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 Dietmar Goellner, CEO Welcome to Advanced Machine and Engineering Co. (AME) website. In this news section, you can learn about the latest developments at AME and about company history. January 2010 Whitepaper Release: Advanced Machine and Engineering has reason to breathe easy, Utilizes Stotz Air Gages to Validate Spindle Interface Components. January 2010 Christian Schedler: Appointed Product Manager of the Speedcut Saw Technology Division. We are very pleased to announce the promotion of Christian Schedler to the Product Manager position. In this role, Christian will oversee P&L responsibility for this division including its sales, application engineering, product management, and project management functions. Christian's distinguished career has encompassed R&D, Engineering, and Product Manufacturing. He has a broad assembly and service experience of machine tools and knows the needs for productivity improvements. Prior to this promotion, he worked in service as a Global Service Rep. of a German Machine Tool Company and as a Designer of carbide saws for Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. Christian has the experience, energy, and judgment necessary to lead the division to continued success and insuring its future growth objectives are achieved.December 2009 Greg Champion: Promoted to Goellner Inc. VP of Sales and Marketing In his new role, Greg will oversee all Sales and Marketing activities, which include the strategic direction and management of our worldwide Marketing and Sales Initiatives, along with developing new business opportunities both domestically and globally.
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" Fixturing/Workholding products, including Amflex/S.A.F.E. modular workholding, Amrok tombstones, grid plates, dedicated manual tombstones, and Triag modular clamps and jigs. " Spindle Interface products, including Ott-Jakob power drawbars, Schuessler HSK tool holders and spindle shaft repair service.August 2009 Machine Accessories Corp., we are pleased to announce that MAC has joined our Machine Tool Component & Accessory Sales team. They bring over 15 years of market expertise to us in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska. MAC will represent AME's machine tool components, fixturing and spindle interface products. www.machineaccessoriescorp.com July 2009 Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. has joined the following industry associations:
 Association for Iron and Steel Technology is committed to presenting superior technical meetings, conferences, exhibits and publications to better serve those involved in the iron and steel community, including steel manufacturers, suppliers, consumers and academics.
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co., (AME) Rockford, IL announces the newly updated Amsaw® Carbide Saws and Services brochure. Amsaw® carbide saws are American-made for heavy duty performance and faster service. The eight-page brochure provides a brief introduction to Amsaw® products and AME's design/build and machine rebuild services. April 2009 V-Tec has joined our Machine Tool Component and Accessory Sales team covering Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois. V-Tec will offer AME's machine tool components, fixturing and spindle interface products as well as Hennig's machine protection products, chip conveyor, and coolant filtration systems. www.vtecmt.com January 2009 Marathon Industrial Sales, located in Michigan, has been a well established rep for Hennig's machine protection products and has recently included AME's machine tool components, fixturing and spindle interface products. They have served Western Michigan and Ontario, Canada for over 25 years. www.marathonindustrial.com Back to Top December 2008 Blue Ridge Industrial Sales, with locations in Georgia, Tennessee and Florida, has been a well established sales representative for Hennig's machine protection products, chip conveyor, and coolant filtration systems. They have recently expanded their offering to include AME's machine tool components, fixturing and spindle interface products. They will cover the states of Georgia, Tennessee and Florida as part of our Machine Tool Component & Accessory Team. www.blueridgesales.com November 2008 May 2008
AME offers the Amsaw R-series saw made specifically to cut rails for the railroad industry. The combined saw/drill unit is designed to improve efficiency and productivity. The saw's benefits include a flexible setup; smooth, accurate cuts; durable machinery; and long tool life. May 2008 Included on the new Fixturing Solutions CD is a brief fixturing overview and video along with detailed information about AME's fixturing products and services, links to complete online catalogs, CAD models, company overview and video, plus contact information. New additions to the CD include two new fixturing products; dedicated manual fixturing and Jakob Antriebstechnik clamps with new CAD models, plus an ISO conversion calculator and measurement unit convertor. April 2008  
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME) can design and build Amrok ready-to-use dedicated manual fixtures from the ground up for horizontal and vertical machining centers and other CNC machinery. Dedicated manual fixtures offer a variety of benefits for customers, including reduced machine setup and cycle times; improved operator safety; improved tolerances resulting from the use of a single fixture as opposed to multiple fixtures; and reduced workpiece handling, which in turn can result in increased part production. The company also features the Triag modular workholding system, along with its own Amflex® and other clamping components when designing turnkey manual fixtures. Triags modular design allows clamping of small parts in high density by attaching the clamp modules to rails. This rail-based system allows both very high part density in a limited working area and simple, quick-change setups. March 2008 
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME), a leading manufacturer of stand-alone and NFPA cylinder mount pneumatic rod locks since 1994, has introduced the Amlok RLN, its fourth-generation power-off rod lock. This basic lock unit is in addition to the RCN and RCH, expanding the company's rod lock product line. This fourth-generation lock is the culmination of 14 years of manufacturing and marketing pneumatic and hydraulic rod locks. February 2008 
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME), the exclusive partner of OTT-Jakob in North America, is introducing both new and improved OTT-Jakob GD single-passage rotary unions offering three standard types: GDR-LC, GDR and GD. These rotary unions fit into OTT-Jakob unclamp units and also work with the clamping system. The unions are designed for OTT-Jakob's power drawbars and can conduct air for line clean-out and part dust-off. February 2008 
Sitema introduces a new device called a safety catcher. The product stops and locks a dropping platen via a wedge mechanism located on a smooth rod that can be placed in any position and that is activated by the weight of the dropping mass. On many devices, total safety cannot be guaranteed, but installing the safety catchers on hydraulic presses and other machines in which dropping masses are a concern can eliminate various dangers. February 2008 
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME) is introducing several new workholding clamping products from Jakob Antriebstechnik. These new products include the series MC power clamping nut, series ZSF/ZDF hydromechanical spring clamping system, series SC power clamping screws, series EBS eccentric block-type clamp and the series MES slide-in clamp. January 2008 Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. announces they will be exhibiting at AmCon in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, at the Arlington Convention Center, April 22-23, 2008 in booth #316. AME will be exhibiting workholding products; spindle shaft manufacturing, repair and rebuilding services; and OTT-Jakob power drawbar products & repair service. Back to TopNovember 2007
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. announces they will be exhibiting at Westec 2008, March 31-April 4, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in booth #5630 in Kentia Hall, just behind registration and the Virtual NASCAR Simulator. AME will be exhibiting OTT-Jakob power drawbar products and services, workholding products and services and sawing systems information. August 2007
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME) has added a new CAD model download feature for many products on their website, including Speith, Ambush and Amdisk machine components, Amrok tombstones, Amflex full grid tombstones and workholding clamps, Amlok rod locks, Sitema press safety products. The models are available in most popular file formats for many CAD platforms. The models are accessible through the product spec tables in the product pages, or through our convenient Downloads section of the website. June 2007
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME) has added a new Applications section to its Web site at www.ame.com. The section showcases some of AME's products and how customers implemented them. Some of the products are off-the-shelf, while others are custom-designed, and all demonstrate AME's product capabilities, engineering expertise or precision machining capabilities. Each application includes a description of the problem a company faced and how an AME product and engineering were applied to solve it. Photos and diagrams help to illustrate how the product works for specific applications. Highlighted products include safety catchers, rod clamps, drawbars, workholding systems and inspection fixtures. Applications will continue to be added, so visitors should check back to the site occasionally to see the new applications. June 2007 Advanced Machine & Engineering Co., (AME) Rockford, IL announces their new Spindle Interface Group Solutions CD, featuring OTT-Jakob products. Included on the CD are videos, a brief products and services overview, application notes, complete product catalogs, data sheets and documents, links to the web site, plus a company overview and contact information. Advanced Machine & Engineering Co., located in Rockford, Ill., is a global manufacturer and distributor of precision machine components, fluid power components, fixturing/workholding, power drawbar and spindle interface components, and saw machines and blades. The company also designs and builds special machines for a variety of industries and provides machine rebuilding, retrofitting and contract manufacturing services. AME has partners and customers around the world and across the U.S. To learn more, visit www.ame.com. Free CD available upon request. May 2007 Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME) and Hennig, Inc., have joined forces to offer machine tool repair services. AME provides power drawbar and spindle shaft repairs, while Hennig repairs steel way covers. This alliance will make it easier for customers to get repairs on machines that have both components via a single website at www.ame-hennig.com. The drawbar and spindle shaft repair includes the servicing of virtually any drawbar in any machine, with a 24-hour turnaround and a one-year warranty on parts and labor for OTT-Jakob power drawbars. AME is the exclusive partner and certified OTT-Jakob service center in North America. All drawbars are tested to manufacturer specification or better. AME can also repair, rebuild, reengineer or remanufacture spindle shafts. Hennig can repair steel way covers of any make for any machine and can do repairs on customer premises. With eight regional service centers in North America, it offers 48-hour service or better and same-day turnaround of diagnosis and repair cost estimates. Covers are returned to original equipment manufacturer specifications or better. The repair service includes up to a 180-day warranty on parts and labor. The company also offers training for maintenance and repair of steel way covers. February 2007 Advanced Machine & Engineering Co., (AME) Rockford, IL announces their new Fixturing/Workholding CD. Included on the CD is a brief overview and video along with detailed information about AMEs fixturing products and services, links to complete online catalogs, CAD models, company overview and video, plus contact information. AME can design and build a fixturing solution for nearly any workholding need. Whether its dedicated manual, hydraulic, pnuematic, machining or inspection fixtures, incremental or turnkey, AME is your one-stop fixturing shop where solutions are tailored to your needs. December 2006 Rockford, IL - Advanced Machine & Engineering Co., (AME) based in Rockford, Illinois, has reached an agreement with Sitema to perform full service on Sitema Safety Catchers. This means that current and future customers will be able to obtain service in days instead of weeks, and at a reduced cost. AME is the exclusive distributor of Sitema products in the USA, and they are now the exclusive service center as well. "This is a very exciting change for us, and for our customers." says Shane Hatfield, Product Manager for AME's Fluid Power Group, which markets the Sitema products. "This means we will be able to answer customer requests for service quickly and affordably. We are delighted about what this will do for our customers." Other Sitema products include:
You can learn more about the Sitema family of products available on our "Press Safety" web pages. August 2006 September 2006 Rockford, IL - Advanced Machine & Engineering Co., (AME) based in Rockford, Illinois, celebrated its 40th Anniversary in September. An open house was held in the afternoon with tours conducted through the facility. The celebration was held in the evening in a large outdoor tent, complete with the Austrian 45-piece band "Trachtenkapelle Harmonie Weyer", a beer garten, and full dinner. In addition, a new video chronicling the company history and that of the founder, Willy Goellner, and presenting company products and future vision was unveiled at the evening celebration.  Trachtenkapelle Harmonie Weyer  A tour group led by Steve Schubert. Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey (second from left) joined in on a tour.   The event was attended by approximately 350 friends, partners, and employees. Guests from as far away as Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Brazil and Japan were present. Many thanks to all who came and celebrated with us! May 2006
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Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. announces they will be exhibiting at Wisconsin Machine Tool Show, October 6-8, 2009 at the Wisconsin Exposition Center, Milwaukee, WI. AME will be exhibiting in booth 831, presenting OTT-Jakob power drawbar products and services, workholding products and services and sawing systems information.
Forging Industry Association (FIA) is a corporate membership association comprised of some 110 North American forging producers operating over 150 plants. Membership also includes more than 80 suppliers to the forging industry including companies engaged in the manufacturing, processing or distribution of steel or other forging stock, die stock, machine tools, equipment or providing consulting and engineering services and supplies commonly used in the industry.
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