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Caterpillar Awards Lube Supplier
Quality-Excellence Status

Chemtool, Elkhorn, IL, has become the first chemical company in the world to achieve Caterpillar Inc.’s MQ11005 status. The certification emanates from Caterpillar’s Supplier Quality Excellence Program, as the firm looks to take a proactive approach to managing supplier quality and ensuring robust process control and change management in support of its year 2010 zero-defect vision. Chemtool is the primary supplier of all chemicals and lubricants to Caterpillar’s worldwide dealer organizations; www.chemtool.com.

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Beckwood Adds Machining Center to Slash Lead Times

The Beckwood Press Co., St. Louis, MO, has added a new Haas four-axis vertical machining center to its stable of manufacturing equipment, to accelerate delivery times for projects that require precision tooling. The hydraulic-press builder notes significant increases in requests for single-source vendor responsibility as customers now procure tooling, material-handling and feed equipment as well as presses. Learn more at www.beckwoodpress.com.

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Machine-Tool Maker Hurco Forms Canadian Division

Hurco Companies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, has formed a new division dedicated to the Canadian market. Located in Mississauga, Ontario, the headquarters for Hurco Canada, Ltd. offers sales, service and training, and features a showroom equipped with Hurco machining centers and turning centers. Learn more at www.hurco.ca.

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