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PRAB Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan, says materials and fluids testing can help metalworking operations evaluate metal scrap processing and fluid recycling equipment before making capital equipment investments. According to the company, testing metal chips, turnings, swarf, coolants and process fluids under application-specific conditions can provide empirical data to guide equipment selection, scrap value improvement, volume-handling capacity and projected return on investment.

The GPT gearhead family from Faulhaber can be flexibly combined with various motors from the standard range, such as motors from the flat BXT brushless family or the brushless DC drives from the microdrive experts. During development, they were specifically designed to work with the DC drives of the GXR/SXR gearhead family, which allows for perfectly matched combinations of encoders, drives and gearheads.

Sunnen Products Company, a supplier of precision honing and bore finishing technologies, and TIBO Tiefbohrtechnik GmbH, a specialist in deep hole drilling machines and systems, have entered into a strategic alliance to expand their global capabilities in deep hole machining solutions.

Doosan Robotics new AI-powered palletizing solution, PalletizHD+, brings the robot, AI, and application controls together in one integrated environment to make palletizing faster, smarter, and easier for manufacturers to deploy and operate. The system, which debuted at Automate 2026, is built on PalletizOS, Doosan Robotics’ proprietary palletizing operating system and "removes the complexity traditionally associated with palletizing automation," according to the company.

Ceratizit USA has named Adam Johnson as technical sales engineer for its cutting tool division in the Southeast region. Johnson will support customers across Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Johnson brings two decades of manufacturing experience, including hands-on machining and production leadership.

On June 24, Feintool officially inaugurated its first production facility in India, located in the industrial hub of Pune. Production is now being ramped up to fulfil initial customer orders, with a focus on fineblanked automotive components.

Max Eickworth GmbH, a Germany-based manufacturer of aviation and aerospace components, recently integrated a FZP27 portal milling machine from Zimmermann Machining Solutions. Located in Bremen-Arsten, Germany, the 106-year-old ofcompany purchased a CNC 5-axis gantry machine FZP27 to expand their production capabilities.

Tungaloy Corp.’s new AI-powered assistant, named Gabby, designed to help metalworking professionals identify suitable tooling solutions through natural language interaction. Selecting the right cutting tool often requires evaluating multiple variables, from workpiece materials and machining operations to cutting conditions and tool geometries. Accessing the right information quickly is essential for maintaining efficient and stable machining processes.

Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report, a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), totaled $258.9 million in April 2026. The value of shipments decreased 0.1% from March 2026 but was up 21.1% from April 2025.

Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, has opened its newly expanded, 22,000-square-meter manufacturing facility in Tajęcina, Poland. The $69 million expansion will support an increase in landing gear system production capacity by nearly 25% for both commercial and defense aircraft programs. The site will create approximately 190 new jobs this year.

Bruntwood SciTech, a UK property provider dedicated exclusively to the science, technology, and innovation sectors, and ZEISS have announced a strategic partnership designed to support life science research and accelerate innovation across the UK.

Ceratizit USA announced that Mark Frost has joined the company’s Midwest team as a technical sales engineer for the cutting tool division. Frost brings 33 years of experience in the metalworking industry to his role at Ceratizit. With hands-on experience “making chips,” he is known for fine-tuning tooling applications to improve performance beyond standard recommendations.