Kurt Manufacturing Company, located in Minneapolis, MN, recently signed an exclusive agreement with Leader Chuck Systems Ltd. in Birmingham, England to distribute Leader Chuck's MMY MultiChuck Concentric Clamping Systems in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America. The Leader Chuck MMY line consists of manual self-centering static workholding for machining centers, milling machines and grinders. These products integrate with Kurt's high density workholding towers and other devices to provide productivity and precision.

  "Adding the Leader MultiChuck MMY system gives our customers more options in designing the highest productivity workholding for their machines," says Steve Kane, global sales and marketing manager at Kurt. "Our vise customers are looking for ways to expand their machine output and Leader MultiChuck MMY products have a proven track record of award-winning performance for many years throughout the United Kingdom and Europe."

  "Like Kurt workholding in U.S. industry, Leader Chuck is a very successful brand for over 50 years in European industry," says Mark Jones, managing director at Leader Chuck. "We are extremely pleased to be a partner with Kurt to bring manufacturers innovative workholding for both new and existing machine setups."