steve Fox (center right) host the ceremony opening Marotta’s newest facility, a 10,000-sq.-ft. building in Chaska, MN, housing the design, development and manufacturing of advanced brushless DC motors under the company’s newly launched Motorfox brand. FABTECH 2024 Heads to Orlando North America’s largest metalform-ing, fabricating, welding and finishing event, FABTECH 2024, is making its first visit to Orlando, FL, at the Orange County Convention Center October 15-17, 2024. Registration is now open to attend FABTECH and see a comprehensive showcase of sheet metal manufacturing processes and the latest developments in fabrication from over 1,300 suppliers in what is considered the 10th best state for manufacturing as presented in Florida’s 2023 Manufacturing Report. Continued on Page 70 Marotta Controls, an aerospace and defense supplier, has announced the opening of its newest facility, hous-ing the design, development and man-ufacturing of advanced brushless DC Continued on Page 68 U.S. Senator Tina Smith Visits MITGI Midwest Industrial Tool Grinding, Inc. (MITGI) re-cently welcomed U.S. Sena-tor Tina Smith (D-MN) on a visit to its new Hutchinson, MN, facility. Senator Smith toured the precision manu-facturing facility as part of a multistop tour in outstate Minnesota. “An in-person visit is a great way to see modern manufacturing, and we were Continued on Page 68 (l-r) MITGI demonstrates robotic packaging, a system developed in-house to help create efficiencies in production. October 15-17, 2024 Orlando, Florida See Page 42 Welding Variable Retrofit Welding Lens Enhanced dark shade range allows welders to safely adapt to changing conditions. See Page 48 Sugino, Dynamic Machine Distribution Agreement Sugino Corporation has entered into a sales distribution agreement with Dynamic Machine of Troy, MI, covering Michigan, Ontario and Quebec. The joint venture will include Dy-namic Machine’s sales and support of Sugino’s Jet Clean Centers, Gigafeeder, machining centers and its full line of products and technologies. “We are excited to add Dynamic Machine to our sales network,” said Shawn Henry of Sugino, Sales Man-ager/Jet Clean Centers. “Dynamic Ma-chine’s reputation as a full-service Continued on Page 70 Quality Control & Measurement Automated Tool Measuring System offers precise measurement capability and high level of process reliability. See Page 62 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 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Gross Publications, Inc. MIDWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 People in the News Page 56 Advertiser Index Page 55 PAID
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