MSC Industrial Supply Co. Wins 2021 R&D 100 Award for MSC MillMax® Service
November 09, 2021 at 01:55 pm EST
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MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO. WINS 2021 R&D 100 AWARD FOR MSC MILLMAX® SERVICE
MELVILLE, N.Y. and DAVIDSON, N.C., Nov. 8, 2021 -R&DWorld magazine has named MSC MillMax® a 2021 R&D 100 Award winner under the Software/Services category. Introduced in 2020, MSC MillMax® combines the knowledge and insight of MSC Industrial Supply Co.'s team of professional metalworking specialists with exclusive impact-testingequipment and software to improve the milling performance on Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine tools.
MSC MillMax® originated through a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers. Under the project, MSC's metalworking specialists worked with manufacturing customers to optimize their CNC machine tools to help advance manufacturing in the United States.
"Along with our partners at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the individuals who developed the technology, we are honored to receive recognition for the impact that MSC MillMax® is having on U.S. manufacturing," said Jamie Goettler, Sr. Director, Metalworking Sales & Innovation for MSC. "In improving the performance and efficiency of our customers' milling operations, this proprietary service is changing the game in metalworking and we're thrilled to commercialize and deliver this innovative breakthrough."
Established in 1963, the R&D 100 Awards is the only science and technology awards competition that recognizes new commercial products, technologies and materials for their technological significance that are available for sale or license. The R&D 100 Awards have long been a benchmark of excellence for industry sectors as diverse as telecommunications, high-energy physics, software, manufacturing, and biotechnology. This year, the worldwide competition received entries from 17 countries/regions and the judging panel included nearly 40 well-respected industry professionals from around the world. The complete list of 2021 winners can be found at https://www.rdworldonline.com/2021-rd-100-award-winners.
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About MSC Industrial Supply Co.
MSC Industrial Supply Co. (NYSE:MSM) is a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services. We help our customers drive greater productivity, profitability and growth with nearly 2 million products, inventory management and other supply chain solutions, and deep expertise from 80 years of working with customers across industries. Our experienced team of more than 6,500 associates is dedicated to working side by side with our customers to help drive results for their businesses - from keeping operations running efficiently today to continuously rethinking, retooling, and optimizing for a more productive tomorrow. For more information on MSC, please visit mscdirect.com.
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MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. is a North American distributor of a range of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services. Its range of MRO products includes cutting tools, measuring instruments, tooling components, metalworking products, fasteners, flat stock, raw materials, abrasives, machinery hand and power tools, safety and janitorial supplies, plumbing supplies, materials handling products, power transmission components and electrical supplies. It serves a range of customers throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, from individual machine shops to manufacturing companies to government agencies, such as the United States General Services Administration and the United States Department of Defense. It operates a network of six customer fulfillment centers, 10 regional inventory centers and 41 warehouses. The Company's customer fulfillment centers have various locations in the United States.
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