MKT Metal Mfg. Inc. has opened a production facility in Wilson, N.C. MKT purchased the fabrication assets of a former HVAC contractor and hired its 15 employees.

MKT is a fabricator of sheet metal ductwork and HVAC accessories.

ATCO-Gary Metal Technologies LLC has announced plans to close its plant in Gary, Ind., by the end of January, eliminating 70 jobs.

The plant makes heating and air conditioning ducts and related products.

Lakeside Steel & Mfg. Co., a sheet metal fabricator in Kenosha, Wis., has been purchased by business partners Carl Hamersma and Dean Birschbach. The company, which employs 18 people, operates out of a 75,000-sq.-ft. facility. It serves the power distribution, power supply, and structural...

Tobias Kuehnle has been named managing director of TRUMPF Canada, Mississauga, Ont., effective April 1, 2018. He succeeds Stefan Fickenscher, who now is sales director of the Machine Tool division at TRUMPF Inc. in Farmington, Conn. Fickenscher will act as interim managing director of TRUMPF Canada...

The Will-Burt Co., a manufacturer of mobile telescoping mast and tower systems, marks its 100th year in business in 2018. The company was incorporated in Orrville, Ohio, by Burton W. Cope on Jan. 31, 1918, although its history is traced back to 1894 when the Cope brothers opened a general repair...

Kirby Building Systems, a manufacturer of metal buildings, is laying off about 100 employees at its Starkville, Miss., plant as it moves some production to Tennessee. Nucor Corp., which acquired Kirby in 2007, is transferring its metal building manufacturing operations to Portland, Tenn. Katherine...

UniCarriers Americas Corp., Marengo, Ill., has announced the winner of its Remember Our Name Forklift Giveaway. Chris Jahelka, president of Vic’s Time Sheet Metal Fabrication from Palmerton, Pa., won a new Platinum II® cushion-tire forklift. Jahelka selected the 5,000-lb.-capacity LP truck with...

Schaumburg, Ill.-based Heidenhain has announced its acquisition of AMO, an Austrian manufacturer of encoders. This acquisition has resulted in the AMO sales operations and products to be coordinated at Heidenhain for North America. AMO encoder production and engineering will remain in Austria....

LIFT – Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, a Manufacturing USA institute, has announced that the first group of seven soldiers has graduated from its Operation Next Advanced Manufacturing Certification Program. Operation Next is designed to provide military service members the opportunity to...

The Chemical Coaters Association Intl. (CCAI), Taylor Mill, Ky., has announced it now is accepting applications for the 2018 Matt Heuertz Scholarship Program. The program benefits students who are currently enrolled in programs that could lead to a career in the finishing industry. The primary...