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MECCO Wins 2016 Manufacturer of the Year Award
MECCO was recognized as the 2016 Manufacturer of the Year in the mid-size category at a ceremony hosted by The Pittsburgh Business Times on December 1, 2016. MECCO’s president, Dave Sweet, accepted the award on behalf of the company.
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Top 5 Reasons to Visit MECCO at IMTS
You can find MECCO this year in booth N-6058. Besides learning about how we can help optimize your part marking applications, what are the top five reasons you should swing by MECCO’s booth?
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Export Achievement Award
On July 27, 2016, Congressman Mike Kelly (PA-03) presented Dave Sweet, President of Cranberry Township, Pa.-based MECCO, with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Export Achievement Award.
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Congressman Mike Kelly to Talk Trade, Honor Local Company for Export Achievement
Congressman Mike Kelly will present an Export Achievement Certificate to Cranberry Township-based MECCO (www.mecco.com), a 127-year-old manufacturer of industrial part identification systems. MECCO provides marking and traceability solutions for their customers in a wide range of sectors.
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MECCO Joins Project to Send Ark to the Moon
MECCO, a leader in the marking and traceability industry, has announced that they have joined Carnegie Mellon University’s Moon Arts Group in a collaborative effort to place a six-ounce capsule known as the MoonArk on the Moon.
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Top 5 Benefits of MECCO Laser Marking Software
Our customers love the easy-to-use laser marking software that comes with a MECCO laser. Here are the top 5 benefits that you may not know about:
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Top 5 Most Interesting Things MECCO Marked in 2015
MECCO’s laser and dot peen equipment marks a wide variety of parts throughout all industries to solve a host of application challenges. But what are the five most interesting things we marked this past year?
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MECCO President To Speak at Automation Fair in Chicago
MECCO President Dave Sweet will be a featured speaker during the Automation Fair held by Rockwell Automation on November 18-19 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Sweet’s technical session will be titled: “Traceability and Serialization in the Connected Enterprise.”
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MECCO Announces Expansion
MECCO, a leader in the part marking and traceability industry, has announced the expansion of their headquarters, adding more than 4700 square feet to their office space and production area in Cranberry Township.
“We needed more space for our growing business," said MECCO President Dave Sweet.
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MECCO Announces New Logo and Tagline
MECCO, a leader in the part marking and traceability industry, has launched a new logo and tagline to communicate the company’s commitment and dedication to being the premier partner in integrating marking and traceability.
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Video: Portable Pipe Marker with Magnetic Guide
Portable marking equipment makes it easy to add traceability to a variety of parts, but pipes can be more complicated.
MECCO has designed a bracket that is installed onto our hand held dot peen machine, and it is paired with a magnetic guide that goes on the pipe.
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Video: Laser Mark Bearings
Making permanent marks of part numbers, lot codes and identifying information onto bearings can present unique challenges. To solve these needs, MECCO developed the Bearing Marking Station.
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Video: Flange / Coupling Marker for 360° Part Marking
The permanent identification of a part for tracking purposes can be complicated depending on the part’s shape. Round parts, such as pipes, flanges, and couplings, require unique marking equipment to ensure a quality mark around the diameter.
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Demo: Traceability for the Connected Enterprise
To overcome today’s industrial challenges, manufacturers need to work smarter by connecting the factory. They need to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and increase quality. All of these goals can be accomplished using an integrated track and trace system.
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MECCO Debuts at Automation Fair
The Automation Fair from Rockwell Automation is taking place in Anaheim, CA on November 19th-20th. The conference is focused on showing how “The Connected Enterprise can help you achieve faster time to market, optimize your assets, lower your total cost of ownership and improve enterprise risk.”
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Marking and Traceability at Fabtech
Fabtech 2014 begins in Atlanta today and runs through Thursday, November 13th. For demonstrations of traceability solutions, visit MECCO in booth #B4624, where we will be displaying laser marking equipment alongside dot peen marking.
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MECCO Accepted as Rockwell Automation Encompass Partner
MECCO’s EtherMark-enabled products have been accepted into the Rockwell Automation Encompass™ Program as a referenced product. EtherMark is the first commercially available Rockwell Encompass Partner solution for laser and dot peen marking systems to connect/ communicate directly with factory PLC
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Traceability Systems for the Connected Factory
Most factory equipment is controlled through programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to automate processes in assembly lines. EtherMark® is the solution for direct communication from the PLC to the marking device.
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New at IMTS 2014: ProfiMark!
In less than two weeks, IMTS 2014 will kick off at McCormick Place in Chicago for the more than 100,000 buyers and sellers from all over the globe who attend. The International Manufacturing Technology Show is in its 30th edition, while MECCO® celebrates its 125th year in business in booth N6058.
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Video: Dot Peen Marker with Noise Reducing Enclosure
MECCO’s dot peen markers are versatile and durable, but in some environments, an impact marker can be too loud. One customer wanted to take advantage of the mark quality and speed, but had strict requirements for the noise level and safety surrounding the marking equipment.
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