Leitz Tooling is developing the first generation of “smart tools.” By integrating a data chip in the tool body, operators and production managers gain the ability to review information on critical production values; tool dimensions, cutting geometry, RPM, feed rate, performance times, servicing cycles and much more.

Leitz Tooling says its new “Premium” line of horizontal panel saw blades includes laser ornaments in the blade body filled with a special polymer for the maximum in vibration damping and accuracy.

TigerStop has expanded its ripping automation product line by offering TigerRip 1000 as an add‐on system, now able to be adapted to an existing rip saw.

TigerStop® is proud to introduce you to its new products and to help you learn about how automation can be easily and cost-effectively added to almost any lineal cutting, drilling and boring processes. From small shops to large manufacturing facilities, TigerStop has the right solution.

Stiles Machinery Inc. is excited to showcase a number of plastics manufacturing technologies and solutions for sizing, machining and polishing acrylics and other plastics at this year’s AWFS Fair at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Biesse America says AWFS 2015, held in Las Vegas last week, was its most successful show to date. The wood manufacturing technology firm says over 1,000 attendees from 750 companies visitedits booth for demonstrations on technology for panel processing, solid wood manufacturing, plastic manufacturing as well as the production of non-ferrous metals and composite materials.

Stiles Machinery is excited to introduce new technology and new looks at this month’s AWFS Fair in Las Vegas. Among more than 25 machines the company will have on display and in operation in their 8,000 square foot booth, they will also be introducing the new HOLZMA HPP 130 panel saw, the MAKOR K-TWO automatic oscillating spray machine, the IRONWOOD S 124RK Sander and the new Altendorf F45 sliding table saws.

Häfele America Co., a leader in LED lighting technology, has expanded its industry-leading Loox cabinet lighting system to feature the next generation of light strips, a state-of-the-art wireless remote system and innovative new surface-mounted area lights. These new additions and many more were specifically engineered by Häfele for furniture, cabinet and closet lighting applications.

Häfele America Co., a leading supplier of furniture and architectural hardware components, will be showcasing its latest cutting-edge functional hardware during the 2015 Association of Woodworking & Furnishing Supplies Fair (AWFS) July 22 through July 25 in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the show, woodworkers and cabinetmakers can touch and feel our products that fulfill every step of their project journey.

Twenty-six woodworking students went home with monetary prizes ranging from $250 to $1,000 in the 2015 Fresh Wood award program. Zachery Lush, a student at Fletcher’s Meadow Secondary School, Brampton, ON., won The Best of Show Award, after judges reviewed projects of 40 finalists from 21 different high schools and colleges in the U.S. and Canada at the AWFS Fair in Las Vegas.