http://www.thefabricator.com/CoilProcessing/CoilProcessing_TechCell.cfm The Coil Processing 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 11:36:28 AM CST Vicki Bell Laurie Harshbarger http://www.thefabricator.com/CoilProcessing/CoilProcessing_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/CoilProcessing/CoilProcessing_News.cfm?NewsID=1945 Red Bud Industries, Red Bud, Ill., a manufacturer of coil processing equipment, recently announced an expansion that will double its manufacturing facility to more than 200,000 sq. ft. The expansion will feature four 40-ft.-tall bays with crane capacities up to 80 tons. The bays provide the capacity to handle 5/8-in. by 72-in.-wide cut-to-length lines, in addition to its SCS® cleaning systems, high-speed slitting lines, and multicut blanking lines. The company recently purchased two... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/CoilProcessing/CoilProcessing_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/CoilProcessing/CoilProcessing_News.cfm?NewsID=1906 KPS Capital Partners LP announced today that it has sold its portfolio company, Genesis Worldwide II Inc., which it jointly owned with Pegasus Partners II L.P., to HVS Acquisition Inc., an affiliate of Grey Mountain Partners LLC. Genesis II is a designer and manufacturer of metal coil processing equipment under the Herr-Voss Stamco® brand name, provides mill roll services, and operates a repair and spare parts business. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/CoilProcessing/CoilProcessing_News.cfm?NewsID=1893 Oak Press Solutions Inc. and its sister company, Burr Oak Tool Inc., Sturgis, Mich., have formed a collaborative firm in China. Wuxi Oak Technology Co., the new organization, manufactures fin stamping dies and related fin line components used by the heating and air-conditioning industry in China. Wuxi plans to establish a sales network and provide technical support for Oak's line of high-speed stamping presses and Burr Oak’s supplemental fin production technologies, including tube e... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/CoilProcessing/CoilProcessing_News.cfm?NewsID=1889 The Bradbury Co. Inc., Moundridge, Kan., has announced two appointments to its engineering staff. The company has hired Mark McFetridge as a senior project engineering manager and Rex Stutterheim as a technical assistant. McFetridge is part of a management team responsible for translating customer orders into machine specifications and ensuring that finished machines and automated lines produced by Bradbury Group companies meet customer production objectives. A Penn State University graduate,... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/CoilProcessing/CoilProcessing_News.cfm?NewsID=1863 Red Bud Industries will host a coil processing seminar in Mexico City, Mexico, on Oct. 11, at the Hotel Casa Blanca. The seminar will cover blanking, multiblanking, leveling, slitting, new processes for hot roll black (SCS and EPS), applying new technology, improving tolerances, producing optimum material flatness, and maximizing efficiency. Featured speakers include Dean Linders, Red Bud vice president of marketing and sales; Eric Theis, a consultant in the metal processing industry; Al Zel... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/CoilProcessing/CoilProcessing_News.cfm?NewsID=1844 Coe Press Equipment Corp., Sterling Heights, Mich., has announced a technical licensing agreement with GSW Schwabe AG, Kempen, Germany. The agreement enables Coe to market, sell, manufacture, and service the GSW brand of coil handling and feeding equipment in the North American metal stamping market. Coe has targeted machine designs that complement and broaden its existing line of coil handling and feeding equipment, including the VRMA series piloting feeder-straighteners, RMA series ... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/CoilProcessing/CoilProcessing_News.cfm?NewsID=1805 Coe Press Equipment Corp. and Sesco Products Group, Sterling Heights, Mich., have named Industrial Manufacturing Solutions, Suwanee, Ga., and ME Solutions, Grenada, Miss., as southeast sales representatives. The company has named Ward and Garrison Co., Sugar Creek, Mo., as central U.S. sales representative. The representatives provide sales engineering support in their respective regions for the Coe and Sesco lines of press feeding and coil processing equipment.... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/CoilProcessing/CoilProcessing_News.cfm?NewsID=1800 The Bradbury Co. Inc., Moundridge, Kan., has promoted Matt Werner to sales team leader for the Hayes International product line in the U.S. and for Bradbury Trim Shop equipment. He assists customers with equipment selection and system design. Werner joined the Bradbury inside sales staff in 2004 and transferred to Hayes International domestic sales in 2005. The Bradbury Group, parent company of Hayes International, manufactures coil handling and roll forming equipment.... Read more