 Gearmotor manufacturer Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. is one of Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For. |
The "Best and Brightest"
Gearmotor manufacturer Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. has been selected the second consecutive year as one of Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). Each winning company is evaluated on categories such as:
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- The Best and Brightest awards were established to honor those companies that recognize employees as their greatest asset.
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New Vice President, General Manager
Phoenix Contact USA appoints Doug Peterson as the company’s new vice president and general manager.
- Peterson joins Phoenix Contact after 19 years at GE Fanuc Automation, where he held a variety of sales and leadership positions, both in the field and at the company’s headquarters in Charlottesville, VA.
- Most recently, he served as vice president of sales for GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms.
Read more about Phoenix Contact USA’s new vice president and general manager at pddnet.com
Software Delivers New Machining Features
Siemens PLM Software announces Version 6 of CAM Express software is shipping to customers worldwide.
- CAM Express is the full function numerical control programming software component of the Velocity Series™ portfolio.
- It covers a wide variety of programming requirements from high-speed machining to multi-function mill-turning to 5-axis machining.
Read more about Version 6 of Cam Express software at pddnet.com
CAD Industry Veteran Publishes History Of Computer Aided Design
Cyon Research Corporation announces the release of The Engineering Design Revolution - The People, Companies and Computer Systems That Changed Forever the Practice of Engineering, David E. Weisberg's new book on the history of the computer-aided design (CAD) industry.
- Weisberg started the history project when he recognized that we were losing the pioneers of the industry.
- The book is downloadable in PDF format at no charge at cadhistory.net.
Read more about Engineering Design Revolution - The People, Companies and Computer Systems That Changed Forever the Practice of Engineering at pddnet.com
Company Welcomes Operations Manager
W. Scott Baker has been selected Whitney Tool’s first operations manager, responsible for production and facilities.
- This will include implementation of ISO 9001 quality systems, with which he has extensive experience at Visteon Automotive Systems.
- He began at Whitney Tool on June 16.
Read more about Whitney Tool’s operations manager at pddnet.com
Laser Technology To Build Ships
The MEYER WERFT, which is in the process of expanding its production capacity, has commissioned TRUMPF to deliver two TruDisk 10003’s and a TruFlow 12000.
- The shipbuilder, based in Papenburg, Germany, will use the two disk lasers and the CO2 laser to expand the existing laser welding systems.
- It will also use the TruDisk 10003 disk laser to weld I-joints.
Read more about MEYER WERFT and TRUMPF at pddnet.com
Agreement For Reverse Engineering
ReverseEngineering.com, providers of CAD integrated reverse engineering software for measurement, inspection, 3D digitizing, and scanning physical objects, has entered into an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with SolidWorks Corporation, manufacturer of SolidWorks® 3D CAD Software.
- SolidWorks parts, assemblies, drawings, or any combination will be offered with SolidWorks mechanical CAD software bundled as a value-add premium product option within ReverseEngineering.coms’ family of reverse engineering and measurement software suites.
- Providing a comprehensive bundled solution, ReverseEngineering.com’s technology is accessed from within the SolidWorks user interface and is compatible with both laser and touch probe CMMs.
- The premium bundle is especially well-suited for using inspection and measurement data for design purposes.
Read more about the agreement between SolidWorks and ReverseEngineering.com at pddnet.com
Class 2 Approval
PennEngineering® has been approved by the Defense Logistics Agency as a supplier of Class 2 threaded fasteners in accordance with the stringent QSLM (Qualified Suppliers List of Manufacturers) program.
- This along with the Class 3 approval awarded in 2007 authorizes PennEngineering to fulfill government contracts which specify PEM® brand threaded fasteners and Atlas® brand threaded inserts.
- Under the QSLM program, manufacturers are qualified, based on an assessment of their applied process controls and compliance with specific QSL criteria.
Read more about Penn Engineering’s approval at pddnet.com