by Michael Barnes | Mar 27, 2014 | News
Machine tool orders fell in the United States in January 2014 to $360.31 million, according to the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report issued by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). As reported in IndustryWeek, U.S. orders dropped 25.2% in...
by Michael Barnes | Apr 1, 2015 | News, Product Information
LeBlond wants to give machinists all the metallic brainpower necessary to muscle and manage all their precision grinding needs. The legendary machine tool manufacturer is pleased to announce a promotion where customers can receive a free two-axis Newall DP700 Digital...
by Michael Barnes | Aug 20, 2014 | News
United States manufacturing technology orders for June 2014 totaled $405.73 million, up 12.6% from May but down 2.1% from the same period in 2013, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) as reported by manufacturing.net recently. The...
by Michael Barnes | Nov 18, 2015 | Product Information
In previous post, we discussed LeBlond’s machine tool parts support for LeBlond lathes and mills, K.O. Lee equipment as well as Standard Modern, Deka Drill, Johnson Press and W.F. & John Barnes machinery. Now we get specific with a case study of the cross feed...
by Michael Barnes | Nov 8, 2016 | Company Profile
Yes, K.O. Lee is a subsidiary of LeBlond Ltd., and LeBlond acquired it in June 2008. Knute Oscar “K.O.” Lee founded the firm in 1887 as a farm machinery sales business. See this post and this post on the history of K.O. Lee. K.O. Lee grinders and mandrels complement...
