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SME's New Greensboro '97 Advanced Productivity Expositio

22 September 1997

Local Companies Demonstrate the Latest Metalworking Equipment At SME's New Greensboro '97 Advanced Productivity Exposition

    GREENSBORO, N.C., Sept. 22 -- The Greensboro '97 Advanced
Productivity Exposition (APEX), the Southeast's newest metalworking and
manufacturing event, debuts September 23-25 in the Special Events Center of
the Greensboro Coliseum Complex.
    Bringing one million pounds of machine tools and accessories to North
Carolina's leading manufacturing county, the show features more than 140
exhibitors demonstrating the latest metalworking and manufacturing
technologies in 30,000 square feet of exhibit space.  The event is designed to
meet the increasing demands of manufacturers in the Eastern Carolinas and
Southeast region by serving large-scale metalworking industries in these
growing markets.
    Local exhibitors include: Diversified Equipment, Phillips Corp., James
McGraw, Inc., and Remco Supply (Greensboro); Carborundum Abrasives, Mesco and
Metal Prep (High Point); Airand (Kernersville); Allen Engineering (Asheboro);
and Carolina Heat Treating (Reidsville).
    Exposition hours are: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wednesday,
Sept. 24, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Thursday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
    Some 5,000 manufacturing professionals from the Southeast, including the
Carolinas, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Maryland and other
states will see the latest equipment from Agie EDM, Boston Digital,
Bridgeport, Haas, Hardinge, Hurco, Johnford, Junker, Matsuura, Mitsubishi,
Monarch, Nakamura, Okomoto, Okuma and others.
    "Remaining competitive in the rapidly expanding manufacturing markets of
the Southeast requires the latest equipment and technologies," said Nancy
Berg, director of expositions for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME), the show's producer.  "The Greensboro '97 APEX provides leading-edge
resources for producing world-class products."
    Greensboro '97 technology categories include: machine tools and
accessories; cutting tools and inserts; EDM; grinding and deburring; CAD/CAM;
machine controls; finishing and laser systems -- some 100 in all.
    Accompanying the Greensboro '97 exposition are eight SME-sponsored
technical courses: Welding the Tool Steels, Set-Up Reduction for Machining,
Fundamentals of Manufacturing Technology and Processes for the New or
Non-Engineer, Planning Manufacturing Cells for Machining Applications,
Fundamentals of Bearings and Bearing Lubricants, Bearing Design and
Calculations, Practical Tool Condition Monitoring and Improving Cutting Tool
Performance Through Thin Film Wear Resistance Coatings.
    Greensboro '97 is co-sponsored by SME, the American Machine Tool
Distributors' Association (AMTDA), and AMT - The Association For Manufacturing
Technology.

SOURCE  Society of Manufacturing Engineers