The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), Princeton, N.J., has announced its intention to form a trade association for the metal additive manufacturing (AM) industry. An organizational meeting will be held at the conclusion of the AMPM2017 conference (www.ampm2017.org) on June 16 at the...

The Timken Co., North Canton, Ohio, a provider of bearings and mechanical power transmission products, has acquired the assets of PT Tech Inc., Sharon Center, Ohio. PT Tech is a manufacturer of engineered clutches, brakes, hydraulic power takeoff units, and other torque management devices used in...

Global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has won the Automotive Innovations Award in the drives category, presented by the Center of Automotive Management (CAM) and the auditing and consulting company PwC. The award recognizes the company’s combination of a continuously variable...

Metal fabricator Prestige Metal Products has announced it will move from Antioch, Ill., to an 85,630-sq.-ft. building in Bristol, Wis. The $25 million investment is expected to bring 46 jobs to the area, including about 26 from the Antioch facility. The building will be operational within the next...

Desktop Metal has introduced two 3-D printing systems that cover prototyping to mass production. The DM Studio system is an office-friendly unit for rapid prototyping. It includes a printer and a microwave-enhanced sintering furnace that deliver complex-geometry, 3-D-printed metal parts in an...

Chemetall North America, New Providence, N.J., a surface treatment supplier and a global business unit of BASF's Coatings division, has announced Brian Hovik, market manager metalworking, will offer a presentation on metalworking fluids on May 18 at 10:30 a.m. at Eastec, held at the Eastern States...

Ritter Technology LLC, Zelienople, Pa., a provider and distributor of industrial motion and control products, has acquired the business of Fluid Systems Eng., Clinton Township, Mich., a hydraulic and pneumatic fabrication and distribution company that serves principally the Michigan marketplace....

Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT), a Manufacturing USA national innovation institute, in partnership with the National Institute for Metalworking Skills, Amatrol, and the Gene Haas Foundation, has announced the launch of Operation Next, a new initiative for equipping military veterans...

In May 2017, employment will grow at 62.4 percent of manufacturing firms and decline at 6.8 percent. The resulting net increasing index of 55.6 (62.4 - 6.8) suggests faster employment growth in manufacturing than in May 2016 (48.1). In May 2017, employment levels will grow at 57.0 percent of...