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NEWS OSG Appoints New Vice President "Coord3 has an installed base of more gear inspection CMMs, offering both than 3,000 CMMs, of which many are in gear and prismatic inspection solutions. the United States and Mexico. From our Contact Coord3 at coord3.com. OSG Tap & Die new CMM sales and service facility that (OSG) has promoted includes an ISO17025-certified CMM Drew Strauchen rebuild and remanufacturing center, we to vice president. anticipate significant growth in CMM Mr. Strauchen has held various leadership positions in engineering, marketing, sales heading into 2013." Coord3 has recently partnered with :: Sapa Extrusions Appoints New Business Development Manager John Rovi has joined Sapa Extrusions manufacturing and most recently sales several companies in the U.S. by supply- North America as business development over the last 11 years at OSG. In this new ing CMM structures for integration with manager—commercial building and role, Mr. Strauchen will oversee the com- its sensor and software technology. One construction. pany's national accounts, e-commerce of those companies is PECO in Tipp City, and marketing activities. Ohio. PECO is expanding their gear in- for maintaining Sapa's leadership position Mr. Strauchen holds a bachelor of spection machine range of products with and expanding its commercial building science degree in Industrial Engineering the addition of bridge and gantry vertical and construction offerings in the North In this role, Mr. Rovi will be responsible from Ohio University and an MBA from Northern Illinois University. Contact OSG Mitutoyo America Breaks Ground for Corporate Headquarters at osgtool.com. Mitutoyo America Corporation has bro- tive metrology resources; and free flowing ken ground for a new corporate head- office areas to encourage interdepart- Okuma Partners in THINC Selects Another Partner quarters building located in Aurora, Ill. mental collaboration and communication. The 159,300-square-foot, multi-mil- The new facility will accommodate all Gibbs and Associates has been selected lion dollar facility will include a M3 Solu- the departments at Mitutoyo, so every- for membership in Okuma America's tion Center offering the ability to provide one functions cohesively as one all- Partners in THINC, a collaborative net- interactive product demonstrations; a encompassing team to meet the needs work of more than 40 companies that A2LA Accredited Calibration Lab, sup- of the customers, says Shigeyuki Sasaki, service the metalcutting and manufac- ported by fully staffed field service and president. turing industry with specialized software, repair departments; abundant warehouse The new facility is expected to open in equipment, expertise and a commitment space necessary for timely distribution of the fall, which coincides with the celebra- to solve problems and increase produc- product, parts and accessories; a premier tion of Mitutoyo America Corporation's tivity for end users. educational facility (Mitutoyo Institute of 50th anniversary. Contact Mitutoyo at Metrology), for all training and instruc- mitutoyo.com. :: GibbsCAM is especially renowned for its support of Okuma MTMs, because it programs turning and milling operations from a single interface and provides error-free postprocessing that results in machine-ready programs that require no editing, the company says. Contact Gibbs at gibbscam.com. :: Italian CMM Builder Opens North American Sales and Service Center Global CMM manufacturer, Coord3 Metrology, has opened a new North American Sales and Service Center in Wixom, Mich. Elliott Mills, the company's North American general manager, says, 10 PRODUCTION MACHINING :: FEBRUARY 2013