Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped an electrically heated, large-chamber utility box furnace to an automotive supplier. The furnace will be used for batch-testing aluminum castings on a daily basis at a temperature of 932 degrees F. The work chamber dimensions of this heat-treat furnace...

Microsoft and Tenova, a Techint Group company based in Castellanza, Italy, that serves the metal and mining industries, have announced their collaboration on an integrated system enabled by Industry 4.0 technologies to promote digital transformation in the iron and steel industry and increase...

North Carolina-based Kaufman Trailers has announced plans to open a facility in Footville, Wis., in September 2017. The 29,800-sq.-ft., $1.5 million facility will manufacture several types of trailers, including flatbed, gooseneck, and utility. Trailer parts from North Carolina, South Carolina, and...

Ductmate Industries, a maker of HVAC system components, has purchased a 198,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in Wagoner, Okla. The facility is expected to be operational by Q3 2017, creating 20 new jobs by that time. The company expects to add 40 more jobs over the next five years. The company...

Fabrication Solutions & Technologies, Judson, Texas, has launched FST Service, a division created to offer full-scale service and support for customers’ steel fabricating operations. The IMCAR-certified technicians cover all IMCAR-brand service and support needs, as well as repair, maintenance,...

Japan-based Dengensha Mfg. Co. Ltd., parent company of Bedford, Ohio-based Dengensha America, has merged with Nastoa Welding Technologies Co. Ltd., creating Dengensha Toa Co. Ltd., an international manufacturer of resistance welding and joining equipment. Nastoa Welding Technologies Co., which has...

GE Additive and Stryker have entered a partnership agreement to support Stryker’s growth in additive manufacturing (AM). The agreement covers new additive machines, materials, and services for Stryker’s global supply chain operations. Stryker has already invested in Concept Laser and Arcam...

Pittsburgh-based PPG has launched a new website at www.ppgmetalcoatings.com for architectural metal coatings. Product information is organized by coatings type—coil or extrusion—as well as by finished end-use or performance requirement. Coil coatings are searchable by roofing, panel, and...

Welding and cutting equipment manufacturer Miller Electric Mfg. Co. and filler metal provider Hobart, both subsidiaries of ITW (Illinois Tool Works), have earned upgrades in their quality certification. Both companies’ quality management systems have been registered to ISO 9001:2015. The standard...

In written testimony on NAFTA renegotiation, the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI), Rolling Meadows, Ill., explained how uniquely successful the pact has been for North American manufacturing and urged the Trump administration to upgrade, but not endanger, the more than $1 trillion annual...

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), based in Milwaukee, has released “The U.S. Infrastructure Advantage™,” a report that outlines steps lawmakers should take to reclaim the country's infrastructure advantage. With the U.S. currently ranked 11th in the world in infrastructure...

According to a report from Frost & Sullivan, as traditional, fossil fuel-based methods of manufacturing give way to digitized factory floors and communication systems, the advanced manufacturing and automation space is witnessing frenzied R&D activity. The disruption caused by Industry 4.0 and...