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60 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST December 2017 /January 2018 Machine Tool Manufac- turer Celebrates 70th An- niversary The EMCO Group, better known as EMCO, is one of Europe`s leading machine tool manufacturers providing high-quality, multi-functional metal- cutting machine tools. Across its 70 years, theAustrian machine builder has expanded its portfolio from a standard machine manufacturer to a turnkey solution provider delivering over 1200 machines annually. EMCO Group engineers a range of machine tools from conventional turning and milling machines to CNC turning centers and vertical machin- ing centers as well as fully automated manufacturing cells and high-speed milling and drilling centers. Today, with production sites in Industry News Austria, Italy, Russia and Germany, the EMCO Group ranks among Europe`s leading machine tool manufacturers. Besides EMCO and EMCO MECOF, the Italian EMCO FAMUP adds a com- plete line of production machines for the machining industry including the Maxxmill 400 and 500 machines for the 5-axis machining of workpieces. EMCO MAGDEBURG, a specialist in the field of vertical lathes and mill- ing centers, is also part of the EMCO Group. Hudson Tool Steel Adds Latest Plate Band Saw Hudson Tool Steel Corporation recently announced the installation of its seventh Amada plate saw, the NC controlled VM3800, in its California facility. This is the seventh newAmada saw purchased by Hudson over the past ten months for its three processing and distribution facilities. Including the VM3800, Hudson has installed three HA250W’s, one HA400W, one PC430X, and one VM2500, bringing the total number of premium saws to twenty-nine spread over facilities in California, North Carolina, and New Hampshire. The Amada VM3800 can cut up to 150” long x 24” wide, all with NC precision. With a work-load capacity of 26,450 lbs., material can be stacked for further efficiency, passing the value on to Hudson Tool Steel customers through shorter lead-times and com- petitive pricing. “Tool steel customers need quick deliveries. Sawing technology contin- ues to advance, bringing greater speed #morepartsfaster