http://www.thefabricator.com/Bending/Bending_TechCell.cfm The Bending tech cell is packed with specific links to help you find product information, suppliers, technical articles, case studies, seminars and conferences, as well as books, software, and videos on metal fabricating-related topics. en-us http://www.thefabricator.com/RSS/images/thefabricator_rss.gif http://www.thefabricator.com Copyright 2008 FMA Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. official publication date Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:35:27 AM CST Vicki Bell Laurie Harshbarger http://www.thefabricator.com/Bending/Bending_News.cfm?NewsID=2007 TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., recently named Claudio Schutz as director of spare parts in North America. Based in the Farmington headquarters, Schutz leads the spare parts team, including customer service representatives, buyers and planners, stock room, and return authorization groups, in all North American locations. He also leads the logistics function. Schutz joined the company in 1995 as an affiliates controller at TRUMPF GmbH & Co. KG in Germany. He transferred to North America in... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Bending/Bending_News.cfm?NewsID=1999 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 increase over the 2005 show, also held in Chicago. The annual event showcases metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology. The show is cospons... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Bending/Bending_News.cfm?NewsID=1959 Eagle Precision Technologies Ltd., Brantford, Ont., a designer and manufacturer of tube bending and end forming products, recently supplied equipment for a nuclear application. The company provided a 5-in.-capacity, multiradius bender; a heavy-duty rotary swager; and all of the associated tooling for the manufacture of reactor feeder tubes for the refurbishment of a nuclear power plant. The bending application required compliance to less than 7 percent ovality and 12 percent wall thinning on ... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Bending/Bending_News.cfm?NewsID=1933 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), Miami; the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill.; and Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, Mich.; and supported by industry partner the Nati... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Bending/Bending_News.cfm?NewsID=1927 Inc. Magazine named LAI Intl. Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., a provider of contract manufacturing services, to its inaugural list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the country. The magazine ranks companies based on revenue growth from 2003 through 2006. LAI's revenue jumped more than 76 percent in the last three years, the company reports. Earlier this year it acquired Rich Technology Intl., a contract manufacturer in New England, creating a combined company of 240 employees and... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Bending/Bending_News.cfm?NewsID=1925 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 installation, operation, and maintenance of fabrication equipment, in addition to serving as customer liaison for fabrication and fabrication quoting. Simonsen's experience includes work as a licen... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Bending/Bending_News.cfm?NewsID=1917 Horn Machine Tools Inc. (HMT), Madera, Calif., has been appointed as the exclusive U.S. distributor for Chiao Sheng Machinery Co. Ltd. (CSM), Taiwan. HMT provides service and technical support for all CSM products, including its complete line of tube bending and fabricating equipment. HMT is a provider of tube bending machines, and CSM designs and manufactures CNC tube bending and fabricating machines. Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Bending/Bending_News.cfm?NewsID=1914 Sept. 6, 2007, TRUMPF Inc. acquired 100 percent of Advanced Fabricating Machinery (AFM), Canada. AFM was formed July 1, 1997 by TRUMPF Inc. and Robert Watson as an equal joint venture. AFM, under the continued leadership of Robert Watson, will serve the Canadian market as a sales and spare parts facility for TRUMPF products. Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Bending/Bending_News.cfm?NewsID=1904 W.A. Whitney, a division of MegaFab, Rockford, Ill., has appointed Weller Machinery Co. as exclusive distributor for its fabricating machines in Wisconsin and named Capital Machine Technologies as its exclusive distributor in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas. A supplier of plate technology, Whitney offers cutting and forming equipment for industries such as global transportation, agriculture, and construction equipment. Weller offers a line... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Bending/Bending_News.cfm?NewsID=1857 Unison, Scarborough, U.K., has achieved ISO 14001 certification for its environmental management system and ISO 9001 accreditation for its quality-management systems. The company designs and manufactures all-electric tube bending machines. Read more