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The Top 4 Innovations Mastercam Presented at IMTS
IMTS is the ultimate gathering for creators, builders, sellers, and drivers of manufacturing technology. It is where connections are made, inspiration flows, and solutions are unveiled. This year, Mastercam 2025 took center stage, captivating visitors around the world with the latest functionality that Mastercam 2025 has to offer! From September 9-14, IMTS ignited McCormick Place in Chicago, IL, bringing together the best in manufacturing technology.…
Embracing Diversity at Mastercam
This Pride Month, all of us at Mastercam remember the past while planning for the future. We honor the activists of the Stonewall Uprising in June 1969, while we celebrate the exceptional members of the LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and more) community we work with. Additionally, we reflect on our own policies, processes, and procedures with a lens focused on ensuring…
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
More than one in four Americans have a disability, according to the CDC. The most common disabilities are visual, hearing, motor, and cognitive impairments. Each affects a person’s relationship with technology. Taken as a whole, this means that over a quarter of Americans face some sort of obstacle when interacting with common communication and information technologies. The US is currently a leader in accessibility legislation.…
Mastercam at MACH 2024
What is MACH? MACH is the longest-running manufacturing and engineering exhibition in the UK and is the UK’s largest trade event for advanced engineering and manufacturing. MACH 2024 will be held in NEC Birmingham from April 15-19, with over 600 exhibitors, including Mastercam UK. The exhibition expects over 25,000 attendees this year to see live digital production systems all under one roof. MACH is owned…
Women’s History Month Series
Spotlight on: Melissa Ramos To those concerned about the growing skills gap in the manufacturing industry, look to Melissa Ramos for encouragement. Her many titles include shop founder and full owner, first-generation machinist, woman of color, programmer and machinist, and content creator. She is not yet 30. After 11 years of intermittent work as a floater at U.S. Fabrication, she dedicated two years to learn…
Women’s History Month Series
Spotlight on: Aneesa Muthana Aneesa Muthana is CEO and co-owner of not one manufacturing company, but two. Pioneer Service Inc., located in the Chicagoland area, is a contract manufacturer specializing in precision Swiss parts and centerless grinding. It has been a Chicago-land staple since its founding in 1993, and continues to serve countless industries. M&M Quality Grinding, also located in Chicago, offers exceptional bar stock…
Women’s History Month Series
Spotlight on: Vivian Allen Vivian Allen is President and CEO of SigmaPro, a custom manufacturer specializing in designing, prototyping, and producing small, complex injection molded parts with tolerances down to 5 microns. SigmaPro is one of the very few micro-molding contract manufacturers in the US and has flourished under Allen’s management. Allen holds a BA in International Business from LeTourneau University and an Executive MBA…
Women’s History Month Series
Spotlight on: Toni Neary Toni Neary is the Director of Community Engagement and Workforce Innovation at SME. This nonprofit began as a professional membership society and has evolved to be an international driving force for education and advancement in the manufacturing industry. Over its near-century of work, SME has gone by many names: the American Society of Tool Engineers, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and…
Collective Intelligence: An Insight into the Power of Collaboration
Over the past few weeks, we had the privilege of hosting 14 Sandvik brands at our headquarters in Tolland, Connecticut for a Collective Intelligence event. For several days, we collaborated on current projects, shared product roadmaps, product demonstrations, best practices, and identified areas of opportunity. We also made time for Swedish fika, of course. Want more information on how the week went? Keep reading. Product…