New tooling products give you the edge you need to manufacture efficiently.

Leitz Tooling has announced it’s hosting a week-long technology tour from March 13-19, featuring a two-day visit to Fensterbau Frontale in Germany, a tradeshow for the window, door, and façade construction sector. The tour will include visits to both small and large production facilities.

Cabinetry firm Quality Tops & Kitchens says its attention to detail sets it apart as a manufacturer of kitchens, vanities and millwork.

Filling a roundish hole in a plank is a not-uncommon requirement: covering screw holes, knot holes, or reclaimed wood accompanied by cuts for plumbing and heating, can present boards that need something beyond wood filler - they need a plug. Here are four tools we've run across, and a bit about a project involving hole plugging.

BENZ Inc. has named Paul Roza as its new National Sales Manager of Wood, Plastics and Composites.

The Turbine System utilizes the spinning force of the tooling to amplify air movement up and away from the cutting surface. Ideal for both standard router applications and nested-based processing, the Turbine System will greatly enhance tool life and product quality, resulting in greater productivity. The Turbine System will also improve workplace cleanliness, improving both safety and employee satisfaction.

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.