Sweden-based Sandvik has signed a contract for the supply of stainless steel tubes required for 155 miles of umbilicals. The contract value is approximately $85.5 million, and deliveries will take place from the end of 2017 through the first half of 2018. Umbilical systems are connections used to...

Norway-based Nork Titanium AS has been recognized with the Frost & Sullivan 2017 Europe Technology Innovation Award for its Rapid Plasma Deposition™ (RPD™) technology, a titanium alloy additive manufacturing technique for the production of complex and high-strength products with high material...

The Powder Coating Institute, Independence, Ky., has announced two upcoming classes. “Powder Coating 202 - Optimizing Your Powder Coating Operation” will be held Dec. 5-6, 2017, at the Nordson facility in Amherst, Ohio. The class offers hands-on and classroom training that presents in-depth...

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner highlighted exciting new advanced manufacturing career opportunities with a group of over 150 students from five Chicago high schools recently. “Manufacturing jobs have a reputation for being dirty and dangerous, but the industry continues to evolve and innovate every...

Custom spiral stair manufacturer Duvinage, Hagerstown, Md., has announced it will be featured in a new episode of the “How It's Made” series on Discovery Channel. Filming took place in August 2016 at the company’s facility over two days. The stair produced during the segment is a custom...

Solar Atmospheres has announced the expansion to its current scope of Boeing approval at its Greenville, S.C., facility to include the processing of precipitation-hardening, corrosion-resistant, and maraging steel parts to the requirements of Aerospace Material Specification AMS 2759/3. The...

Wausau, Wis.-based paint and anodize finisher Linetec has received a Manufacturing Excellence Award in the category of Large Manufacturers (300+ employees) from the Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes the company's contributions to growing the region's economy, operations,...

MH Equipment, a material handling service provider in Chillicothe, Ill., has announced it now is a stocking dealer for Ireland-based Combilift’s products.

Combilift offers an IC engine-powered, all-wheel-drive, multidirectional vehicle that combines a forklift and sideloader.

Burlington, Mass.-based Desktop Metal has received the Popular Science 2017 Best of What’s New Award in the engineering category for its Desktop Metal Production System™. According to the company, the system, arriving in 2018, is the first metal 3-D printing system for mass production of...

CNH Industrial N.V. has announced that its Case IH plant in Benson, Minn., has been certified Bronze Level in the World Class Manufacturing (WCM) program. The site manufactures agricultural equipment, including cotton pickers, floaters, sprayers, and FlexAir applicators. The facility, which houses...

Steel fastener manufacturer and distributor Threaded Fasteners Inc., Mobile, Ala., has announced the acquisition of Stateline Fasteners, a provider of bolts, nuts, abrasives, and threaded rod in Roswell, Ga. According to the company, Stateline’s employees will join the TFI office in Chattanooga,...