SCHAUMBURG, IL -- Misumi USA will conduct a series of configuration technical seminars in Texas next month. The four-hour seminars are on designing machines faster with configurable components and are designed to help engineers overcome time and performance pressures typically associated with custom machine builds.

The series takes place April 1, at the Hilton Houston Southwest; April 2, at the Hilton Austin Airport; and April 3, at the Hilton Arlington.

Misumi manager of product development Mike Melone, an experienced engineer of configurable components, will present.

To register visit www.misumiusa.com/techseminars.aspx.

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