Bluff Mfg. has earned the Most Valuable Supplier Award for 2016 from the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA). The award recognizes companies that have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to their dealer network, their employees, and their community. In addition to...

Baltimore-based Marlin Steel has received the Risk Control Leadership in Safety Award from commercial insurance writer CNA. CNA’s Risk Control unit assessed Marlin’s safety training, OSHA compliance, return-to-work procedures, fire safety and protection, and first aid procedures. At the...

The Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI), a nonprofit association based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., that serves the metals industry, awarded scholarships worth $766,500 to 342 member company families in 2015. The scholarship program is administered through MSCI’s 32 chapters throughout the...

Metal fabricator DeWys Mfg. Inc. has added an Orbitform model B-310 orbital riveter to its facility in Marne, Mich. This gives the company additional permanent-fastening capabilities to complement PEM® and POP® rivets fastening. The new orbital riveter uses cold forming to form rivets using...

Puris LLC, Bruceton Mills, W. Va., a producer of titanium powder for additive manufacturing, has announced that it has produced what it says is the largest complex 3-D printed titanium part for commercial use. The part, printed using ExOne® binder-jetting technology, was processed to 100 percent...

Youngstown, Ohio-based Northern States Metals, a provider of custom-made extruded aluminum products, has appointed Jeff Gwinnell as president and CEO. Gwinnell most recently served as president/ CEO of Avtron and Axia Inc. He also spent seven years at McKinsey & Co. as senior manager. Gwinnell...

The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), Weatherford, Texas, has announced the availability of a level-two certification program for laser tracker users at its upcoming 2016 conference. This hands-on, device-specific performance examination is for portable laser tracking systems used for...

Robotic workcell integrator Genesis Systems Group, Davenport, Iowa, has promoted Sean Patton to vice president - resistance spot welding and OEM business development for Genesis ICESA Systems, San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico. Patton, who has been with Genesis ICESA since its formation in...