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CNC WEST October/November 2017 www.CNC-West.com 61 Industry News distributors. This, combined with his strong sales management skills, will enhance Matsuura Machinery USA’s ability to meet the needs of our cus- tomers as we continue to provide them with industry-leading manufacturing solutions,” said David Hudson, vice president of sales and marketing for Matsuura Machinery USA, Inc. In Haight’s previous role, he was responsible for the development and performance of the milling ma- chine tool sales activity in the Western Region of the U.S. A graduate of Or- egon State University with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, Haight has dedicated more than 15 years to developing higher-efficiency/ lower-cost manufacturing solutions for customers. Renishaw/Machining- Cloud Partnership Pro- vides Digital Product Data —Renishaw Renishaw, provider of hardware and software solutions for on-machine probing including workpiece set-up, workpiece inspection, tool setting and broken tool detection, has partnered with MachiningCloud, product data provider for cutting tools, CNC ma- chines and workholding. MachiningCloud represents a new channel through which Renishaw will provide its customers with the digital product data needed to run today’s data-hungry shop software. Through this new partnership, the product data for Renishaw’s family of machine tool probes will be published on Ma- chiningCloud, thereby providing the companies’ mutual customers a new, simple method to select and configure their machine tool probes. Additionally, through Machining- Cloud, Renishaw’s customers will have immediate access to download up-to-date 3-D CAD models of prob- ing components and assemblies for use in CNC programming and G-code simulation software. “Probing is an established best practice for maximizing the efficiency, quality, capability and accuracy of ma- chine tools,” said a company spokes- person. Renishaw probe systems pro- vide an innovative solution to improve the efficiency of machine tools. Touch probes on CNC machining centers and