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June, 2003

Features
Hybrid CMM makes multiple sense   
New coordinate measuring machine is built for multisensing.

No longer product pushers   
Distributors discuss the delicacy of changing their indrustry's perception and practice.

Rebuilding an American icon   
The Bridgeport knee mill is back --- and still made in the U.S.A.

Tech Trends
Shifting strategy for overseas sales   
HOW DOES A MACHINE TOOL builder that is dominating the European market translate its strategy for sales success into its U.S. operations? AMERICAN MACHINIST posed this and many other questions to...

Casebooks
Ballbar testing keeps machines in line   
THE 325 MACHINE TOOLS THAT SMITH & NEPHEW Orthopedics uses to make medical implants must be flexible and, more importantly, able to produce precision parts to Six Sigma. To ensure they do, the...