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THE CHALLENGE Summit Tooling in McHenry, Ill., has the capabilities to provide all of its part processing—from design to production—under one roof. The company is known for the prototype molds it creates for diverse businesses in the medical, packaging, electronics and...

MASON, Ohio – October 12, 2016 – Makino is excited to announce the latest addition to its next-generation series of horizontal machining centers, the a71nx. This horizontal machine platform extends the capabilities of the original a71 with a host of brand-new features and technologies, including...

Mason, OH – March 19, 2012 – Makino’s ADVANTiGE™ titanium machining technology wins Aviation Week’s 2012 Innovation Challenge for overcoming the traditional limitations of low metal-removal rates and rapid tool wear in titanium aerospace part manufacturing. As winner of...

Time is a huge factor in running an in-house tooling operation for a major plastic injection operation. Tim Andreas, tooling manager at AMA Plastics in Corona, California, says that time pressures have led the company to undertake a revolutionary streamlining of design and tooling operations. AMA...

THE CHALLENGE Master Cut of Schaumburg, Ill., enjoys a diversified customer base in the medical, aerospace, tool and die, mold and automotive industries. When the company got its start as a two-man operation, it used a non-auto-threading machine for its die and mold operations which...