May 24, 2011 - Acromag promoted Rowland Demko to National Sales Manager for their Embedded Solutions Group. Previously serving as Acromag’s regional sales manager for the Western United States, Rowland will now oversee all sales operations in North America. He has a wealth of technical and sales experience in embedded computer technologies and numerous industries including defense, aerospace, manufacturing, scientific research, and telecommunication

For showing “exceptional documented cost savings or productivity improvements to an end user”, the Industrial Supply Association in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the US awarded WIDIA Products Group and Ron Wallace & Associates its American Eagle Value-Added Partner Award at the 2011 ISA Product Show and Conference from May 14-17.Specifically, the award recognizes how WIDIA, a manufacturer of high-tech metalcutting tooling and systems, along with manufacturers representative Ron Wallace & Associates, and Cornerstone Supply, a WIDIA distributor, helped a Florida medical manufacturer save significant time and money. Through coordinated effort and information-gathering, WIDIA was able to develop custom WIDIA-Hanita end mills that resulted in half the cycle time and double the tool life. Producing more parts faster with longer tool life was calculated to save the customer more than US$353,000 in annual costs.”In these challenging economic times, it is imperative to understand that manufacturer, distributor, and end-user drive each other’s businesses,” says Suzanne King, Manager, Distribution Development – Americas for WIDIA Products Group

Fuchs Taobao-Mall Flagship Store officially went live early in April, and has currently become Fuch’s only official authorized online store.

FUCHS Taobao-Mall Flagship Store officially went live early in April, and has currently become FUCHS’s only official authorized online store. The store is mainly engaged in the sales of automobile oil and ancillary products, such as gasoline engine oil, diesel engine oil, motorcycle oil and so on.

Mississauga, Ont. —Shifting from wholesale distribution to direct-to-retail is challenge enough, let alone adding in an automatic pick/pack system. But as Montreal-based Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

In the first quarter of 2011, order bookings in the German machine tool industry showed three-figure growth rates.

Laser cutting machine orders saw a big uptake in Canada. Image: Mazak Optonics Machining centres saw a big increase in orders. Waterject cutting machines.

The RIO-47100 pocket PLC, an intelligent input and output controller for the ethernet from Galil, communicates with many devices including the company’s DMC-40

In yet another sign of the economic recovery Canada’s second largest automotive parts supplier saw a healthy jump in profits in its first quarter of this year. Linamar’s first quarter results jumped 32.2 per cent over the same period last year. Sales in the first quarter of 2011 were $675.2 million, up $164.5 million from $510.7 million in the same quarter in 2010

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