http://www.thefabricator.com/Punching/Punching_TechCell.cfm The Punching 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 11:36:15 AM CST Vicki Bell Laurie Harshbarger http://www.thefabricator.com/Punching/Punching_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/Punching/Punching_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/Punching/Punching_News.cfm?NewsID=1986 TRUMPF, Farmington, Conn., has completed its 500th TruPunch 2020 machine. The model, which was built in 2001, was a design concept of Peter Leibinger, TRUMPF vice president of the management board and head of the Laser Technology and Electronics division. The company plans to export the 500th TruPunch 2020 machine, which was completed in mid-October, to a sheet metal fabrication company in India. The company says the machine allows operators to produce single pieces as quickly as in small and... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Punching/Punching_News.cfm?NewsID=1984 The Bradbury Co., Moundridge, Kan., a manufacturer of metal roll forming and processing equipment, has promoted COO David Cox to president. Cox, who joined the company in 1997, also has served as general manager and operations manager. In addition to his responsibilities as president, he continues to operate as COO. Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Punching/Punching_News.cfm?NewsID=1976 General Sheet Metal Works, South Bend, Ind., has increased the size of its Tomah, Wis., plant from 22,500 sq. ft. to 45,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space. The company says the additional capacity allows it to gain production efficiencies for current work and accommodate new business. The project includes new laser and press brake capacity, as well as expansion of the weld shop. The company's TRUMPF lasers cut carbon steel up to 3/4 in. thick from plates up to 72 in. by 144 in. A manuf... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Punching/Punching_News.cfm?NewsID=1974 Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Punching/Punching_News.cfm?NewsID=1942 MTC Software Inc., Lockport, N.Y., a developer of software for CNC sheet and plate cutting, has opened a sales and applications support facility in Singapore. Working closely with the company's Australian operation, the new office supports MTC Software products in the Asia-Pacific region. The company has appointed M.J. Wong as sales manager for the Singapore office. Wong has many years of experience in the cutting industry. MTC Software produces CAM software for sheet and plate process... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Punching/Punching_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/Punching/Punching_News.cfm?NewsID=1921 LVD Co. n.v., Gullegem, Belgium, has launched a global branding initiative designed to unite all of the company's sales subsidiaries and products under the LVD brand name and the baseline "Sheet Metalworking: Our Passion, Your Solution." The initiative is designed to achieve a consistent brand image of LVD as a sheet metalworking machinery manufacturer, to make it easier for customers to do business with LVD internationally, and to provide international growth for the brand. It al... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Punching/Punching_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