M ANUFACTURING N EWS WEST Vol. 15 No. 1 January 2026 Serving Since 2012 Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming Feature Editorial Metalcutting See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com DMG MORI and HAIMER Strengthen Global Strategic Partnership DMG MORI Co., Ltd. and HAIMER GmbH have an-nounced an expansion of their long-standing strategic coop-eration to accelerate tool room digitization, automation, and global software distribution. The agreement extends joint activities across DMG MORI showrooms, technical cen-ters, and production facilities worldwide to the benefit of their joint global customers. “Successful machining re-quires powerful machines and highly-precise periph-eral technology, which en-sures that the precision is transferred from the spindle right to the edge of the cut-ting tool,” said a spokesper-son. “That is why the coop-eration between DMG MORI, (l-r) Andreas Haimer, President Haimer Group; a global leader in machine Kazutoyo Moriguchi, Senior Executive Officer Production tools, and HAIMER, global Engineering and Vice President DMG MORI Iga Co. Continued on Page 46 Ltd.; and Koichi Nosaka, President HAIMER Japan K.K. GrayMatter Robotics Unveils AI Robotics Innovation Center GrayMatter Robotics has officially opened its new 100,000-sq.-ft. headquar-ters and innovation center in Carson, CA, marking a significant expansion and the establishment of an advanced inter-active robotics experience center for AI-powered manufacturing automation. The facility features advanced manu-facturing equipment and 25+ active ro-botic cells to facilitate customer experi-ence, creating over 100 high-skilled jobs in advanced AI, robotics, multidisciplinary Continued on Page 44 Fadal VMC4020 The VMC4020 is designed around the needs of North American job shops. See Page 6 Applying Technology Tool Monitoring Recovers Lights-Out Operation ASU Launches Advanced Manufacturing, Robotics Hub Binil Starly had been a North Car-olina State faculty member for nine years when he heard about an opportu-nity at Arizona State University (ASU). ASU was creating a manufacturing school, and as part of its formation was constructing a new facility—called In-terdisciplinary Science and Technology Building (ISTB) 12—to make the uni-versity a leader in training students for the industries of tomorrow. Continued on Page 45 OMIC R&D Joins America Makes to Advance AM Capabilities The Oregon Manufac-turing Innovation Center, Research and Develop-ment (OMIC R&D) has officially joined America Makes, a public-private partnership for additive manufacturing (AM) tech-nology and education. The membership, es-tablished under OMIC R&D’s fiduciary host, Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech), reflects the university’s support in advancing research, workforce development, and innovation in AM. Oregon Tech, through its world-class research center OMIC R&D, aims to ex-System ensures all operations stay within defined tolerances. See Page 24 Education/Training Robotic Arc Welding pand its capabilities in metal AM and further strengthen its role as a hub for advanced manufacturing innovation in the Pacific Northwest. The membership will enable Oregon Tech faculty and OMIC R&D to collaborate with a national Continued on Page 46 B&J Industries Rebrands as Future Form Manufacturing, Triples Production Capacity B&J Industries, a manufacturer of pre-cision-engineered solutions for the data center, medical, defense, energy, and trans-portation industries, has announced its rebrand to Future Form Manufacturing— a move that marks a major milestone in the company’s evolution and accompa-nies a facility expansion that will triple daily production capacity. Backed by more than 50 years of ex-perience in large-scale CNC machin-ing, sheet metal fabrication, tube laser Continued on Page 46 An all-in-one educational cell. See Page 28 Workholding Giant Tooling System System is designed for machining large, heavy workpieces. See Page 38 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. WEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 Advertiser Index Page 35 PAID
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