Shearing related news

There are 25 news releases related to shearing.

New services brochure available

Manchester Tool & Die Inc. offers a new 4-page brochure detailing its steel fabricating and production machining services, as well as the production machining and tube end forming services from BKB Manufacturing. The new literature details the capabilities available from Manchester Tool & Die, inclu...
6/16/09

Haven, SOCO form strategic alliance

Haven Mfg. Corp., Brunswick, Ga., a manufacturer of tube processing machines, has formed a strategic alliance with SOCO Machinery Co., Ltd. of Taiwan to sell and service respective lines of tube cutting equipment. Haven will have exclusive U.S. rights to sell SOCO's line of automated tube saws, s...
5/21/09

Rolled Alloys opens warehouse

Rolled Alloys, with headquarters in Temperance, Mich., has opened a warehouse in Tulsa, Okla. The 68,000-sq.-ft. facility inventories heat- and corrosion-resistant alloys including ZERON® 100 superduplex stainless steel. The company offers a range of processing capabilities including high-d...
5/12/09

LVD, HD establish joint venture company in China

LVD Company n.v. and Hubei Tri-Ring Metalforming Equipment Co., Ltd. (HD) have formed a joint venture company in Huangshi City, Hubei Province, China. The joint venture company will produce LVD sheet metalworking equipment, including turret punch presses, laser cutting systems, and CNC press bra...
4/1/09

Steel fabrication available from Manchester Tool & Die

Manchester Tool & Die Inc., North Manchester, Ind., has opened a new fabricating plant that offers steel fabrication services. The plant is equipped with two brake presses with capacities of 3/8 in. by 6 ft., 5/16 in. by 8 ft., and 1/4 in. by 10 ft., as well as a GMAW machine for custom and producti...
12/16/08

FMA launches sheet metal operator certification program

The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has announced a new certification program for precision sheet metal operators for testing and validating their skills in sheet metal forming and fabricating. The new Precision Sheet Metal Operator (PSMO) Level I Certificati...
12/16/08

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

The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show at McCormick Place in Chicago hosted more exhibiting companies and covered more exhibit space than any previous FABTECH. Filling 461,627 sq. ft. of booth space, the show attracted nearly 31,000 visitors from more than 75 countries, a 27 percent...
1/15/08

FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago

The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology, will return to McCormick Place in Chicago Nov. 11 to Nov. 14. Cosponsored by the American Welding Society (AWS...
10/9/07

SAF West adds chief of production at California facility

SAF (Southern Aluminum Finishing) has added David Simonsen as the first chief of production at its SAF West facility in Redding, Calif. Simonsen has overall responsibility for the facility's production operations, including fabrication of aluminum sheet and extrusions. His duties include installa...
10/9/07

Strippit/LVD names sales manager, Canada

Strippit/LVD, a manufacturer of metal forming equipment, including turret punch presses, laser cutting machines, press brakes, shears, automated systems and programming software, has promoted Neil Campbell to the position of sales manager-Canada for. In this newly created position, Campbell mana...
3/13/07

W.A. Whitney celebrates 100-year anniversary

W. A. Whitney is celebrating its centennial anniversary during its 2007 Open House, April 25 and 26, 2007, in the Whitney Technology Center in Rockford, Ill. For the past two years, Whitney has been a member of the MegaFab family, which also includes Piranha and Bertsch products. Equipment from a...
2/13/07

Strippit/LVD names sales engineer

Leonard (Len) Stock has been named as a sales engineer for Strippit, Inc., a manufacturer of metalforming equipment, including turret punch presses, laser cutting systems, press brakes, shears, and programming software. Based in Commerce Township, Mich., Stock is responsible for selling the company...
2/13/07

TRUMPF names machine tool distributor

Fabricating Equipment Co. has been named as a machine tool distributor in southern Texas for TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn. Lynn Moore continues as TRUMPF's regional manager serving Texas.
12/12/06

TRUMPF announces new distributors

TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named new machine tool distributors in Nebraska, western Iowa, and Florida. Hegman Machine Tool now distributes TRUMPF equipment in Nebraska and western Iowa. The company continues its distribution efforts in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and some coun...
10/10/06

TRUMPF honors sales achievement award winners

TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., presented its 2006 sales achievement awards to Advanced Fabricating Machinery, Hart Machine Tool Inc., and TECSA at its annual distributor meeting. Advanced Fabricating Machinery, Mississauga, Ont., received the outstanding distributor performance award in recognit...
9/12/06

MegaFab names sales manager for Latin America

MegaFab, Hutchinson, Kan., has appointed Hugh D. Barron as sales manager for Latin America. Barron is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. He is working to establish additional representation in areas needed within Latin America, enhance sales efforts, and support the sales and service channels for ...
8/8/06

Wayne Trail Technologies constructs new facility, enters new market segment

Wayne Trail Technologies, Fort Loramie, Ohio, has entered a new market segment and is constructing an additional, 30,000-sq.-ft. facility. The company has entered the robotics, welding, and fixturing market segment by acquiring Flexible Systems Engineering Inc., Tipp City, Ohio. Michael Scott, a ...
7/11/06

Acrotech acquires Di-Acro

Acrotech Inc., Lake City, Minn., has acquired the Di-Acro product line and moved production back to Lake City, where the line was originally designed and built. The product line includes finger brakes, shears, rod and tube benders, notchers, single-punch units, and all the related tooling....
7/11/06

Red Bud hosts coil processing seminar

Red Bud, Red Bud, Ill., recently hosted a coil processing seminar that featured information on blanking, multiblanking, leveling, and slitting along with new processes for hot-roll black material. The seminar focused on teaching how to apply new technology, improve tolerances, produce optimum flatne...
7/11/06

Strippit promotes two

Strippit/LVD, Akron, N.Y., has named Don Grochocki as customer service manager-punch presses and Dan Caprio as product specialist-punching machinery. Grochocki oversees field service efforts, addressing customer service requirements and working with field service support staff. He has been with t...
6/13/06

Strippit appoints laser product specialist

Strippit/LVD, Akron, N.Y., has promoted J. Matt Keever to product specialist-lasers. Keever advises and trains customers and sales representatives in the use and application of laser cutting equipment and conducts on-site customer application training. He joined the company in 2005 as a laser fie...
5/9/06

Daylen Solutions adds to sales staff

Daylen Solutions LLC, Indiana, Pa., has added Larry Rarig to its sales force for eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland. Rarig assists customers looking to increase productivity, accuracy, and safety by offering technology from Finn-Power; Virtek Laser Inspection Systems; ISB Safety Products; Pat Moon...
4/11/06

Whitney names regional sales manager

Whitney, Rockford, Ill., a division of MegaFab, has appointed Cliff Ankersen as regional sales manager representing the Whitney and Bertsch product lines. Ankersen is responsible for the western U.S., including Colorado, Wyoming, western Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Ari...
4/11/06

W.A. Whitney schedules open house

W.A. Whitney Co., Rockford, Ill., will host an open house at its facility April 19 and 20 to showcase its equipment and new products from all MegaFab divisions. Educational seminars, equipment demonstrations, and interaction with product development engineers will be offered. Planned demonstratio...
3/7/06

Mid Atlantic Machinery launches new Web site

Mid Atlantic Machinery, Harrisburg, Pa., has announced it has launched a new Web site. The site promotes the company’s product lines as well as used and stock machinery. It highlights management and staff and provides the latest news and information....
10/11/05
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