The global market for laser systems for materials processing increased by 6.8 percent in 2016 and reached a new record volume of $12.6 billion, according to Optech Consulting, Taegerwilen, Switzerland, a market research and consulting firm serving the laser and photonics industry. Demand in China...

Paul Fabrications, Derby, U.K., a Unitech Aerospace company and supplier of fabricated and precision machined components to the aerospace and nuclear industries, has received the 2016 Rolls-Royce Fabrications Supplier of the Year Award. In late 2016, Paul Fabrications and Rolls-Royce announced a...

The Timken Co., a provider of bearings and mechanical transmission products in North Canton, Ohio, and Kennametal, a Pittsburgh-based provider of machine tools and accessories, have been recognized as a 2017 World's Most Ethical Company® by the Ethisphere Institute. Scores are generated in five...

The global welding products market is projected to reach a market size of $19.7 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research Inc., San Francisco, with growth driven by rising demand from the Asia Pacific region. Increasing investments in infrastructure development, especially...

Ogden, Utah-based All Metals Fabrication (AMF) has purchased a Mazak FabriGear II 220. The 4-kW laser is designed for fast cutting of heavy wall pieces of tube, pipe channel, beam, angle, and custom extrusion. The laser handles tubing up to 8 in. dia. and 6 in. square in lengths up to 24 ft. The...

Grainger, a supplier of maintenance, repair, and operating products based in Orlando, Fla., has launched a cutting tool reconditioning service. The service repairs worn end mills and drill bits, restoring cutting edges to original specifications. It focuses on high-speed steel and carbide round...

Concept Laser, Grapevine, Texas, has entered into a partnership with GoEngineer to expand each company’s footprint in metal additive manufacturing (AM). GoEngineer will be a marketing channel for Concept Laser’s equipment. GoEngineer provides products that combine Stratasys AM tools with...

Seegrid, a Pittsburgh-based manufacturer of vision-guided autonomous vehicles for materials handling, has appointed Steven Barto as CFO. He has more than 30 years of experience with privately held and public technology companies. Barto most recently served as executive vice president/CFO of ITC...

The Auto/Steel Partnership (A/SP), a 30-year collaboration of auto companies and steelmakers based in Southfield, Mich., has named John K. Catterall, an automotive engineering veteran in body structure, chassis, and closure applications, as executive director. The A/SP leverages the intellectual...

Kent, Wash.-based OMAX® Corp. has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification.

The company manufactures OMAX and MAXIEM® brand abrasive waterjet systems.

Portland, Ore.-based metals recycler Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as a 2017 World’s Most Ethical Company®. This is the third consecutive year the firm has been recognized. Since 2007 Ethisphere has recognized those companies that influence and...

Woven Metal Products, a fabrication facility in Alvin, Texas, marks 50 years in business in 2017. Richard Hillenburg established the company in 1967 as a manufacturer of wire mesh internals for Dow Chemical worldwide. As Dow’s products changed over the next 13 years, WMP began manufacturing...

U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), Washington, D.C., has voted unanimously to extend the existing antidumping and countervailing duties orders on aluminum extrusions from China. With the affirmative vote in the Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, the commission recognized that the orders have...