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Scott Simmons, vice president of operations for Climax Portable Machining & Welding Systems, explains the capabilities of the new LM 6200, a linear/gantry mill designed by Climax engineers, during a tour of the company’s headquarters in Newberg last week.
Many companies around the world have suffered in recent years from the recession in the United States and, more recently, the financial crisis in Europe, but Newberg-based Climax Portable Machining & Welding Systems has cut a path of continued success in the highly specialized world of portable machine tools during that time, pursuing an aggressive plan of global expansion and enjoying double-digit increases in sales over the past eight years.
