Jeff Lewis has spent his entire life on 380 acres in Cox's Creek, Kentucky — farming it, raising a family on it, and building a precision CNC shop that now machines die inserts for major automotive ...

“A friend in Connecticut told me about a CNC machine in his shop that was simple, easy to program and set-up, run and verify tools of all types,” recalled Brendan Slabe, an Ohio machine shop owner.

Recent events have strained manufacturing supply chains, resulting in labor and raw material shortages, freight delays, and increased energy costs. The need to adapt to changes like these has become ...

As cutting tool manufacturers face rising input costs, tighter delivery expectations and intensifying global competition, productivity gains need to be more than incremental. When carbide prices are ...

As automation reshapes shopfloor roles, IMTS 2026 is doubling as a recruiting, training and retention event, matching new machines with the people who’ll run them.