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Trimac to build finishing line for Rock Island Arsenal Published: March 5, 2010 Trimac Industrial Systems LLC, Bonner Springs, Kan., has been awarded a military contract from the Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing &...

IFH Group acquires Williams Powder Coating Published: March 5, 2010 The IFH Group Inc., Rock Falls, Ill., has acquired Williams Powder Coating of Prophetstown, Ill., and created a new division: Powder Coaters LLC....

PaintExpo to include more than 300 exhibitors Published: March 5, 2010 The 3rd PaintExpo, an international trade fair for industrial coating technology, will be held April 13-16, 2010, in Karlsruhe Exhibition Center,...

ITSA, TSS team up to promote thermal spray to industry Published: January 12, 2010 The International Thermal Spray Association (ITSA), Fairport Harbor, Ohio, and the ASM Thermal Spray Society (TSS), Mateirals Park, Ohio, have...

D�rken names global fastener technical specialist Published: December 15, 2009 D�rken Corp. USA, the Grass Lake, Mich.-based North American unit of D�rken MKS-Systeme GmbH, Herdecke, Germany, has appointed Ron Strong to the...

GREENKOTE authorizes license agreement with Eco-Tech Coatings Published: November 10, 2009 Eco-Tech Coatings LLC has purchased a license from GREENKOTE® Plc, Cleveland, to apply the GREENKOTE thermodiffusion coating process to its...

Trimac appoints brand manager Published: November 10, 2009 Trimac Industrial Systems LLC, Kansas City, Kan., has appointed Scott Fouts to the position of Kemac® brand manager. He has 15 years of sales...

Elgin Fastener Group names VP of manufacturing Published: November 10, 2009 Elgin Fastener Group (EFG), Versailles, Ind., has promoted Phil King to the position of vice president of manufacturing. In this position, he...

GREENKOTE expands production in Germany Published: October 13, 2009 GREENKOTE® Plc, a global coating technology company with headquarters in Cleveland, has expanded production at its location in Sauerlach,...

DISA/Wheelabrator merge, announce new name Published: August 11, 2009 DISA and Wheelabrator have merged, and their parent organization has announced a new name: Norican Group. The company, located in Herlev,...

Katana Industries installs surface prep systems Published: August 11, 2009 Katana Industries Inc., Burlington, Ont., has installed a Wheelabrator 10-ft. plate machine and a Wheelabrator full-recovery airblast room at its...

SMP installs polisher/grinder Published: August 11, 2009 Specialty Metals Processing Inc. (SMP), a toll processor of nonferrous metal in Stow, Ohio, has installed a custom-built, 72-in.-wide wet...

Michigan Seamless Tube adds UV coating line Published: July 14, 2009 Michigan Seamless Tube, a producer of carbon and alloy seamless cold-drawn pipe and tube, has added a new UV coating line to its South Lyon,...

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...

LISSMAC opens U.S. headquarters Published: June 2, 2009 LISSMAC GmbH of Bad Wurzach, Germany, a manufacturer and distributor of construction machinery; special purpose equipment, including SBM sheet...

Haven, SOCO form strategic alliance Published: May 21, 2009 Haven Mfg. Corp., Brunswick, Ga., a manufacturer of tube processing machines, has formed a strategic alliance with SOCO Machinery Co., Ltd. of...

Industrial Hard Chrome achieves ISO 9001 registration Published: May 12, 2009 Industrial Hard Chrome has achieved ISO 9001:2000 registration for its cold finishing, hard-chrome plating, and induction hardening of steel bar...

MetoKote Corp. marks 40 years in coatings market Published: May 12, 2009 MetoKote Corp., Lima, Ohio, is celebrating 40 years as a provider of protective coating application services including electrocoating (e-coat),...

ATI purchases Speedeburr product line Published: May 12, 2009 ATI Industrial Automation, an engineering-based developer of robotic peripheral equipment, has completed the purchase of the Speedeburr product...

Wheelabrator, DISA complete merger Published: May 6, 2009 DISA Group, a supplier of moulding, sand and core technologies and metal surface finishing systems, has merged with Wheelabrator Group, a provider...

Paulo Products Co. names quality engineer Published: April 14, 2009 Paulo Products Co. has appointed Bart Stoessel as quality engineer at its St. Louis facility. In this position, he leads the quality management...

Specialty Metals Processing hires VP of sales Published: March 10, 2009 Specialty Metals Processing, Stow, Ohio, has hired Thomas R. Schmitt as vice president of sales. He has been in the industry since 1975, when he...

B.L. Downey Co. names quality assurance manager Published: March 10, 2009 B.L. Downey Co. LLC, Broadview, Ill., has named Richard L. Metcalf as its quality assurance manager. Metcalf has been with the company since...

Kowalski Heat Treating names VP of operations Published: February 10, 2009 David Lorenz has been promoted to vice president of operations – corporate metallurgist at Kowalski Heat Treating, Cleveland. In this...

FMA launches sheet metal operator certification program Published: December 16, 2008 The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has announced a new certification program for precision sheet metal...

Paulo Products company names plant manager Published: November 11, 2008 Paulo Products Co. has named Bob Innes as plant manager of its St. Louis facility. The facility offers production heat treating in batch and...

Main Steel transfers ownership of Mexico City operations Published: November 11, 2008 Main Steel Polishing Co. Inc., Tinton Falls, N.J., a national toll processor, has announced the transfer of ownership of its Mexico City operation...

MetoKote adds strategic account manager Published: November 11, 2008 MetoKote Corp. Inc., Lima, Ohio, a provider of metal finishing processes including electrocoating, powder coating, and liquid paint, has announced...

Main Steel Polishing increases capabilities Published: October 14, 2008 Main Steel Polishing Co. Inc., has announced additions to its plant in Bartlett, Ill. The additions will increase the capacity of the company's...

MetoKote opens eighth facility in Mexico Published: October 14, 2008 MetoKote Corp., Lima, Ohio, has opened a new facility in San Luis Potos�, SLP, Mexico. This is the eighth facility in Mexico for the company,...

Worldwide Superabrasives adds regional sales manager Published: October 14, 2008 Dan Herzog has joined Worldwide Superabrasives, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a supplier of grinding products, as the company's regional sales manager...

Weiler Corp. announces staff appointments Published: September 16, 2008 Weiler Corp., Cresco, Pa., has promoted Chris Weiler to president and COO and added Jim McDaniel as vice president of sales and marketing. Weiler...

Acme Mfg. opens India office, names business development manager Published: August 12, 2008 Acme Mfg. Co., Auburn Hills, Mich., a designer and integrator of automated polishing, buffing, deburring, and grinding systems, has opened an...

SAF appoints fabrication production manager Published: June 17, 2008 SAF (Southern Aluminum Finishing Co. Inc.), Atlanta, has promoted Howard Mount to production manager responsible for all of the company's metal...

Main Steel names general manager of Wheeling facility Published: June 17, 2008 Main Steel Polishing, Tinton Falls, N.J., has promoted Albert Orengo to general manager of its facility in Wheeling, Ill. Orengo, who has worked...

Unist names national sales manager Published: June 17, 2008 Unist Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich., has promoted Mark Cooper to national sales manager of all of the company's products. He oversees support of the...

Schaffner receives Masco supplier award Published: March 11, 2008 Schaffner Mfg. Co., Pittsburgh, a producer of custom metal finishing products, recently was named a winner of Masco Corporation's 2007 MASTAR...

American Trim, DuPont CoatingSolutions collaborate on coating technology Published: February 12, 2008 American Trim, Lima, Ohio, has acquired a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber designed to allow processing of a chromelike finish without the...

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...

Bayloff appoints CEO Published: January 15, 2008 Bayloff Stamped Products, a third-generation, family-owned automotive stamping company, has appointed Tom Carey as CEO and president. Carey...

ATI Industrial Automation opens new Detroit office Published: October 9, 2007 ATI Industrial Automation, Apex, N.C., a developer of robotic peripheral equipment, recently opened a new office in Orion Township, Mich., near...

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...

Wheelabrator Plus names service manager Published: August 7, 2007 Wheelabrator, LaGrange, Ga., a provider of surface preparation and finishing products, has named Allen Austin as service manager for Wheelabrator...

BTD Manufacturing acquires Pro Engineering Published: August 7, 2007 BTD Manufacturing Inc., Detroit Lakes, Minn., has acquired Pro Engineering, Minneapolis. The transaction involved an exchange of cash for assets....

Main Steel Polishing relocates Dallas facility Published: July 10, 2007 Main Steel Polishing Co. Inc., Tinton Falls, N.J., has announced the relocation of its Dallas plant to a newer, larger facility in Arlington,...

Vulcanium staff completes CEF qualification Published: July 10, 2007 Every sales and engineering staff member of Vulcanium® Corp., Northbrook, Ill., has passed the Certified Electroplater-Finisher (CEF) exam....

AGA launches online life-cycle cost calculator Published: July 10, 2007 The American Galvanizers Association (AGA), Centennial, Colo., has introduced a Web-based software program that automatically calculates the...

FIN-X '07 keynote presentation addresses decline of U.S. manufacturing Published: June 12, 2007 Management consultant, trainer, and author Michael P. Collins will address the decline of U.S. manufacturing when he presents the keynote address...

Mate appoints president, vice chairman Published: June 5, 2007 Dean A. Sundquist, chairman and CEO of Mate Precision Tooling, has announced the appointment of Jack Schneider to the newly created position of...

Wheelabrator adds sales account manager Published: May 8, 2007 Tim McLaughlin recently joined Wheelabrator Group as sales manager overseeing Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. McLaughlin has 31 years of...

Vulcanium adds to sales staff Published: May 8, 2007 Vulcanium Corp. has added Stella Reeves to its sales staff. Reeves has a background in chemical troubleshooting and electroplating and has worked...

Hans Weber names regional sales manager Published: April 10, 2007 Hans Weber Corp., Olathe, Kan., the North American sales and marketing subsidiary for Hans Weber Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Kronach, Germany, has...

Solar Atmospheres adds vacuum furnace Published: April 10, 2007 Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania has added a third 24-ft. 75,000 lb. capacity furnace, which is being constructed onsite by Solar...

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...

Mate Precision Tooling announces sales management promotions Published: February 13, 2007 Mate Precision Tooling, Anoka, Minn., has promoted Paul Sandberg to the position of vice president international sales. Sandberg assumed the...

Wheelabrator hires territory account manager Published: February 13, 2007 Wheelabrator Plus, LaGrange, Ga., has announced that Tim McLaughlin has joined the company as territory account manager responsible for Ohio,...

ESAB supplies machines to Gulf shipyards Published: February 13, 2007 ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has announced that after nearly four years of technical discussions and meetings, Ingalls Shipyards in...

Paulo Products adds surface treatment capabilities Published: February 13, 2007 Paulo Products Co. has added two surface treatments at its St. Louis, Mo., facility. Paulo – St. Louis now has the capability to perform...

AHT opens service center Published: December 12, 2006 AHT Corp., Waterloo, Iowa, plans to open another UltraGlow® service center in Cullman, Ala. According to the company, the Cullman facility...

3M to expand superabrasives manufacturing operation Published: November 27, 2006 St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M recently announced plans to expand manufacturing operations for its superabrasives business. Operations currently housed...

OEM Fabricators receives grant for expansion Published: November 7, 2006 OEM Fabricators Inc., Woodville, Wis., received a grant from Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton to begin construction on a new facility in Neillsville, Wis....

International Paint names engineering account executive Published: November 7, 2006 International Paint LLC, Houston, a division of Akzo Nobel, has hired Bob Bernard as engineering account executive for the high-value...

Vulcanium appoints sales director Published: November 7, 2006 Vulcanium Corp., Northbrook, Ill., has named Rick Piacenza as director of sales. He is responsible for managing and targeting sales efforts for...

International Paint names regional sales manager Published: September 12, 2006 International Paint LLC, Houston, has hired Kevin Coleman as protective coatings regional sales manager for the Southeast. Coleman helps to...

Osborn Intl. names president Published: September 12, 2006 Osborn Intl. North America, Cleveland, has named Richard M. Halen Jr. as president. Halen has a background in manufacturing, engineering,...

Linetec honored by governor as exemplary employer Published: June 13, 2006 Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle honored Linetec as an exemplary employer committed to the principles of diversity in the workplace. The State of...

Wall Colmonoy hires business development manager Published: June 13, 2006 Wall Colmonoy Corp., Madison Heights, Mich., has named Morris Warino as business development manager for Wall Colmonoy Oklahoma City, which part...

Weiler adds to staff, facility Published: May 9, 2006 Weiler Corp. has announced plans to expand its Cresco, Pa.-based facility. The building project encompasses a 25,000-sq.-ft. addition to it...

Abtex updates product catalog Published: May 9, 2006 Abtex Corp., Victor, N.Y., has updated its fiber abrasive products catalog. The 24-page catalog includes new products and new specifications for...

FKM moves North American headquarters Published: May 9, 2006 FKM-USA, the North American division of FKM-Walzentechnik, Duisburg, Germany, has relocated its North American headquarters to Frankfort, Ill....

Balzers acquires Gold Star PVD coatings operation, opens Houston facility Published: May 9, 2006 Unaxis has announced that its coating services business unit, Balzers, has acquired the PVD coating operations of Gold Star Coatings, a subsidiary...

Wall Colmonoy names vice president Published: April 11, 2006 Wall Colmonoy Corp., Madison Heights, Mich., has elected John Sturch as vice president of the company's Aeronautical and Aerospace group. Sturch...

Vulcanium Corp. hires liaison Published: March 7, 2006 Vulcanium® Corp. has hired James Sovik to handle outside sales and design for both the anodizing and plating units. He serves as a liaison...

D.A. Stuart VP retires, replacement named Published: March 7, 2006 D.A. Stuart, Warrenville, Ill., has appointed Charlie Santangelo as vice president of operations effective in May. Santangelo replaces Gene...

Team Metal Fabricators updates Web site Published: February 7, 2006 Team Metal Fabricators, Addison, Ill., has updated its Web site, www.teammetalfabricators.com, to promote its custom fabrication services. The...

Specialty Metals opens second facility Published: January 10, 2006 Specialty Metals Processing has moved its corporate staff to its new Finishing Facility in Akron, Ohio. The facility was designed for precision...

Linetec appoints director of architectural and commercial sales Published: January 10, 2006 Linetec, Wausau, Wis., has named Jon Close as its director of architectural and commercial sales. Close oversees the company's outside sales,...

Tucker Induction Systems names chief engineer/sales engineer Published: December 13, 2005 Tucker Induction Systems, Shelby Twp., Mich., has appointed Micah Black, an induction heating author and industry speaker, as chief engineer/sales...

Paulo Products earns ISO accreditation Published: December 13, 2005 Paulo Products Co., Murfreesboro, Tenn., has earned ISO/TS 16949:2002 accreditation. This is the second Paulo facility to earn the accreditation....

Osborn opens Indiana facility Published: November 8, 2005 Osborn Intl., Cleveland, has announced the completion of its new brush manufacturing and distribution facility in Richmond, Ind. The...

Galvanizing awards nominations needed Published: October 11, 2005 The American Galvanizers Association has announced its 12th annual Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards competition. The awards, which are...

Daubert VCI, Cromwell-Phoenix Inc. complete merger, promote managers Published: October 11, 2005 Daubert VCI Inc. and Cromwell-Phoenix Inc., manufacturers of corrosion inhibitor packaging, have completed their merger to form Daubert Cromwell....

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...

Linetec selected as PPG Certified Applicator Published: September 13, 2005 Linetec, Wausau, Wis., has been accredited as a PPG Certified Applicator Program (PPG/CAP) member, which means the company has been approved to...

Weiler Corp. acquires Conicity Technologies Published: June 14, 2005 Weiler Corp. has acquired Conicity Technologies LLC. Founded in 1999, Conicity developed the patented Engineered Micro-Geometry™ (EMG)...

International Paint opens Chicago distribution center Published: May 10, 2005 International Paint LLC, a division of Akzo Nobel, has opened a Chicago distribution center. Previously located in Louisville, Ky., the new,...

North American Galvanizing & Coatings to purchase Gregory Galvanizing Published: April 12, 2005 North American Galvanizing & Coatings Inc. has reached a tentative agreement with Gregory Industries Inc. to purchase Gregory's hot-dip...

Balzers enters research cooperation agreement Published: July 13, 2004 Balzers, a provider of PVD coatings, is inaugurating a research laboratory in Innsbruck, Austria, together with three Austria-based partners:...

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