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Moore Tool Company, of Bridgeport CT and Zurich Switzerland, are pleased to announce the appointment of NL Machine Tool Consulting as the sole sales agent for all of United Kingdom. NL Machine Tool Consulting has provided unique grinding and surface finishing solutions, from leading British and European Manufacturers, to customers looking to achieve extremely close tolerances on a wide variety of traditional and exotic materials. Norman Loughton, President and CEO of NL Machine Tool Consulting, brings years of precision grinding experience to Moore Tool, a leader in the design and manufacture of jig grinding equipment and accessories. Newman Marsilius, Managing Director of Moore Tool commented, “We are extremely pleased to have Mr. Loughton partner with Moore Tool -- the UK market and the European market in general, are very important growth areas for us.” He added, “Mr. Loughton brings a tremendous amount of expertise to Moore Tool and our customers.”

GREATER ACCURACY AND PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH POWERFUL NEW TECHNOLOGY

Moore Tool, a leader in building ultra-precision jig grinding equipment, is continuously enhancing the productivity of its jig grinder product line -- making it more user friendly and relevant in today’s tool room and higher-volume production environments. While building one of the world’s most accurate grinding machines has been and continues to be the foundation of Moore’s long-term success, a cornerstone of their strategy is to help define customer-specific processes and to help customers fully utilize all the advances in technology in order to create
better parts -- faster and at a lower cost. Through collaboration with Moore’s experienced Applications Department, customer’s are finding more and more innovative ways to, cost-effectively, utilize jig grinding in their most critical operations.

INTRODUCING MOORE PROGRIND®

In today’s competitive markets, manufactures must achieve greater and greater levels of productivity to remain cost effective in today’s global market place. In response to our customer’s requests, Moore has introduced a number of grinding enhancements, including the Moore ProGrind® platform, to support their precision applications – from both small- and large-scale production runs. These new features help empower manufacturers to realize even greater efficiencies, while still achieving sub-micron positioning and surface finishes.

With Moore ProGrind®, users reap the time and tool-cost saving benefits that the latest grinding wheel advancements and wet grinding provide. Moore ProGrind® features a powerful electric grinding spindle and coolant system for dramatically improved stock removal rates, better surface finishes and longer tool life. Along with the proven grinding spindle and coolant system, companies are grinding with greater confidence, both attended and unattended. These machines are completely CE-compliant, use state-of-the-art sensor technology including remote listening and monitoring capability. Companies are also benefitting from other time saving enhancements such as the 20 position automatic tool changer for unattended operations.

FANUC’s 31i-a FEATURING THE LATEST IN PC FRONT END CONTROLS

In addition to significant advances in grinding technology, Moore and Fanuc have evolved the Fanuc 31i-a control into the highest performing CNC available for jig grinders today. In order to benefit from all the latest advances, Moore is launching next generation software that will further minimize operator’s input in calculating complex measurements and manual data entry.

IN SUMMARY

As a manufacturer, staying ahead of the competition with the latest advances in equipment, software and processes is essential. In keeping up with these challenges, machine tool makers must continuously innovate to provide their manufacturing customers more accurate and more productive equipment. Today, Moore Tool jig grinders come standard with features that make the machine extremely productive and easy to operate. With these advances, the modern jig grinder continues to play an essential role in the most complex operations requiring superior accuracy, productivity and surface finish.

ABOUT MOORE TOOL

The Moore Tool Company has a long history of providing precision machine tools and measuring machines to the world’s most demanding customers who need to machine and measure parts to the tightest tolerances achievable.

Founded in 1924 in Bridgeport, Connecticut by Richard F. Moore, the Company has remained true to his standards of mechanical excellence. In 1974, the American Machinist magazine awarded Richard Moore their prestigious AM Award and described him as the man who "gave the world’s industry an additional decimal place of accuracy!"

In 1994, the Moore Tool Company and its European subsidiary, Moore Special Tool AG were acquired and became part of the PMT Group. The PMT Group is the parent of three operating companies – Moore Tool Company, Inc., Moore Nanotechnology Systems, LLC, and the Producto Corporation.

Today, the Moore Tool Company offers a complete line of jig grinders and accessories. In addition, the company operates an ultra-precision manufacturing business certified to ISO and AS 9100 standards, including 5-axis milling and ultra-precision jig grinding. Moore Tool also designs and manufactures tooling for the food packaging, metal stamping and plastics forming industries. The company operates out of a 10,000 SM (80,000 SF) facility in Bridgeport, CT, U.S.A. and through Moore Special Tool AG in Zurich Switzerland.

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