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1. Komaspec, A Canadian-Owned Manufacturer, Launches Komacut, An Online, Real-Time Sheet Metal Ordering Platform 12/15/2021

   After four years of development and investment in creating an enterprise level design manufacturability analysis and quotation engine, Komaspec, a Canadian-owned, China-based contract manufacturer, today announced the release of the beta version of Komacut, its proprietary, on-demand platform to enable designers, engineers and companies to receive instant quotes and design feedback, as well as order industrial sheet metal components with value added processes online, in real time, at mass production quality and price 

2. Protocol Insight® Announces UFS Protocol Analyzer And Exerciser For UFS 4.0 And MIPI M-PHY® Gear 5 Now Shipping 12/15/2021

   Protocol Insight is now shipping the new Falcon C Series of UFS protocol analyzers and exercisers

3. HEIDENHAIN’s Newest Touch Probe Offers Extraordinary 3-D Machining Accuracy And Speed 12/14/2021

   To meet the needs of high accuracy machinists, HEIDENHAIN introduces the new TS 760 touch probe for use with its contouring TNC and other major CNC controls

4. CORE Industrial Partners Portfolio Company CGI Automated Manufacturing Acquires Precision Metal Fab And Precision Tool & Die 12/10/2021

   CORE Industrial Partners (“CORE”), a Chicago-based private equity firm, announced today the acquisitions of Precision Metal Fab and Precision Tool & Die (collectively, “PMF” or the “Company”), a provider of metal cutting and forming solutions, by CORE portfolio company CGI Automated Manufacturing (“CGI”)

5. Petra Unveils The First Tunneling Technology For Utilities To Bore Through The Hardest Rocks In The World 12/9/2021

   Petra, the first robotics company capable of undergrounding critical utilities through hard geologies, today announced the successful completion of a 20-foot demonstration tunnel through the hardest rock on earth, and Series A funding led by DCVC, the leading Deep Tech venture firm

6. ModuleWorks Releases 2021.12 Digital Manufacturing Software 12/6/2021

   ModuleWorks announces the release of its 2021.12 CAD/CAM software components for digital manufacturing.

7. SMW Autoblok Acquires Tecnomagnete 12/6/2021

   SMW Autoblok Group, a global leader in the design, engineering and manufacturing of premium workholding solutions for the industrial market has acquired Tecnomagnete, the world’s leading manufacturer of permanent electromagnetic clamping and lifting systems.

8. hyperMILL End-To-End CAM Solution Is Now Even More Powerful 12/6/2021

   More features, optimized strategies, major enhancements: OPEN MIND has upgraded its hyperMILL CAM software for machine- and controller-independent NC programming. These include optimizations for hyperMILL VIRTUAL Machining, enhancements to the 5-axis strategies for better results in terms of surface quality, new options for 2D functionalities, as well as efficient innovations in the area of electrode manufacturing that deliver even more convenient and faster programming.

9. Sigmetrix To Exhibit & Help Attendees Maximize The Return On Their MBD / MBE Investment At DMC 2021 11/30/2021

   Sigmetrix, experts in mechanical variation management, announced they will exhibit at DMC 2021 to be held December 13-16, 2021 in in Aurora, Colorado.

10. Specialism Included As Standard In Starrag Machines 11/29/2021

    James Kuntz, Wagstaff's Hebron, Kentucky USA Plant Manager, wanted to locate a new CNC machining center to streamline the process of machining support blocks