On August 20 we held our third annual CP3 summit event at SECO North American headquarters in Troy, MI. This annual event is available only to those distributor salespeople who are Certified Pro 3 (CP3). This one-day event is the next level of technical training available from Seco and it is designed to meet the individual needs of our partners from all markets across North America.

This highly acclaimed event provides hard-to-find discussion and education on subjects that can help us work together to move the needle and continue our quest to provide our customers with value our competitors can’t match.

Along with advanced product launch information and product demos, we provide up-to-date market data and a series of elective classes and at the spindle workshops that are designed to deliver specific training and education in product families or market segments.

Dates for the 2020 CP3 Summit will be announced soon and we suggest that if you are CP3 certified, you make plans to attend. If you are not CP3, please feel free to contact us or your local Seco Rep for further detail on achieving this status.

The following electives were offered at this years’ session:

1. Advanced Cutting tool materials
   CBN, PCD and ceramic tools of today and tomorrow
2. Face Milling
   Choosing the right face mill and optimizing it
3. Chip Control
   How to obtain and maintain manageable chips in the turning process
4. Optimizing Drilling Applications
   How to ensure maximum productivity and tool life in today’s drills
5. Threading and Grooving High Temp Alloys
   How to best thread, groove and part off these challenging materials
6. Product Testing Techniques
   Best practices to efficiently determine how to win orders through product testing
7. Gear Machining
   Get in on the power transmission revolution
8. Micro Machining
   Tips and tricks to optimize micro tools