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Each year, the employee who demonstrates the work ethic and values of the late E. Keith Moore is presented with the award named after him. Mr. Moore continues to have a positive influence on our culture at Hurco. Last Wednesday, Hurco was proud to recognize two employees with E. Keith Moore awards. Wayne Kline, Senior Manufacturing Engineer with Hurco since 2011 and Matthew Ponto, Software Support Engineer with Hurco since 2013 both received 2018 honors during the company’s annual employee meeting. Both Matt and Wayne exemplify the customer-centric attitude that Mr. Moore exhibited throughout his career at Hurco.

THANK YOU. Who's Who in our Latest Ad.

Above is our ad that is currently in manufacturing trade magazines throughout the US and Canada. After such an incredible year of well wishes and celebrations with so many people, both inside our industry and outside our industry, we felt the need to say a collective THANK YOU! 

The students and instructors from the School of Automotive Machinists & Technology (SAM Tech) in Houston, Texas, stopped by last week to check out our international headquarters. Mike Cope, Hurco Technical Product Specialist, and Gerry Traicoff, Hurco Applications Manager gave them a plant tour and a training session.

SAM Tech was in town for the 2018 Performance Racing Industry Show and had the opportunity to stop by to learn about the future of manufacturing, Hurco's new 3D Import feature on the WinMax® control, and check out some of our new CNC machines. SAM Tech focuses on automotive CNC technology – teaching students how to machine cylinder heads, engine blocks and other vehicle components.

The students and instructors were particularly interested in learning about 5-axis machining and the machine build/assembly portion of the tour. SAM Tech students were familiar with Hurco before their visit since they have Takumi CNC machine in their classroom (Hurco Companies acquired Takumi a few years ago).

All of us at Hurco are passionate about education and the students who are the future of our industry. If you’re an instructor, feel free to contact us to schedule a tour for your students!

Originally posted June 8, 2018 | Updated October 4, 2018

The Back Story of Bottle Breacher

Eli Crane, who is a former U.S. Navy SEAL, turned his hobby of making bottle openers out of spent ammunition casings into a successful business. At first, he just made them by hand for his buddies. Eventually, he and his wife decided to make a business of it. As entrepreneurs, they watched a lot of Shark Tank and decided to apply. Not only did they get accepted, they got a deal from Mark Cuban and Mr. Wonderful.  

The Bottle Breacher / Hurco Connection

After Shark Tank, sales went from $7,500/month to $22,500/month. Eli knew he needed to have control of manufacturing to keep up with demand and delivery deadlines to keep the business growing and profitable. He started researching CNC machines and evaluated many different brands. "But I noticed when guys talked about the Hurco, they always said they were solid, hardworking, workhorse machines that were easy to use." 

Eli contacted our distributor in Arizona, D&R Machinery, and that's how Hurco and Bottle Breacher got connected. It was such a great story, we knew we had to make a trip to Arizona to feature Eli and his team for our next video case study.

Check out more Bottle Breacher videos and articles at the links below

SHARK TANK SEGMENT VIDEO

After the Tank Video

Bottle Breacher website

Listed by Forbes as Top Veteran Owned Business

The Hurco 50th Anniversary Bottle Breacher Drawings

Here at Hurco, we've been planning for the 50th Anniversary for quite some time. For our standard giveaways (Hurco swag), we settled on a simple redesign of the hats, shirts, pens, etc., but for the VIP gift, we knew we wanted it to be a special. Even more important, we wanted the gift to be made on a Hurco by a Hurco customer. When we connected with Bottle Breacher, we knew we hit a home run. 

We gave away 50 Hurco 50th Anniversary Bottle Breachers before IMTS in September and then gave away even more at the show. It was by far the most popular promotional item we have ever had! Click the following links to see the winners for the pre-IMTS drawings (the team here got creative finding different ways to announce each set of winners):

First Drawing

Second Drawing | the Video Reveal (Mike put the names in the Hurco control and machined them)

Third Pre-IMTS Bottle Breacher Drawing against backdrop of IMTS Prep Video at Hurco

[Video] Eli Crane of Bottle Breacher Announces the Winners of the Final Pre-IMTS Bottle Breacher Drawing.

Click here, for the winners from the IMTS drawing. 

P.S.A Bottle Breacher is one of those special gifts that is both unique and useful. Check out their selection at www.bottlebreacher.com Not only is it a cool gift, it's made on a Hurco by a veteran-owned company. 

GRATITUDE

We received so many appreciative emails from the winners, which was really fun for us! However, the most creative award goes to Matt at RPM Tool! Check out his photo submission here.

We are pleased to announce our final group of Bottle Breacher winners from IMTS! Thank you to all who visited our booth and registered for our drawing!

Hurco 50th Anniversary Bottle Breachers will be shipped to the following:

Panos Angelopoulos  |  RAMPF  |  Niskayuna, NY
Ben Anoskey  |  IUPUI  |  Monrovia, IN
Mike Atherton  |  ORNL  |  Oak Ridge, TN
Greg Baker  |  Denso Mfg. Mich. Inc.  |  Battle Creek, MI
Josh Barber  |  Chicago Magnesium  |  Hammond, IN
Andrew Bartel  |  The Master Lock Company  |  Franklin, WI
Jesse Benton  |  ENC  |  Youngsville, PA
Jonathan Bersch  |  A & L  |  Strausburg, CO
Lee Bingham  |  Bedford Reinforced Plastics  |  Bedford, PA
Kirk Blank  |  K & K Inc.  |  Elkhart, IN
Eric Bowman  |  E & M Machining  |  Frankton, IN
Denise Brauer  |  Cutting & Grinding Fluids Inc.  |  Rockford, IL
Chad Burton  |  American Micro  |  Batavia, OH
Daniel Caraveo  |  OSG USA  |  Irving, TX
Jason Castano  |  William Penn University  |  Oskaloosa, IA
Matthew Corn  |  Shamrock Engineering  |  Oakland City, IN
Joe Curtis  |  Perfecto Tool & Engineering  |  Anderson, IN
Chip Davis  |  Layke Tool & Manufacturing  |  Meadville, PA
Lisa Davis  |  Tinney Tool & Machine  |  Belleville, IL
Fritz Dowe  |  Eng. Resource Center  |  Post Washington, WI
David Dunn  |  Shamrock Engineering  |  Princeton, IN
Jesse Espinosa  |  American Machine Works Inc.  |  Omaha, NE
Jason Florian  |  QME Inc.  |  Baroda, MI
Aaron Fox  |  Mueller Refrigeration  |  Hartsville, TN
Ashley Frost  |  Conn-Selmer  |  Elkhart, IN
Julie Gallagher  |  Profile Machining  |  Elk River, MN
Jack Gaul  |  Urschel Lab  |  Chesterton, IN
Scott Giunta  |  System 22  |  Barto, PA
David Goodman  |  3M  |  Vadnais Heights, MN
Shad Grile  |  Perfecto Tool & Engineering  |  Anderson, IN
Joe Grove  |  FCA  |  Auburn Hills, MI
Caleb Guelich  |  FRC East  |  Havelock, NC
Roger Haarklau  |  Madison-Kipp Corporation  |  Madison, WI
John Habernal  |  Huhtamaki Inc.  |  Mission, KS
Dean Hagerman  |  Commonwealth Tool & Machine  |  Georgetown, KY
Clyde Hatfield  |  FCA  |  Auburn Hills, MI
Jake Hendershot  |  Moonlight Mold & Machine Shop  |  Kokomo, IN
Mark Jacobs  |  Clover Technologies Group  |  Ottawa, IL
Dhruv Jain  |  University of Illinois at Chicago  |  Chicago, IL
Kyle Jeffery  |  GM  |  Lockport, NY
Steven Johnson  |  FN Smith Corporation  |  Polo, IL
Matt Kelley  |  Kelley Engineering  |  Piedmont, SC
Najeeb Khan  |  ACME Industries  |  Elk Grove, IL
Paulette Likwarz  |  Harley-Davidson Motor Co.  |  Menomonee Falls, WI
Daryl Linkous  |  Moog  |  Blacksburg, VA
Ed Madsen  |  Avanos Medical Inc.  |  Alpharetta, GA
Brian Miller  |  C. F. Martin Guitar  |  Nazareth, PA
Jeff Miranti  |  Intek Strength  |  Herrin, IL
Randy Mullins  |  DRT Manufacturing  |  Dayton, OH
Jim Pabst  |  Max Tech  |  Kansas City, MO
Maribel Perez  |  Dynatect  |  Highland, IN
Jeff Probst  |  HL Precision Mfg.  |  Champaign, IL
Kaili Richards  |  COTU Media  |  Long Beach, CA
TJ Roberts  |  GT Technologies  |  Millbury, OH
Donald Rockey  |  Machine and Components, Inc.  |  Louisville, KY
Tony Schwartz  |  Wilson Tool  |  Hugo, MN
Bruce Selman  |  Mistequay Group  |  Alger, MI
Richard Slade  |  Madison-Kipp Corporation  |  Madison, WI
Virgil Smith  |  Perfecto Tool & Engineering  |  Anderson, IN
Andy Stevens  |  NIBCO Inc.  |  Elkhart, IN
Ezgi Takmaz  |  University of Illinois at Chicago  |  Chicago, IL
Jeffrey Ternes  |  Moraine Park Technical College  |  Cedar Grove, WI
Joe Thurin  |  Moraine Park Technical College  |  West Bend, WI
Alana Trejo  |  COTV Media  |  Long Beach, CA

Thank you to all who registered. To learn more about Bottle Breacher  – click here!

We are pleased to announce our final group of 20 winners of our VIP 50th Anniversary Bottle Breacher drawing!

Hurco 50th Anniversary Bottle Breachers will be shipped to the following:

Todd Joy  |  TnT Machining  |  Colorado Springs, CO

Robert Simmons  |  Suncast Corp.  |  Batavia, IL

Travis Karstetter  |  Keystone Friction Hinge  |  Williamsport, PA

Clint Hammerle  |  Muskegon, MI

Peter Clark  |  Phoenix, AZ

Terry Scott  |  Wacom Quartz  |  Phoenix, AZ

Joseph Palazzolo  |  M.C. Molds  |  Williamston, MI

Gary Farniok  |  Zirc Dental Products, Inc.  |  Buffalo, MN

Brad Patraw  |  Medtronic  |  Fridley, MN

Mario Salgado  |  Hartwell Corp.  |  Anaheim, CA

Jason Davis  |  Wayne Wire Cloth Products  |  Hillman, MI

Steven Groves  |  Vicaul Precision  |  Mansfield, OH

Mark Nordby  |  MGS Mfg.  |  Germantown, WI

Stephen Mines  |  Studio Wood Products  |  Grant, MI

Jesse Smith  |  Med Associates, Inc.  |  Swanton, VT

Aaron Fresh  |  Freshisbest, Inc.  |  Lake Havasu, AZ

Greg Sikonia  |  Roberts Automatic Products  |  Chanhassen, MN

Bill Tait  |  Deluxe Stitcher Co.  |  Northlake, IL

Mark Kingston  |  Boltswitch, Inc.  |  Crystal Lake, IL

Robert Thomson  |  Moeller Aerospace  |  Harbor Springs, MI

Thank you to all who registered. To learn more about Bottle Breacher  – click here!

We are pleased to announce our third group of 10 winners of our VIP 50th Anniversary Bottle Breacher drawing!

Hurco 50th Anniversary Bottle Breachers will be shipped to the following:

Robert McElroy  |  McElroy Farm & Ranch  |  Amarillo, TX

Mark Hiszem  |  Seco Machine  |  North Canton, OH

Matt Walker  |  Monahan Filaments  |  Arcola, IL

John Russell  |  Eaton Corp  |  Galesburg, MI

Tim Manuele  |  Dynex/Rivett, Inc.  |  Pewaukee, WI

Fred Schenker  |  Premac, Inc.  |  Rahway, NJ

Robert Lee  |  Mistequay Group, LTD.  |  Saginaw, MI

James Serafin  |  QMC Technologies, Inc.  |  Hamburg, NY

Tony Cole  |  ColeTrain Designs  |  West Chester, OH

Deb Bennett  |  Kyocera SGS Precision Tools  |  Columbia City, IN

To learn more about Bottle Breacher and for a chance to win – click here!

IMTS is big — and exhilarating with 1.3 million SF of manufacturing technology on display! Not sure where to start? Begin at one of these can’t-miss exhibits to make the most of your IMTS visit!

We are pleased to announce our second group of 10 winners of our VIP 50th Anniversary Bottle Breacher drawing!

Hurco 50th Anniversary Bottle Breachers will be shipped to the following:

Antonio Lassandro  |  Siemens Industry  |  Norwood, OH

Bobby Aufdengarten  |  IU Medical  |  Austin, TX

Dana Dunlap  |  Centroid Corp.  |  Howard, PA

William Locher  |  Bill's Machine  |  Pace, FL

John Anttila  |  Anchor Coupling  |  Ingalls, MI

David Johnson  |  Hogan Mfg.  |  Escalon, CA

Scott Maxwell  |  NSA Industries  |  Lyndonville, VT

Gary Jorgensen  |  Zeon Corporation  |  Louisville, CO

Jesse Niesen  |  Straub Design Co.  |  New Hope, MN

John Honey  |  Precision Machining Co.  |  Sioux Falls, SD

To learn more about Bottle Breacher and for a chance to win – click here!

SONOMA, Calif. (July 29, 2018) — Robert Hight and the Auto Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS team raced their way to victory Sunday at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals in front of a sold-out crowd. Hight led the John Force Racing effort with John Force having a semifinal finish, Brittany Force making a second-round exit and Courtney Force having an early race day with a first round exit.