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“We are excited to reach this im- portant milestone,” said Mr. Alan Levine, managing director of OPEN MIND Technologies USA, Inc. “We attribute our sustained growth to the strong product provided by our global headquarters, together with our local sales, engineering and service delivery. Our team is dedicated to providing customers with an optimal CAD/CAM experience including outstanding tech- nical consultation and service.”
Mr. Volker Nesenhöner, CEO, OPEN MIND Technologies AG said, “We congratulate Alan and his entire team in North America. OPEN MIND continues to expand market share in the United States, Canada and Mexico.”
OPEN MIND reports they de- veloped the world’s first CAD/CAM system utilizing an automatic multi-
axis simultaneous machining strategy for mold and die, and also introduced many CAM software techniques including strategies for conical bar- rel cutters, auto-indexing, and 5-axis helical drilling.
BIG KAISER Joins Part-
ners in THINC Network
The management team of Okuma America Corporation recently an- nounced that BIG KAISER Precision Tooling Inc. has joined the Partners in THINC network.
BIG KAISER manufactures high- performance, high-tolerance tooling with a broad product portfolio includ- ing toolholders, boring tools, cutting tools, workholding and measuring
instruments that are engineered to exacting standards. One of BIG KAI- SER’s most notable innovations is the BIG-PLUS Spindle System, where the shank contacts the spindle taper and the spindle face simultaneously to provide increased tool rigidity, accuracy and repeatability.
“We are excited to have BIG KAISER as a member of the Part- ners in THINC network, particularly since Okuma machining centers are equipped with BIG-PLUS Spindle Systems. Our companies have worked closely together for several years, and now our formal alliance will further en- hance our mutual offerings to custom- ers,” said Wade Anderson, manager of Okuma’s Partners in THINC network program.
Partners in THINC is a collab-
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