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Quality Tool adds turret punch/laser Published: March 5, 2010 Quality Tool Inc., a metal fabrication contract manufacturer based in St. Paul, Minn., has added the Amada® EMLK3610NT turret punch/laser...

M&M Mfg. hires VP of commercial business development Published: March 5, 2010 M&M Manufacturing Co., a Fort Worth, Texas, manufacturer of rectangular, spiral, and round duct pipe and fittings for commercial and residential...

FMA, TPA seek applicants for industry awards Published: March 5, 2010 The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl.® (FMA) and the Tube & Pipe Association Intl.® (TPA) seek applicants for two industry...

LAI launches upgraded Web site Published: February 9, 2010 LAI Intl. Inc. has upgraded its Web site, www.laico.com, to highlight its capabilities for precision contract manufacturing. The site includes...

Ohio Laser earns ISO 9001:2008 certification Published: February 9, 2010 Plain City, Ohio-based Ohio Laser LLC has received ISO 9001:2008 certification. The company is an industrial laser cutting and metal fabrication...

D&S Mfg. installs wire mesh belt blaster Published: February 9, 2010 D&S Mfg., a custom manufacturer of large-scale components, assemblies, and complete weldments in Black River Falls, Wis., has installed a custom...

General MetalWorks Corp. receives 2010 Industry Award Published: January 12, 2010 General MetalWorks Corp. (GenMet), a custom metal fabricator based in Mequon, Wis., has received The FABRICATOR 's Industry Award 2010, presented...

American Friction Welding installs Thompson machine Published: January 12, 2010 American Friction Welding has added a Thompson automated friction welding system to its Brookfield, Wis., facility after securing a six-year...

Tendon Mfg. certified to ISO 9001:2008 Published: January 12, 2010 Tendon Mfg. Inc., a metal fabricator in Cleveland, has been certified to ISO 9001:2008. The contract manufacturer specializes in design,...

Sioux Corp. wins presidential export award Published: January 12, 2010 Sioux Corp. of Beresford, S.D., was one of 21 companies honored by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in November as a recipient of the 2009...

LAI to manufacture JSF jet structural components Published: December 15, 2009 LAI Intl. Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz., supplier of precision components and subassemblies for OEMs, has entered into a multiyear,...

Account manager joins Elite Mfg. Technologies Published: December 15, 2009 Elite Mfg. Technologies, Bloomingdale, Ill., has hired Steve Schommer as account manager. He brings more than 15 years of sales experience in...

Plouse Precision Mfg. launches virtual factory tour Published: December 15, 2009 Plouse Precision Mfg., a contract manufacturer in Harrisburg, Pa., has established an online virtual factory tour that enables visitors to the...

Seeley purchases John G. Wilson Machine Ltd. Published: December 15, 2009 Bruce Seeley, a former senior executive with ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Cambridge, Ont., Canada, has purchased John G. Wilson Machine Ltd., a...

Pickwick earns spot on Inc.5000 for second year Published: December 15, 2009 Pickwick Mfg. Services has been named to the 2009 Inc. 5000, which lists the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. The Cedar Rapids,...

TRUMPF celebrates 50 years of nibbler technology Published: November 20, 2009 The hand-guided TRUMPF power nibbler is celebrating its50th birthday. The first tool, based on technical principles developed by Berthold...

Harco Metal Products purchases state-of-the-art equipment Published: November 20, 2009 Harco Metal Products (Harco), Tempe, Ariz., a provider of tube fabrication, systems integration, and seamless manufacturing, has announced the...

The Metal Shop installs new Mitsubishi laser Published: November 10, 2009 The Metal Shop LLC, a custom metal fabrication business in Crystal Lake, Ill., has installed a new Mitsubishi 3015 LVP LUS II laser with a 5- by...

D&S Mfg. installs cutting system Published: November 10, 2009 D&S Mfg., a custom manufacturer of large-scale components, assemblies, and complete weldments located in Black River Falls, Wis., has installed a...

RoMan Eng. moves to new location Published: November 10, 2009 RoMan Eng. Services has moved to a new location in Livonia, Mich. The new manufacturing, laboratory, and office space offers improved facilities,...

L.B. Foster, Lally Pipe & Tube joint venture to manufacture precision pipe couplings Published: November 5, 2009 L.B. Foster Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., has announced a newly formed joint venture between three partners, Kentucky-based Lally Pipe & Tube, L.B....

U.S. warship with bow section forged from WTC steel to be commissioned Nov. 7 Published: November 5, 2009 The fifth in a line of a new class of warship will be commissioned and welcomed into the U.S. Navy on Saturday, Nov. 7, at special ceremonies in...

Mound Technologies wins $1.5 million contract from Army National Guard Published: October 15, 2009 Heartland Inc., a diversified company with businesses in steel warehousing and fabrication and petroleum retail and wholesale operations, today...

ACS Precision adds laser machine Published: October 13, 2009 ACS Precision LLC, Mercersburg, Pa., has installed a 4,000-W Mitsubishi LXP laser machine, capable of processing material up to 0.75-in.-thick...

Laser Mechanisms opens new facility Published: October 13, 2009 Laser Mechanisms has announced the expected occupancy on Oct. 1 of its new, 28,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing and warehousing facility in Novi, Mich....

Koester Metals names two new managers Published: October 13, 2009 Koester Metals Inc., Defiance, Ohio, has announced the appointment of two staff members to support the company's growth plans and expansion into...

Quality Controlled Mfg. receives Gold Status award Published: October 13, 2009 Quality Controlled Mfg. Inc., San Diego, has received Supplier Gold status from United Technologies Corp., Hartford, Conn., and its subsidiary,...

Walker Corp. expands in Mexico Published: October 13, 2009 Walker Corp., a precision metal forming company with headquarters in Ontario, Calif., has announced its recent acquisition of Specialty...

Detroit Tool Metal Products to receive Senate Appropriation Committee funding Published: October 7, 2009 Detroit Tool Metal Products (DTMP), Lebanon, Mo., has announced that the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $2 million in funding...

LSA Laser moves to new facility Published: September 23, 2009 LSA Laser, Plymouth, Minn., a precision laser processor of components and assemblies for the medical device industry, has moved to new 26,000 sq....

Textron's Bell Helicopter awards Latrobe Specialty Steel Premier Supplierstatus Published: September 22, 2009 Textron's Bell Helicopter awarded Latrobe Specialty Steel Premier Supplier status. Bell's Premier Supplier status requires Latrobe Specialty...

Alloy Engineering recognized as outstanding Ohio-based exporter Published: September 9, 2009 The Alloy Engineering Co., Berea, Ohio, was recognized as one of Ohio's outstanding exporting firms at the Ohio Global Summit 2009 at ceremonies...

PTM Corp. hires military defense specialist Published: September 9, 2009 PTM Corp. and Modified Technologies Advanced Engineering and Tooling Group, Fair Haven, Mich., have announced the addition of a new military...

D&S Manufacturing names general manager Published: September 9, 2009 Michael Dougherty, president of D&S Manufacturing, Black River Falls, Wis., has announced the promotion of John Barkley to General Manager....

Vibro Industries celebrates 25 years in U.S. Published: September 9, 2009 Vibro Industries is celebrating its 25th anniversary as the first manufacturer of transporters in the U.S. The company began selling transporters...

LAI recognized by Inc. 5000 for third consecutive year Published: August 15, 2009 LAI International Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., a supplier of precision components and subassemblies for original equipment manufacturers, has...

Ford increasing North American production Published: August 13, 2009 Ford Motor Company today announced it is increasing North American production in the third and fourth quarters to respond to growing demand for...

D&S Mfg. provides scholarshiops for girls' engineering program Published: August 11, 2009 D&S Mfg., Black River Falls, Wis., has presented scholarships for the STEPS for Girls summer program to two local students from Black River Falls...

GKN Aerospace adds tube bending machines for complex parts Published: August 11, 2009 GKN Aerospace has installed Unison all-electric, combined left- and right-hand bending machines at its wing component operation in Filton, U.K....

Employee training, renovations ready Chicago Assembly Plant for new Ford Taurus production Published: Array Ford Motor Co. is celebrating production of the all-new 2010 ford Taurus in the historic Chicago Assembly Plant, which has been retooled to build...

L.B. Foster to provide 480 tons of pipe piling to Minnesota DOT Published: July 27, 2009 L.B. foster Co., Pittsburgh, a manufacturer, fabricator, and distributor of products for rail, construction, utility, and energy industries, has...

FMA and TPA seek applicants for industry awards Published: July 23, 2009 The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA) and the Tube & Pipe Association, Intl. (TPA) seek applicants for two industry awards....

Mechanical Inc. purchases Norstar Mechanical Published: July 20, 2009 Freeport, Ill.-based Mechanical Inc., a mechanical contracting firm, has entered the sheet metal business by purchasing the commercial division of...

Cequent Performance Products plant logs one million hours without lost work day injury Published: July 20, 2009 TriMas Corp., a diversified manufacturer of engineered and applied products, today announced that its Cequent Performance Products manufacturing...

Accuride products meet RoHS requirements Published: July 14, 2009 Accuride, a manufacturer of precision ball bearing slides in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., has achieved full compliance with the RoHS (Restriction of...

Lincoln Industries names vice president Published: July 14, 2009 Lincoln Industries, a metal fabricator and finisher in Lincoln, Neb., has selected Bill Ellerbee to serve as vice president of operations....

CenterLine (Windsor) Ltd. hires account manager Published: July 14, 2009 CenterLine (Windsor) Ltd., Windsor, Ont., has hired Brad Dierickse as account manager. He has 20 years of practical business experience in the...

STI/SPFA announces 2008 Quality Award winners Published: July 14, 2009 Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA), Lake Zurich, Ill., has recognized multiple locations at more than 20 member...

Arvite Technologies adds CO2 CNC laser capacity Published: July 14, 2009 To increase its laser cutting capacity, Arvite Technologies Inc., Erie, Pa., has added a TRUMPF 2030 TruLaser to its production line. The machine...

Red Bud celebrates 50th anniversary Published: July 13, 2009 Red Bud, Ill.-based Red Bud Industries, a manufacturer of coil processing lines, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In 1959, Ken...

Automotive supplier expands operations in Michigan Published: June 25, 2009 PTM Corp. has announced the addition of a 600 ton Eagle press in its Fair Haven, Mich., metal stamping facility. According to PTM sales manager...

Detroit Tool Metal Products to consolidate locations Published: June 11, 2009 Detroit Tool Metal Products (DTMP) today announced that it will consolidate to one central facility in Lebanon, Missouri, closing its Fort...

Airtronics contracted to build vacant property protection system components Published: June 10, 2009 Chicago-based Vacant Property Security recently awarded Airtronics Metal Products Inc., San Jose, Calif., a contract to manufacture heavy-gauge...

LAI recognized by Northrop Grumman Published: May 15, 2009 LAI International Inc., a strategic supplier of precision components and subassemblies for original equipment manufacturers, was honored by...

Rubis-Precis/Micropierre expands two plants Published: May 12, 2009 The French group Rubis-Precis/Micropierre, a producer of high-precision components and assemblies in stainless steel, titanium, gold, platinum,...

Henze Stamping and Mfg. receives award from U.S. Defense Logistics Agency Published: April 14, 2009 Henze Stamping and Manufacturing, Troy, Mich., has been recognized by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency as the DLA New Contractor of the Year. The...

Airtronics recognized for contributions to San Jose economy Published: March 16, 2009 San Jose, Calif. Mayor Chuck Reed and Council Member Madison Nguyen recognized Airtronics Metal Products in a commendation presented to company...

Pratt & Whitney engine wins Aviation WeekLaureate Award Published: March 4, 2009 The Pratt & Whitney PurePower(TM) PW1000G engine team won the 2009 Aviation Week Laureate Award for outstanding achievement in Aeronautics and...

Ford's Romeo, Mich., Engine Plant produces 10 millionth engine Published: February 19, 2009 After years of delivering power to two of Ford Motor Company's iconic products, the Ford F-150 and Mustang, Romeo Engine Plant has reached a...

Electrex celebrates 50th anniversary Published: March 13, 2007 Electrex Company, Inc, Harrison Township, Mich., is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. Established in 1957 to provide electrical contracting, the...

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