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Jervis B. Webb Co. hires president, co-CEO Published: February 9, 2010 Jervis B. Webb Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Daifuku Co. Ltd. and provider of material handling systems, has announced the appointment of...

Eriez® adds robotic welding machine at Erie facility Published: December 15, 2009 Eriez, Erie, Pa., has purchased a robotic welding machine to help maintain accuracy while meeting increasing production volumes. Testing before...

MPI signs master agent agreement with Eclipse Magnetics Published: November 10, 2009 Magnetic Products Inc. (MPI), a provider of magnetic and nonmagnetic material handling systems in Highland, Mich., has been named master agent of...

KardexRemstar introduced Published: November 4, 2009 Kardex AG, the parent company of Kardex Remstar International, having acquired Kardex Systems Inc. of Marietta, Ohio, at the beginning of 2009,...

Press Room Equipment acquires Norwalk Innovation Published: October 13, 2009 Press Room Equipment Co., a division of American Products LLC, has announced the acquisition of Norwalk Innovation Inc. Press Room Equipment, a...

Bystronic hires sales engineer Published: September 22, 2009 Bystronic Inc. has hired Darren McCarthy as sales engineer for the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. McCarthy has 23 years...

Bystronic Canada celebrates one-year anniversary Published: September 21, 2009 Bystronic Canada celebrated its one-year anniversary on September 2, 2009 with its new service and spare parts location in Mississauga, Ontario....

Nissan becomes first automaker to deploy methanol fuel cells for material handling equipment commercially Published: August 25, 2009 Nissan North America (NNA) has become the first vehicle manufacturer to commercially deploy methanol fuel cells to power its material handling...

Kansas governor recognizes 50th anniversary of Bunting Magnetics Published: July 20, 2009 Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson has signed a proclamation recognizing August 3, 2009 as the 50th anniversary of the founding of Bunting®...

TEKFAB hires sales, marketing manager Published: July 14, 2009 TEKFAB Inc., Albany, Ore., a machine design and manufacturing company specializing in punching, cutting, and material handling, has hired David...

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...

Bushman Equipment appoints engineering manager Published: April 14, 2009 Bushman Equipment Inc., Milwaukee, has appointed Martin Schoenecker as engineering manager. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering...

Bushman reorganizes management team Published: March 10, 2009 Bushman Equipment Inc., a manufacturer of custom material handling equipment in Milwaukee, has reorganized its management team to prepare for...

Jervis B. Webb names several new resellers Published: February 10, 2009 Jervis B. Webb Co., Farmington Hills, Mich., a wholly owned subsidiary of Daifuku Co. Ltd., has expanded its roster of SmartCart automatic guided...

Bunting Magnetics announces staff appointment Published: February 10, 2009 Chad Mayes has been named as an inside sales representative – material handling for Bunting® Magnetics Co., Newton, Kan. In this...

Mayfran Intl. acquires Press Room Techniques Published: January 13, 2009 Mayfran Intl., Cleveland, a manufacturer of engineered factory automation systems, has acquired Press Room Techniques (PRT), Lindsay, Ont., a...

Jervis B. Webb Co. announces retirement of president/co-CEO Published: December 16, 2008 Jervis B. Webb Co., Farmington Hills, Mich., a wholly owned subsidiary of Daifuku Co. Ltd., Japan, has announced the retirement of Susan M. Webb,...

G�del appoints president/COO Published: November 11, 2008 G�del, Langenthal, Switzerland, has appointed Jeff Stadler as the new president and COO of Gudel North America. He previously held the position of...

Bosch Rexroth announces participation in Chicago Climate Exchange Published: October 14, 2008 Bosch Rexroth, Hoffman Estates, Ill., a supplier of products, systems, and services for drive, control, and motion technologies, recently...

De-Sta-Co appoints president of automation Published: September 16, 2008 De-Sta-Co, Auburn Hills, Mich., has promoted Leo McAuliffe to president of automation. McAuliffe is responsible for managing the company's global...

Peddinghaus event focuses on technology, industry partnerships Published: August 12, 2008 Peddinghaus Corp. has announced plans to open its facility in Bradley, Ill., from Sept. 24-27 for its Oktoberfest 2008 event. The event celebrates...

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...

Bunting Magnetics Co. acquires MAGL Published: May 15, 2008 Bunting Magnetics Co., Newton, Kan., has acquired Magnet Applications Group Ltd. (MAGL), which has manufacturing operations in Berkhamsted,...

Plataine names vice president of sales, metal fabrication Published: May 15, 2008 Plataine, Ball Ground, Ga., has appointed Richard Piacenza as vice president of sales, metal fabrication. Piacenza has 20 years of sales and...

Tekfab adds engineer Published: May 15, 2008 Tekfab has added Dave Zaragoza as an engineer. Zaragoza, who has more than 10 years of experience in the metal framing industry, is responsible...

ICR opens robotics education institute Published: February 12, 2008 Industrial Control Repair Inc. (ICR), Warren, Mich., a provider of industrial electronic and mechanical repair services, has opened its Learning...

Serapid announces sales staff addition Published: February 12, 2008 Serapid Inc., Sterling Heights, Mich., recently added Geoffrey James to its industrial sales division. The company manufactures equipment...

Hennig opens facility for enclosure manufacturing Published: January 15, 2008 Hennig Inc. has opened a facility in Rockford, Ill., for the design, engineering, and fabrication of enclosures and fuel tanks for power...

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...

Motoman adds senior general manager for Canada plant Published: December 11, 2007 Motoman Inc., West Carrollton, Ohio, recently named Trevor Jones as senior general manager of Yaskawa Motoman Canada, Mississauga, Ont. Jones has...

Trucktruth.com provides lift truck news and research Published: November 6, 2007 Trucktruth.com, sponsored by Hyster Co., Greenville, N.C., launched as an online resource for lift truck manufacturers, buyers, operators, and...

Orbitform appoints Northwest sales representative Published: November 6, 2007 The Orbitform Group, Jackson, Mich., has named Sanson Northwest, Lynnwood, Wash., as sales representative for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and...

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...

Bystronic appoints managing director, Mexico Published: September 25, 2007 Bystronic has appointed Ferdinand Reyes as managing director of Bystronic Mexico, S.A. DE C.V., effective August 1, 2007. Reyes, who joined...

Bosch Rexroth consolidates Detroit branch offices Published: August 7, 2007 Bosch Rexroth Corp., Hoffman Estates, Ill., has begun consolidation of its Detroit branch offices, moving employees from the Intelligent Hydraulic...

De-Sta-Co names product management director Published: August 7, 2007 De-Sta-Co, Auburn Hills, Mich., has promoted Aaron Henry to director of product management for electric and conveyor products. Henry is...

North American robot orders jump in first quarter Published: June 27, 2007 North American robotics companies posted gains of 24 percent in new orders in the first quarter, according to new statistics released by Robotic...

Jervis B. Webb to construct new system at Chrysler's St. Louis plant Published: May 8, 2007 Jervis B. Webb Co., Farmington Hills, Mich., has announced new business with automotive manufacturer Chrysler Group to install a new material...

Dorner appoints industrial products marketing manager Published: May 8, 2007 Dorner Mfg. Corp., Hartland, Wis., has appointed Kim Stoll as industrial products marketing manager. In this capacity, Stoll is responsible for...

Serapid announces new sales staff member Published: May 8, 2007 Serapid Inc., Sterling Heights, Mich., has added Eric Petterson to its sales staff. Petterson joined the Quick Die Change sales division in March...

Bosch Rexroth launches new Web site Published: May 8, 2007 Bosch Rexroth has launched a new Web site intended to help automotive companies and their suppliers improve productivity, reliability, and...

De-Sta-Co executive retires Published: April 10, 2007 De-Sta-Co, Auburn Hills, Mich., recently announced that Kel Landers, president of the Workholding Products Group, retired from the company April...

SAV opens North American facility Published: March 13, 2007 Germany-based SAV, a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of mechanical, magnetic, and hydraulic work holding systems, has opened a North American...

P/A Industries names new president Published: February 12, 2007 Edward R. Morris has been named president of P/A Industries Inc. North American operations, headquartered in Bloomfield, Conn. Jerome E. Finn,...

Serapid announces new distributors Published: January 9, 2007 Serapid has announced MasTech of Troy, Mich, and Schweda Machine Tool Sales of Delafield, Wis., ( a part of Concept Machine Tool Sales) as new...

Cambridge Intl. appoints director, market development Published: January 9, 2007 Cambridge Intl. Inc., a manufacturer of metal conveyor belting and wire cloth products, has announced the appointment of H. J. (Sco) Scofield as...

Littell relocates Michigan facility Published: January 9, 2007 Littell has relocated its Michigan manufacturing facility to a larger and more modern facility. Located in Troy, Mich., the 40,000-sq.-ft....

De-Sta-Co names vice president of sales Published: December 12, 2006 De-Sta-Co., Madison Heights, Mich., has appointed Scott Peters to vice president of sales for the North American Industrial Automation business....

Miller Edge partners with CPL Published: October 10, 2006 Miller Edge, West Grove, Pa., has pledged its support of Canine Partners for Life (CPL), a nationally recognized service dog organization. The...

Serapid names new sales representative Published: October 10, 2006 DECO Tool Supply Co., Omaha, Neb., was named as a sales representative for Serapid, Sterling Heights, Mich. DECO has more than 60 years'...

Serapid names sales representative firms Published: September 12, 2006 Serapid USA, Sterling Heights, Mich., has recently named five organizations as its new sales representatives. New representatives are Industrial...

Combilift opens new headquarters Published: September 12, 2006 Combilift has opened a new manufacturing facility in Monaghan, Ireland. Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment Micheal Martin was on hand...

RIA presents Engelberger Robotics Awards Published: July 11, 2006 The Robotic Industries Association (RIA) announced the recipients of the 2006 Engelberger Robotics Awards, presented at the 37th International...

QC Industries announces contest for best use of a conveyor Published: July 11, 2006 As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, QC Industries, Cincinnati, is holding a contest to find the best, most creative use of its...

New robot orders fall 30 percent in first quarter Published: June 13, 2006 According to statistics released by the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), Ann Arbor, Mich, new orders for North American robotics companies...

Jervis B. Webb acquires Mentor AGVS Published: May 9, 2006 Jervis B. Webb Co., Farmington Hills, Mich., has acquired Mentor AGVS, Warrensville Heights, Ohio, a supplier of automatic guided vehicle (AGV)...

Prima to hold open house Published: May 9, 2006 Prima North America is holding an open house May 23 - 24 at its Chicopee, Mass., Technology Center to debut its new Syncrono laser cutting...

H & H celebrates anniversary Published: April 11, 2006 H & H Sales Co. Inc., Huntertown, Ind., is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year. H & H Equipment Co., founded in 1951, works extensively...

Atlas Technologies relocates Published: March 7, 2006 Atlas Technologies Inc., Fenton, Mich., has relocated its South Alloy Drive headquarters to its newer Copper Avenue Technical Center. The company...

Bystronic names distributor Published: February 7, 2006 Bystronic Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y., has signed on ACC Machinery Co. Inc., Phoenix, as a distributor for the Arizona region. Systems offered include...

FANUC Southeast moves to new facility Published: January 10, 2006 FANUC Robotics America Inc., Rochester Hills, Mich., is moving its Southeast operations to a 22,000-sq.-ft. customer technology center near...

Linde Material Handling-North America appoints staff Published: December 13, 2005 Linde Material Handling-North America, Summerville, S.C., has appointed Rich Bevington as regional sales manager. Mike Paul will assume...

Jervis B. Webb Co. names senior vice president Published: December 13, 2005 Jervis B. Webb Co., Farmington Hills, Mich., has promoted Brian G. Stewart to senior vice president and COO. He is responsible for all aspects of...

Dorner names COO Published: December 13, 2005 Dorner Mfg. Corp., Hartland, Wis., has named Richard "Rich" Ryan as chief operating officer. Ryan joins the company from Rockwell Automation,...

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...

Rumble acquires Orchid Published: October 11, 2005 Rumble Automation Inc., a manufacturer of welding and assembly equipment, has announced the acquisition of Orchid Automation, a manufacturer of...

High Production Technology receives ISO 9001:2000 certification Published: September 13, 2005 High Production Technology (HPT), Napoleon, Ohio, has been granted ISO 9001:2000 certification following a quality management system audit...

KUKA partners with Nercon Published: September 13, 2005 KUKA Robotics Corp., Clinton Township, Mich., has signed Nercon Engineering and Manufacturing Inc., Oshkosh, Wis., as a system partner to deliver...

LINPAC promotes personnel Published: September 13, 2005 LINPAC Materials Handling, Georgetown, Ky., has promoted Stuart Hayden to plant manager of the Georgetown manufacturing facility and Brigitte...

AJB Automated Systems, W. Strothmann form alliance Published: August 9, 2005 AJB Automated Systems L.L.C., Fenton, Mich., and W. Strothmann Machines & Handling, Germany, have formed an exclusive partnership to provide...

LINPAC redesigns catalog, Web site Published: August 9, 2005 LINPAC Materials Handling, Georgetown, Ky., has redesigned its full-line catalog and Web site. The updated catalog contains fork opening...

Motion Controls Plus changes name, launches Web site Published: July 12, 2005 Motion Controls Plus Inc., a Fremont, Ohio-based provider of fully integrated robotic systems, has changed its name to Motion Controls Robotics....

KUKA Robotics announces new college training center Published: May 10, 2005 KUKA Robotics Corp. has announced its newest KUKA college training center. The company has selected Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) to operate...

Wolf Robotics hires southeast regional manager Published: March 8, 2005 Wolf Robotics has hired David Schaefer as the regional manager for the southeastern U.S. He handles ABB general industry equipment sales in...

KUKA Robotics appoints strategic alliances director Published: March 8, 2005 KUKA Robotics Corp. has appointed Joseph Campbell as director of strategic alliances for North America. Campbell's responsibilities include the...

Fuel cell-powered forklift demonstrated at GM facility Published: February 1, 2005 General Motors (GM) of Canada Ltd. and Hydrogenics Corp. today demonstrated a fuel-cell powered forklift supported by an onsite hydrogen fueling...

Motoman appoints vice president, customer satisfaction group Published: January 11, 2005 Motoman Inc. has appointed Douglas Schenher as vice president of its Customer Satisfaction Group. He is responsible for field service, technical...

Wolf Robotics hires customer support representative Published: December 7, 2004 Wolf Robotics has appointed Andy Garcia as customer support representative for part sales. This new position was created to assume current parts...

Crane assembly plant opens in Monterrey, N.L. Mexico Published: November 9, 2004 Morris Material Handling has announced the opening of a crane assembly plant in Monterrey, N.L. Mexico. The new facility is called SPH Crane &...

FKI Logistex Warehouse and Distribution fills key executive posts Published: October 12, 2004 FKI Logistex® has announced the promotion of several senior-level executives to key posts in its Warehouse and Distribution North America...

Wolf Robotics undergoes management change Published: October 12, 2004 Rimrock Automation has promoted Doug Rhoda to vice president and general manager of Wolf Robotics, the company's Fort Collins, Colo.-based...

FKI announces appointments Published: September 14, 2004 FKI Logistex® has announced the promotions of Todd Ploudre as controller; Kevin Brophy as manager, financial analysis; and Jill Raab as...

Nachi Robotic Systems, Wyco open joint sales, service center Published: September 14, 2004 Nachi Robotic Systems Inc. and Wyco have opened a joint sales and service center in Greenville, S.C. The center provides support to customers in...

FKI Logistex North America names divisional presidents Published: August 10, 2004 FKI Logistex®, a supplier of integrated material handling systems in St. Louis, Mo., has appointed three senior executives to its North...

AP&T launches Web site Published: August 10, 2004 AP&T, a supplier of automation equipment, presses, tools, and production lines in Monroe, N.C., has launched a new Web site, www.apt.se, targeted...

RIA honors Delmia Corp. executive Published: April 8, 2004 Delmia Corp., a Dassault Systèmes company in Auburn Hills, Mich., has announced that company executive Robert G. Brown has received the...

ATR-Strothmann, Nachi partner as robotic systems integrator Published: April 8, 2004 Cambridge, Ont.-based ATR-Strothmann has been selected by Nachi Robotic Systems, Novi, Mich., as a licensed robot integrator for North American...

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