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Kurt® Industrial Products Announces USA Automated Manufacturing of Its AngLock® Vises for Shipment and Marketing in China - Kurt Also Opens Sales and Service Facilities in Shanghai China

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Kurt® Industrial Products Announces USA Automated Manufacturing of Its AngLock® Vises for Shipment and Marketing in China - Kurt Also Opens Sales and Service Facilities in Shanghai China
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Kurt Manufacturing Company
1325 Quincy Street Northeast
Minneapolis, MA, 55413
USA



Press release date: January 10, 2012

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Kurt Manufacturing Company, Industrial Products Division, announced today the USA based automated manufacturing of precision AngLock® vises for shipment and marketing in China. Supporting this expanded USA vise production, Kurt announced the opening of sales and service facilities named Kurt Manufacturing Shanghai.

Kurt has made its vise products globally competitive through the use of an Automated Production System (APS). Designed and operated at its Minneapolis, Minnesota facilities, this APS system produces different size vise models that have many exclusive features. As a result, they are the preferred vises for the most demanding precision machining applications encountered everywhere in the manufacturing world and especially in China's fast-growing manufacturing economy. To assist in this major expansion, Kurt has opened Kurt Manufacturing Shanghai to provide onsite technical service and marketing for the full line of AngLock® vises and accessories throughout China.

Steve Kane, global sales and marketing manager for Kurt Industrial Products, made the announcement and stated, "Kurt's Automated Production Systems allow us to make our vise products here in Minnesota and ship them to China while being globally competitive. Kurt Manufacturing Shanghai is an exciting growth opportunity for Kurt precision machine vises in the dynamic Chinese manufacturing market, and we're especially proud and pleased to have as Chinese partners the following new personnel:"

Jack Chen is sales manager and responsible for the development and management of dealers, sales agents and customer development. Email: kurt@163.com

Echo Ge provides general services and is responsible for product promotion, network promotion and trade show participation. Email: echo@163.com

Charlie Zhao handles sales and is responsible for customer communication, feedback and service. Email: charlie@yeah.net

With two separate locations, one for a new sales office and a second for a new showroom, the Kurt Manufacturing Shanghai locations and contact information follows:
Sales Office:                             Showroom: Room 1112, Building "A"                   AMT Shanghai Technical & Service Center No. 581 Xiuchuan Road                     1st Floor, Building #2 Pudong New Area                           458 North Fu Te Road Shanghai, China 201299                    Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Tel: +86 21 5031 9890, +86 21 5031 9811   Website: www.kurtworkholding.cn Fax: + 86 21 5031 9805
About Kurt Industrial Products: Kurt is a one stop advanced technology solutions provider of Kurt AngLock Vises, Custom Engineered Workholding, SPC Data Collection, Gaging and Automation. Kurt pioneered the development of precision workholding for CNC machines in the late 1950's with the world-famous AngLock® vise. Today's Kurt workholding products include CNC vises, 5 Axis Vises, Rotary Table workholding solutions for VMC's, and ToolBlox tombstones providing increased versatility for machining stations. These products integrate with Kurt's high density workholding towers and other devices to provide the ultimate in high productivity and high precision workholding.

For more information about Kurt and its product lines, call in USA and Canada, 1-877-226-7823. Outside USA and Canada, call 1-763-574-8309. Or go to the Kurt website: www.kurtworkholding.com or www.kurtworkholding.cn

Write to Kurt Manufacturing Company, Industrial Products Division, 9445 East River Road NW, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55433. In USA, Fax 1-877-226-7828. Outside USA, Fax 1-763-574-8313. Email: workholding@kurt.com

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Kurt Manufacturing Company
9445 East River Road NW
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55433
1-877-226-7823 Fax: 1-877-226-7828
Outside U.S & Canada: 763-574-8309
Website: www.kurtworkholding.com
Email: workholding@kurt.com
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