Hot Off the Press
Online Seminars Address Production
and Tool/Die Machining
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Makino, Mason, OH, will host a series of online seminars in 2006 aimed at operations involved in production machining, metal cutting, micromachining and die/mold making. The events, free of charge, kick off on January 19, addressing Automation & Integration. Wire EDM is the topic of a seminar slated for January 26; Micromachining and Micromilling, February 9; Competing Globally in the Die/Mold Market, February 16; Hard Milling Solutions, March 16; and Built for Die/Mold, March 23. Learn more and register at
www.makino.com/events.
Metalforming Educator Receives
First-Ever Leadership Award
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Metal stamper E.J. Ajax and Sons, Inc., Fridley, MN, has presented its first-ever American Eagle Leadership Award, a lifetime-achievement award for the metal-stamping industry, to Joe Fredkove, director of training and business development for Hennepin Technical College (HTC) Customized Training Services. Fredkove has worked for 22 years in higher education, served on the board of directors of the PMA Educational Foundation and, as a member of the foundation’s board of trustees, oversees a $2 million endowment in PMAEF funding used to strengthen the metalforming industry.
HTC, a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, serves more than 10,000 students at campuses in Brooklyn Park and Eden Prairie, MN, and at its Customized Training Center in Plymouth. In addition to a plaque, the award includes a $1000 scholarship in Fredkove’s name.
Fabricating-Equipment Vendor Signs New Ariz. Distributor
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Bystronic Inc., Hauppauge, NY, a supplier of laser- and waterjet-cutting systems, press brakes and software, has signed on ACC Machinery Co. Inc., Phoenix, AZ, as its distributor for the Arizona sales region. Bystronic is online at
www.bystronic.com.
