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NewsDesk: SME Launches New Identity

Author: Edited by Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 6/1/2013

As part of a major rebranding effort, SME, one of the most prolific and trusted sources of manufacturing knowledge, will no longer be known as the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, a decision that reflects the organization’s expanding role and influence throughout the advanced manufacturing industry. Full Article

ExOne Collaborates with Vacuum Furnace Manufacturer to Offer Complete 3D Printing Solution



Author: The ExOne Company

Date: 6/18/2013

The ExOne Company (NASDAQ: XONE), a global provider of three-dimensional ("3D") printing machines and printed products to industrial customers, has teamed with Ipsen, a designer and manufacturer of industrial vacuum furnaces, to provide customers with a complete 3D printing package.  Full Article

SME President: We are Expanding Our Horizon



Author: Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 6/3/2013

It’s an exciting, changing time in manufacturing, and SME will broaden its agenda to make sure it remains a leader, SME President Dennis Bray, PhD, FSME, told a crowd Sunday at the SME State of the Society Luncheon.The 2013 SME Annual Convention runs through Tuesday in Baltimore at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. Full Article

Software Update: Nesting, MRP Solutions Can Boost Fabrication Productivity



Author: Edited by Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak

Date: 6/1/2013

James Lindsey is product manager for SigmaTEK Systems LLC (Cincinnati), developer of the SigmaNEST (www.sigmanest.com) CAD/CAM nesting software and related nesting and manufacturing automation software and services. Full Article

3D Systems to Acquire Phenix Systems



Author: 3D Systems

Date: 6/12/2013

3D Systems announced today that it has signed agreements to acquire approximately 80% of Phenix Systems, a leading global provider of Direct Metal Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printers based in Riom, France.  Phenix Systems designs, manufactures and sells proprietary Direct Metal 3D Printers that can print chemically pure fully dense metal and ceramic parts from very fine powders with the granularity of 6 to 9 microns. Full Article

NewsDesk: Testing Advances on 787 Battery Fix



Author: Edited by Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster

Date: 5/1/2013

The Boeing Co. (Chicago, IL) continues to move quickly to solve issues surrounding the lithium-ion batteries installed in its 787 Dreamliner, which has been grounded since mid-January, and the model could be back in the air by June. On Jan. 16, the FAA issued an emergency directive that grounded all Boeing 787s in the US following two incidents, including one fire, involving lithium-ion batteries. Full Article

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