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Unison receives all-electric tube bender order from BAE Systems

Published: January 12, 2010

Unison, Scarborough, U.K., has received an order from BAE Systems Surface Ships for a large tube bending machine to support ongoing projects,...

Unison supplies all-electric tube bending machine to Boeing

Published: December 15, 2009

Unison, located in Scarsborough, U.K., has supplied a second all-electric tube bending machine to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. The Breeze...

Pines and Gregson sign distribution agreement

Published: September 9, 2009

Tube bending equipment provider Pines Technology, Westlake, Ohio, has announced a distribution agreement with Gregson Induction Benders Ltd., a...

TRUMPF presents award to distributor

Published: September 9, 2009

TRUMPF Inc. presented a 2009 award of sales achievement to ICON Machine Tool Inc. at its annual distributor meeting held in July at the company's...

COMEQ appointed exclusive distributor for PARMIGIANI bending rolls

Published: September 9, 2009

COMEQ Inc., White Marsh, Md., has been appointed PARMIGIANI's exclusive distributor for the U.S. and Canada and by listing in Mexico. PARMIGIANI...

Icon Machine Tool holds punching, bending seminars

Published: July 14, 2009

On April 22 and 23, 2009, more than 80 fabricators from across the Midwest attended seminars in St. Louis and Olathe, Kan., to discuss...

New services brochure available

Published: June 16, 2009

Manchester Tool & Die Inc. offers a new 4-page brochure detailing its steel fabricating and production machining services, as well as the...

Peddinghaus announces engineering promotions

Published: June 9, 2009

Peddinghaus Corp. has announced the promotions of two senior engineers at its facility in Bradley, Ill. James Magnuson was named as vice...

TRUMPF takes new direction in Taiwan

Published: May 12, 2009

The TRUMPF Group, Ditzingen, Germany, is redesigning its business in Taiwan. In addition to marketing machine tools and lasers, the technology...

Fraser Steel bucks economic downturn by investing in big equipment

Published: May 12, 2009

Fraser Steel, Albertville, Minn., a designer and manufacturer of precision tubular parts, recently acquired a large-capacity rotary draw bender....

Bender improves product design flexibility and reduces lead time

Published: April 15, 2009

Sharpe Products, New Berlin, Wis., offers enhanced capabilities with its NISSIN 3-D bender. With this machine, tube is guided continuously...

Press brake training now available on DVD

Published: February 10, 2009

Asma LLC, a provider of precision sheet metal training, now offers its press brake training through a series of DVDs. The 30- to 45-minute DVDs...

AddisonMckee launches e-commerce product for perishable bending, end-forming tools

Published: August 12, 2008

AddisonMckee, Lebanon, Ohio, has added an e-commerce product called ExpressTools™ to its Web site at www.addisonmckee.com. The e-commerce...

Bosch Rexroth opens new facility

Published: July 15, 2008

Bosch Rexroth Corp., Hoffman Estates, Ill., recently opened a new facility, Tech Center East, in Rochester Hills, Mich. Tech Center East is...

Salvagnini Group opens subsidiary in Brazil

Published: June 17, 2008

Salvagnini, Italy, opened Salvagnini do Brasil Ltda., an operating company based in José dos Campos (SP), in March. The Brazilian subsidiary...

TRUMPF combines operations in China

Published: June 17, 2008

TRUMPF, Germany, recently broke ground on a new production building in Taicang, China. The building will bring the company's three existing...

AddisonMckee selected as a winner of Progressive Manufacturing 50 awards

Published: May 15, 2008

AddisonMckee, Lebanon, Ohio, was named as a winner of the fourth annual Progressive Manufacturing 50 awards, selected by Managing Automation , a...

Salvagnini to exhibit bending machine at Brazilian tradeshow

Published: April 15, 2008

Salvagnini, Italy, plans to show its P4-1916 abt® (Advanced Bending Technology) panel bender at the 27th edition of the MECÂNICA tradeshow,...

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

Published: January 15, 2008

The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show at McCormick Place in Chicago hosted more exhibiting companies and covered more exhibit...

TRUMPF names director of spare parts in North America

Published: January 15, 2008

TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., recently named Claudio Schutz as director of spare parts in North America. Based in the Farmington headquarters,...

Eagle supplies pipe bending equipment for nuclear application

Published: November 6, 2007

Eagle Precision Technologies Ltd., Brantford, Ont., a designer and manufacturer of tube bending and end forming products, recently supplied...

LAI named on Inc.list of fastest-growing companies

Published: October 9, 2007

Inc. Magazine named LAI Intl. Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., a provider of contract manufacturing services, to its inaugural list of the 5,000...

FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago

Published: October 9, 2007

The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and...

HMT Inc. appointed as exclusive U.S. distributor for CSM

Published: October 9, 2007

Horn Machine Tools Inc. (HMT), Madera, Calif., has been appointed as the exclusive U.S. distributor for Chiao Sheng Machinery Co. Ltd. (CSM),...

SAF West adds chief of production at California facility

Published: October 9, 2007

SAF (Southern Aluminum Finishing) has added David Simonsen as the first chief of production at its SAF West facility in Redding, Calif. Simonsen...

TRUMPF acquires 100 percent of AFM, Canada

Published: October 3, 2007

Sept. 6, 2007, TRUMPF Inc. acquired 100 percent of Advanced Fabricating Machinery (AFM), Canada. AFM was formed July 1, 1997 by TRUMPF Inc. and...

W.A. Whitney names distributors

Published: September 11, 2007

W.A. Whitney, a division of MegaFab, Rockford, Ill., has appointed Weller Machinery Co. as exclusive distributor for its fabricating machines in...

Unison completes environmental and quality accreditation

Published: August 7, 2007

Unison, Scarborough, U.K., has achieved ISO 14001 certification for its environmental management system and ISO 9001 accreditation for its...

TRUMPF names new distributors

Published: June 12, 2007

TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named its machine tool distributors for Louisiana and Michigan. The Hampton Co., Plano, Texas, represents the...

UTE appoints sales manager

Published: May 8, 2007

Universal Tool and Engineering Inc. (UTE), Johnson City, Tenn., has appointed Rick Ott as sales manager. He is responsible for national and...

TRUMPF supports science center exhibit

Published: May 8, 2007

TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., is supporting an innovative new exhibit at the Connecticut Science Center. Now under construction in Hartford and...

LAI Southwest adds precision bending

Published: May 8, 2007

LAI Southwest, Phoenix, has added precision bending to its metalworking capabilities with a 90-ton press brake. The CNC-controlled press brake is...

TRUMPF names product manager, bending

Published: April 10, 2007

as the new product manager for bending (press brake) products. Simpson is responsible for the company's TruBend product line of precision press...

TRUMPF opens manufacturing facility in Monterrey, Mexico

Published: April 10, 2007

TRUMPF has opened a new sales, service, demonstration, and production facility in Monterrey, Mexico. The 6,400-sq.-meter production building uses...

Eagle Precision introduces new warranty program

Published: January 9, 2007

Eagle Precision Technologies Ltd., a provider of tube bending and forming systems, has introduced a new 5-year warranty program. The warranty...

Wagner hires process development engineer

Published: December 12, 2006

The Wagner Companies, Milwaukee, has hired Greg Krouse as process development engineer. Krouse is responsible for the development and continuous...

TRUMPF names machine tool distributor

Published: December 12, 2006

Fabricating Equipment Co. has been named as a machine tool distributor in southern Texas for TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn. Lynn Moore continues...

TRUMPF announces new distributors

Published: October 10, 2006

TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named new machine tool distributors in Nebraska, western Iowa, and Florida. Hegman Machine Tool now...

Denman & Davis announces OEM partnership program

Published: October 10, 2006

Denman & Davis, Clifton, N.J., offers a new value-added partnership program to all of its OEM customers, enabling them to take advantage of the...

TRUMPF honors sales achievement award winners

Published: September 12, 2006

TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., presented its 2006 sales achievement awards to Advanced Fabricating Machinery, Hart Machine Tool Inc., and TECSA...

Bystronic receives Global Excellence award

Published: August 9, 2006

Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, presented Bystronic with the 2006 Global Excellence in Customer Value Leadership of the Year...

Jancy Engineering hires director of market development

Published: July 11, 2006

Jancy Engineering Inc., Davenport, Iowa, has named William Hildebrand as director of market development. Hildebrand focuses on opening untapped...

Wayne Trail Technologies constructs new facility, enters new market segment

Published: July 11, 2006

Wayne Trail Technologies, Fort Loramie, Ohio, has entered a new market segment and is constructing an additional, 30,000-sq.-ft. facility. The...

Acrotech acquires Di-Acro

Published: July 11, 2006

Acrotech Inc., Lake City, Minn., has acquired the Di-Acro product line and moved production back to Lake City, where the line was originally...

Graebener Group Technologies appoints president

Published: June 27, 2006

Graebener Group Technologies LLC, Napoleon, Ohio, a joint venture between Automatic Feed Company (AFCo), Graebener Maschinentechnik GmbH and REIKA...

Schuler hires vice president, marketing manager

Published: June 13, 2006

Schuler Hydroforming Inc., Canton, Mich., has named Harry Singh as vice president. Singh is responsible for all sales and operations, reporting to...

INTECH North America challenges fabricators

Published: June 13, 2006

TRUMPF Inc. brought 80 people from 60 companies representing 23 states, Mexico, and Canada to its INTECH North America 2006 in-house "tradeshow"...

Hess Industries appoints president, CEO

Published: June 1, 2006

Hess Industries Inc. has announced the appointment of David Zenger as president and CEO for all operations and business activities worldwide. The...

Numalliance opens U.S. distributor

Published: May 9, 2006

Numalliance has opened Numamerica, Davenport, Iowa, as its exclusive distributor for the U.S. Forged from an agreement with North American...

Wafios announces management changes

Published: March 7, 2006

Wafios Machinery, Branford, Conn., has announced management changes and realignments effective immediately. The company has hired Michael Rief as...

Chicago Metal Rolled Products revamps Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's

Published: February 7, 2006

Chicago Metal Rolled Products recently curved rectangular tubing to form the parabolic arches for the new Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's, which opened...

Salvagnini America names North American operation president

Published: October 24, 2005

Bill Bossard, vice president marketing and sales of Salvagnini America, has been named president of the company's North American unit, announced...

MegaFab announces corporate changes, engineering center

Published: October 11, 2005

Mega Fabrication Inc., Hutchinson, Kan., has announced several organizational changes within its merged companies of Piranha, Bertsch, and W.A....

Mid Atlantic Machinery launches new Web site

Published: October 11, 2005

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...

Metform, Bradbury form strategic alliance

Published: June 14, 2005

Metform Intl. Ltd., Mississauga, Ont., and The Bradbury Group, Moundridge, Kan., have formed a strategic alliance that will give both...

Wagner Companies hires customer service representative

Published: May 10, 2005

Ryan MacGillis has joined the Wagner Companies as a customer service representative. He is responsible for generating sales orders. He also...

Wagner Companies retiree receives award

Published: May 10, 2005

Henry N. Bills, recently retired from The Wagner Companies, has received the Frank A. Kozik Award for outstanding volunteer service to the...

Engel acquires Lion Machinery

Published: February 8, 2005

The Formtek Group of companies, which includes Cooper-Weymouth, Peterson (CWP), B&K, Dahlstrom, Engel, FMI, Hill Engineering, Iowa Precision...

Formtek Group adds Elgin Fabrication Machinery to FMI

Published: July 13, 2004

The Formtek Group of companies, which includes Cooper-Weymouth, Peterson (CWP), B&K, Dahlstrom, Engel, FMI, Hill Engineering, Iowa Precision...