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Breaking News

     July 2, 2009  

SHRM: Though still weak, labor market may offer more opportunities for job seekers in July

     June 30, 2009  

Ultra Tech Machinery to build EWI's first very high-power ultrasonic additive manufacturing machine

     June 29, 2009  

Airgas continues Operation Homefront support with second $100,000 donation

     June 29, 2009  

Mate opens new, expanded European headquarters, manufacturing facilities

     June 25, 2009  

Automotive supplier expands operations in Michigan

     June 24, 2009  

HRB prices on the way up

     June 24, 2009  

Durable goods orders up 1.8 percent in May

     June 23, 2009  

USW supports new WTO case filed by U.S., EU against China

     June 22, 2009  

U.S. automakers make substantial gains in initial quality

     June 18, 2009  

AISI stresses importance of steel in future vehicles


Aluminum Welding

     

AWS conference emphasizes uses of alternative materials, improved processes

     

ESAB enters agreement with MegaStir to develop friction stir welding systems

     

AWS seeks nominations for Image of Welding Awards

 

Arc Welding

     

New services brochure available

     

AWS issues call for Image of Welding award nominations

     

Lincoln Electric partners with U.S. Army for welder training

 

Art and Sculpture

     

Hobart forms scholarships

 

Assembly

     

Peddinghaus announces engineering promotions

     

Lomar Machine & Tool recognized by Eaton Corp.

     

Fastener Fair Stuttgart to move for 2009

 

Automation and Robotics

     

KUKA Robotics appoints vice president, sales and marketing

     

KUKA Robotics opens Canadian subsidiary

     

Applied Robotics names Innovation Matrix as distributor

 

Bending

     

New services brochure available

     

Peddinghaus announces engineering promotions

     

Fraser Steel bucks economic downturn by investing in big equipment

 

CAD/CAM Software

     

Delcam announces new hires

     

AHSS materials added to die design, forming software database

     

JETCAM Italia opens in Italy

 

Coil Processing

     

Specialty Metals Processing completes Precision Blanking Center

     

Friedman Industries opens steel coil processing facility

     

RBI Tech Support to host coil processing seminar

 

Consumables

     

Airgas continues Operation Homefront support with second $100,000 donation

     

Rankin Industries hires director of sales

     

Boeing approves Master Chemical metalworking fluid, emulsion, for areas 5, 6

 

Cutting and Weld Prep

     

FABTECH hosts 31,000 visitors, covers 461,627 sq. ft.

     

FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago

     

New study shows no link between welding and Parkinson's

 

Fab Stories

     

Automotive supplier expands operations in Michigan

     

Detroit Tool Metal Products to consolidate locations

     

Airtronics contracted to build vacant property protection system components

 

Finishing

     

LISSMAC opens U.S. headquarters

     

Haven, SOCO form strategic alliance

     

ATI purchases Speedeburr product line

 

Folding

     

FABTECH hosts 31,000 visitors, covers 461,627 sq. ft.

     

FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago

     

Bradbury Co. announces engineering staff appointments

 

For CEOs

     

Bystronic Group, BLM Group form marketing alliance

     

Ultra Tech Machinery to build EWI's first very high-power ultrasonic additive manufacturing machine

     

Manufacturers support summer camps to inspire next-generation workers

 

For Engineers

     

Ultra Tech Machinery to build EWI's first very high-power ultrasonic additive manufacturing machine

     

Exal Corp. wins metal decorating award

     

Boeing approves Master Chemical metalworking fluid, emulsion, for areas 5, 6

 

Hydroforming

     

Bosch Rexroth opens new facility

     

FABTECH hosts 31,000 visitors, covers 461,627 sq. ft.

     

FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago

 

Industry Trends and Analysis

     

SHRM: Though still weak, labor market may offer more opportunities for job seekers in July

     

Bystronic Group, BLM Group form marketing alliance

     

Durable goods orders up 1.8 percent in May

 

Laser Cutting

     

Bystronic Group, BLM Group form marketing alliance

     

Laser Mechanisms adds fiber systems manager

     

AMI adds FANUC laser service to network

 

Laser Welding

     

Cy Laser to distribute Italian laser systems in North America

     

TRUMPF Inc. names West Coast sales representative

     

TRUMPF receives Innovation award from Daimler

 

Materials Handling

     

LISSMAC opens U.S. headquarters

     

Haven, SOCO form strategic alliance

     

Bushman Equipment appoints engineering manager

 

Metallurgy

     

Titanium 2009 scheduled for September

     

ASM Intl. adds online phase diagrams

     

Ametek acquires Reading Alloys

 

Metals/Materials

     

HRB prices on the way up

     

USW supports new WTO case filed by U.S., EU against China

     

AISI stresses importance of steel in future vehicles

 

Oxyfuel Cutting

     

Company announces name change

     

Retro Systems appoints regional managers

     

Lincoln Electric begins Green Initiative Awareness Program

 

Plasma Cutting

     

Company announces name change

     

Hypertherm wins Cornerstone Award for corporate social responsibility

     

Rolled Alloys opens warehouse

 

Power Tools

     

ESCO Tools founder dies

     

SteelMax appoints regional sales manager

     

FABTECH hosts 31,000 visitors, covers 461,627 sq. ft.

 

Press Feeding

     

Minster acquires Dynamic Feeds

     

Minster acquires Dynamic Feeds, adds general manager of marketing and sales

     

Stamtec launches new Web site

 

Press Technology

     

New services brochure available

     

Peddinghaus announces engineering promotions

     

TRUMPF takes new direction in Taiwan

 

Punching

     

Mate opens new, expanded European headquarters, manufacturing facilities

     

Peddinghaus announces engineering promotions

     

BIG Kaiser breaks ground on new facility

 

Repair and Field Welding

     

AWS seeks nominations for Image of Welding Awards

     

AWS appoints managing director of certification

     

New Miller Web page connects visitors to welding resources

 

Resistance Welding

     

Lors Machinery offers newly found copies of classic welding book

     

ESAB appoints vice presidents

     

Guild Intl. marks 50-year anniversary

 

Roll Forming

     

Roll-Kraft earns ISO recertification

     

Roll-Kraft hires two staff members

     

Roll-Kraft installs new machines

 

Safety

     

Linemaster Switch Corporation announces new Web site

     

Training seminars address machine, process safeguarding

     

AK Tube's Walbridge Plant receives safety award

 

Sawing

     

New services brochure available

     

Peddinghaus announces engineering promotions

     

ESCO Tools founder dies

 

Shearing

     

New services brochure available

     

Haven, SOCO form strategic alliance

     

Rolled Alloys opens warehouse

 

Shop Management

     

LINE predicts labor market will remain soft in April

     

FABTECH hosts 31,000 visitors, covers 461,627 sq. ft.

     

ATI Industrial Automation opens new office in Beijing

 

Shop Strategies

     

Promotion provides turntable pallet wrapper at no charge

     

Jervis B. Webb names several new resellers

     

Kleentek hires sales engineer

 

Testing and Measuring

     

Core products CE-approved for sale in Europe

     

Lomar Machine & Tool recognized by Eaton Corp.

     

FARO offers technology test drive

 

Tool and Die

     

Mate opens new, expanded European headquarters, manufacturing facilities

     

Detroit Tool Metal Products to consolidate locations

     

Mate Precision Tooling names new reps, dealers in Latin America

 

Training and Retention

     

Manufacturers support summer camps to inspire next-generation workers

     

Welding chair, center established at University of Alberta

     

Consulting, prototyping, training available for laser industry

 

Tube and Pipe Fabrication

     

New services brochure available

     

Bardons & Oliver launches machinery rebuilding, retrofitting pages on Web site

     

RathGibson opens Buenos Aires office

 

Tube and Pipe Production

     

Bystronic Group, BLM Group form marketing alliance

     

RathGibson opens Buenos Aires office

     

AK Tube's Walbridge Plant receives safety award

 

Waterjet Cutting

     

Bystronic Group, BLM Group form marketing alliance

     

OMAX announces settlement in patent litigation

     

Flow announces cancellation of OMAX acquisition

 

Welding Inspection

     

Core products CE-approved for sale in Europe

     

Steel construction, welding inspection seminars scheduled

     

AWS seeks nominations for Image of Welding Awards

 
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