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New name PALLETACE reflects advanced technology in flexible manufacturing systems. New online calculator allows manufacturers to estimate savings that can be achieved with PALLETACE through increased productivity and quick return-on-investment. Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) March 12, 2013 (March 12, 2013) – Okuma America Corporation, a world leader in CNC machine tool manufacturing, today announced that the company’s flexible manufacturing system , AMPS (Automated Modular Pallet System), is...

Next-generation wheel cell enables wheel manufacturers to increase productivity and efficiency while minimizing downtime CHARLOTTE, N.C. (PRWEB) February 11, 2013 Okuma America Corporation, a world leader in CNC machine tools, today announced the launch of the new All-Okuma wheel cell. The new wheel cell includes the new MB-56VA-AW aluminum wheel drilling machine – designed to deliver the reliability of Okuma lathes in a dedicated machining center/drill. Also included are two Okuma CNC...

Okuma America Corporation holds 2012 Technology Showcase event. Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) December 14, 2012 Over 500 people attended the recent CNC Technology Showcase held at the American headquarters of machine tool builder Okuma America Corporation. The event featured 26 CNC machines, 38 members of Partners in THINC, five seminars, hands-on Try It stations for the THINC®-OSP control, three racing showcars, two guest speakers and countless opportunities to learn how to improve...

Okuma America Corporation, leader in CNC machine tools, announces the newest member of Partners in THINC. Charlotte, N.C. (PRWEB) December 03, 2012 Okuma America Corporation, a world leader in CNC machine tools, is pleased to announce that Gibbs and Associates, developer of GibbsCAM®, a leading provider of cutting-edge CAD/CAM technology, has joined Partners in THINC. Gibbs and Associates, headquartered in Moorpark, California, provides state-of-the-art, PC-based computer-aided...

Taconic Health Information Network and Community convenes payers, providers and community to manage groundbreaking medical home transformation project FISHKILL, N.Y., March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly half a million patients in New York's Hudson Valley can now call their primary care physician offices patient-centered medical homes, thanks to a Taconic Health Information Network and Community (THINC) project that garnered participation from six health plans to improve the...

THINC's ACO Insights will offer first free webinar, Building Blocks for the ACO, Feb. 22, 2011 FISHKILL, N.Y., Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Taconic Health Information Network and Community (THINC) announced the launch of a series of educational events to explore a new model of care delivery and reimbursement. THINC's ACO Insights, supported by a grant from the New York State Health Foundation, is a training and technical assistance program that will offer physician...

Teitelbaum brings medical background and health care management expertise to THINC FISHKILL, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Taconic Health Information Network and Community (THINC) announced that Hal Teitelbaum, MD, MBA, CEO and managing partner of Crystal Run Healthcare, has joined its board of directors. THINC is a Hudson Valley not-for-profit convening organization that sponsors research to advance improved patient care delivery models using health information...

Multi-company initiative offers insight into pay for performance, health information technology implementation, medical home physician practice transformation FISHKILL, N.Y., June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Billions in stimulus funding for electronic health records and health information exchange will find its way to physician practices beginning in just a few months. Three organizations in New York's Hudson Valley have distilled a common vision based on compelling ideas: Health...

IBM's Paul Grundy and Open Door Family Medical Center's Lindsay Farrell join THINC board WASHINGTON, June 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Taconic Health Information Network and Community (THINC) announced that Paul Grundy, M.D., MPH and Lindsay Farrell, MBA, have joined its board of directors. THINC is the Hudson Valley's not-for-profit convening organization that sponsors research to advance improved patient care delivery models using health information technology; structures and...