The Rose Corp., a Reading, Pa.-based contract manufacturing steel fabrication company, has announced it has become a sister company to Abbott Furnace, St. Mary’s, Pa., a producer of continuous thermal process equipment, as both companies have been purchased by Edmund Gaffney of Haverford, Pa. The...

McArthur Sheet Metal Works has expanded its facility in South Sioux City, Neb., with a $1.2 million addition. The custom steel fabrication shop expects the 6,000-sq.-ft. expansion, which doubles its manufacturing space, to create up to three new jobs. The addition includes a new fiber laser and...

Rock Island, Ill.-based Hawk Technology Ltd., a provider of manual and robotic welding equipment, tooling, and automation, has announced organizational changes in response to growth of its heavy part positioning division ALM Positioners Inc. ALM Positioners has named Kevin Toft as president. Hawk...

If you analyze the entire quote-to-cash cycle for an order, you’ll find that it spends most of its time in a gray area, sitting between operations—both on the shop floor and in the front office. So if a shop really wants to improve, it should tackle this gray area.

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November, and the overall economy grew for the 90th consecutive month, said the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business®. The report was issued Dec. 1 by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of...

In December, more manufacturers will add jobs compared with the previous year, while service-sector employers will hire at a lower rate. Headcount reductions will also decline in both sectors compared with December 2015. A net of 36.7 percent of manufacturers will add jobs in December (44.9 percent...

Metcam, an Alpharetta, Ga.-based fabricator of sheet metal components and assemblies for OEMs, has launched its Business Solutions Division (BSD). The new division helps inventors of sheet metal-intensive products with product design, prototyping, materials acquisition, manufacturing, inventory,...

Lucid Motors has selected Casa Grande, Ariz., for its electric car manufacturing operation. The facility is expected to create more than 2,000 jobs and bring more than $700 million in capital investment to the region by 2022. Development of the site is slated to begin in Q2 2017 as Lucid completes...

Quaker Chemical Corp., a provider of process fluids and specialty chemicals in Conshohocken, Pa., has acquired Lubricor Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of metalworking fluids based in Waterloo, Ont. Lubricor serves primarily automotive suppliers in North America and Southeast Asia. The company...

Generac Holdings Inc., Waukesha, Wis., a manufacturer of generators and small engines, has announced plans to acquire the assets of Celle, Germany-based Motortech Holding GmbH & Co. KG, a manufacturer of gaseous-engine control systems and accessories. The transaction is expected to close in Q1...