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BRAND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center Welcomes QualiChem as New Tier 2 Member
Scappoose, Oregon — Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center, Research and Development (OMIC R&D), a leading collaborative in advanced metals manufacturing technologies, is pleased to announce that QualiChem Metalworking Fluids has joined its membership as a Tier 2 member. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Salem, Virginia, QualiChem has grown from a specialty chemical startup into a leading global supplier of metalworking fluids, cleaners, and corrosion inhibitors.
Scientific Cutting Tools Announces New Representation in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming
Simi Valley, California — Scientific Cutting Tools, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of two new independent manufacturer representatives serving customers in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming. Pete Petrash will represent SCT in Colorado, while Rick DeLancey, owner of Hoff Industrial Sales, will represent SCT in Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming. Together, they bring deep manufacturing experience, technical sales knowledge and regional customer support to SCT’s growing distributor and end-user network.
NEW HIRES & PROMOTIONS
BISON Partners Hires Todd Huber as Head of Asset Management Amid Accelerating Retail Acquisition Pace
Irvine, California — Irvine-headquartered BISON Partners, LLC, a retail-focused real estate investment and operating company targeting value-add opportunities across the western United States, has announced that Todd Huber will join the firm as head of asset management. Huber joins BISON from Paragon Commercial Group, where he served as senior vice president of investments and spent eight years leading retail acquisitions, development and asset management assignments across Southern California.
Ellison Technologies Charts Its Next Chapter With New CEO Eike Huebner
Santa Fe Springs, California — On April 1, 2026, Eike Huebner became Chief Executive Officer of Ellison Technologies. This transition has been planned and anticipated. Eike has been a senior member of Ellison's leadership team for years, serving as COO since 2021, working in close partnership with Graham Hooper across that time. His relationships with employees, customers, OEM partners, and fellow DN distributors are longstanding. For those who work with Ellison, the faces and the commitment do not change. The focus on customer success only deepens and strengthens.
Nidec Commercial & Industrial Names New President and CTO
St. Louis, Missouri — Nidec, a manufacturer of compressors and electric motors and drives used in numerous industries, has announced the promotion of Tim Schamel to President of Nidec Commercial & Industrial. The company has also named Tim Albers as Chief Technology Officer. The moves come as part of Nidec’s organizational strengthening strategy and with the goal of ensuring greater alignment across all areas of Nidec’s Appliance, Commercial and Industrial Motors (ACIM) business unit. ACIM is one of Nidec’s largest business units in terms of sales, with approximately 18,000 employees and more than 30 manufacturing sites in 25 countries.
Xometry Appoints Lukas Biewald to its Board of Directors
North Bethesda, Maryland — Xometry, Inc. the global, AI-native marketplace connecting buyers and suppliers of custom manufacturing, announced the appointment of Lukas Biewald, co-founder and former CEO of Weights & Biases, and SVP, AI Initiatives at CoreWeave, Inc., to its Board of Directors. Biewald joins the Xometry Board of Directors at a pivotal moment. The company has recently launched new AI capabilities — including personalized pricing and design-for-manufacturability (DFM) intelligence — that together move the platform toward a more autonomous procurement experience.
RESEARCH & EDUCATION
America Makes Announces Winners of JAQS-SQ Project Call Worth $1.7M in Funding
Youngstown, Ohio — America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce the winners of a recent project call funded through the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech), worth a total of $1.7M. The project call, Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier Qualification (JAQS-SQ) – Group 1, aims to accelerate the integration of non-traditional suppliers and scale defense industrial base capabilities by training and supporting manufacturers to meet required process control documents (PCDs) for qualified additive manufacturing (AM) production. Up to five awards were anticipated.
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