The sales activities of Bourn & Koch Inc., Rockford, Ill., have been consolidated with those of Star SU LLC, Hoffman Estates, Ill. With all sales activities under Star SU, the merger complements Star SU's gear-machine product line with one that includes replacement parts and rebuilds of gear hobbers, grinding machines, Fellows gearshaping machines, rotary-transfer and rotary-trunnion machining centers, extrusion-milling machines, and specialpurpose machines. Brands include Acme, American Tool, Barber Colman, Blanchard, Brown & Sharpe, Bullard, Conomatic, DeVlieg, Fellows, Ferguson, J&L, Mattison, Motch, MWMC, New Britain Machine, Springfield, RMT, Roto-Tech, and White-Sundstrand.

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