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SME launches digital learning resource
Tooling U-SME, a company of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, Mich., has launched Knowledge Edge, an online, multimedia,...
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Schuler Automation shows transfer systems in operation
Visitors from Germany and abroad attended a Technology Day held by Schuler Automation in Hessdorf, Germany, in mid-April. As well as receiving...
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Kobe Aluminum to expand in Kentucky
Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (KAAP) LLC has begun construction on an 87,000-sq.-ft. expansion to its advanced manufacturing facility in...
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ESAB wins 2013 sales and customer service award
ESAB Cutting Systems, a provider of welding filler metals, equipment, and accessories in Florence, S.C., has been awarded the 2013 Gold Stevie...
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Phillips Service Industries announces passing of Bill Phillips, founder
Phillips Service Industries Inc. (PSI), a privately held global manufacturing and services holding company, has announced the death of its...
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Pillar Induction delivers heating system for austenitizing pipe
Pillar Induction, Brookfield, Wis., has commissioned a new 11.8-MW induction heating installation at a pipe producer in the southwestern U.S. The...
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Böhler-Uddeholm opens PVD coating center in Ontario
Böhler-Uddeholm has opened a new PVD coating facility at the Thermo-Tech thermal processing location in Mississauga, Ont. The 9,000-sq.-ft....
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Mestek announces passing of John E. Reed, CEO
Mestek Inc., Cleveland, has announced that John E. Reed, chairman of the board and CEO, died May 9, 2013.
Reed began his career with The H. B....
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Prima Power Laserdyne posts video presentation on fiber laser drilling
Prima Power Laserdyne, Champlin, Minn., has posted online a 45-min. presentation on the use of fiber lasers for hole drilling. It summarizes...
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United Performance Metals names account manager
United Performance Metals, Hamilton, Ohio, has named Karen Gaillard to the position of account manager for its La Mirada, Calif., branch. She has...
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SigmaTEK launches new website
SigmaTek Systems LLC, a provider of CAD/CAM nesting and manufacturing process automation in Cincinnati, has announced the launch of...
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Menges Roller expands capacity with CNC lathe
Menges Roller, Wauconda, Ill., has installed a Toolmex TUR930-1100MN CNC lathe capable of manufacturing industrial rollers up to 20 ft. long...
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Industrial Innovations adds Manufacturing Technology as distributor
Industrial Innovations, Wyoming, Mich., has announced the addition of Manufacturing Technology LLC (M-Tech), Pelham, Ala., as a distributor for...
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ESAB launches CNC cutting blog
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, S.C., has launched a blog for the CNC cutting community at www.esab-cutting.com. ESAB Edge, The CNC...
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Elgin Fastener Group names new Cleveland GM
Elgin Fastener Group (EFG), Batesville, Ind., has announced the appointment of Carl Ondraka as general manager-Cleveland Operations, with...
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Colson Caster receives $28,000 from Entergy Arkansas
Colson Caster, a provider of caster and wheel products in Monette, Ark., has received a $28,021 incentive check from the Entergy Arkansas Inc....
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ConXtech's steel fab facility earns CWB certification
ConXtech® has announced that the manufacturing team at its steel fabrication facility in Hayward, Calif., has been certified by the Canadian...
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Kammetal fabricates One World Trade Center spire with TRUMPF laser
On May 10, 2013, the spire for One World Trade Center was permanently installed in New York City. The 40-ft. top of the spire was fabricated...
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Victor contests recognize users of oxyfuel, plasma cutting equipment
Victor Technologies™, St. Louis, has launched two contests as part of its celebration of the 100th anniversary of its Victor® brand of...
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CEO, chief technology officer leaving ABB
ABB's CEO Joe Hogan has announced his decision to leave the company for private reasons. He joined the company as CEO in September 2008. He will...
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Cincinnati Incorporated redesigns website
Cincinnati Incorporated, Cincinnati, has launched a new website at www.e-ci.com highlighting its products and services, including equipment,...
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Egan earns Elite Award in west Michigan competition
Mechanical contractor and fabricator Andy J. Egan Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., has been honored with its third Elite Award in West Michigan's 101...
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MidWest Materials named finalist for Steel Service Center of the Year
American Metal Market (AMM) has named MidWest Materials, Perry, Ohio, as a finalist in the Steel Service Center of the Year category of its...
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Ram-Fab awarded additional $6 million contract on international project
Synalloy Corp., Spartanburg, S.C., a holding company owning subsidiaries that engage in a number of diverse business activities including the...
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Sunstone Components Group signs letter of intent to sell company
Sunstone Components Group, a provider of precision metal stamping and insert injection moldings in Temecula, Calif., has signed a letter of intent...
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Pacific Software to acquire A&F Conveyors Ltd.
Pacific Software Inc., Toronto, has entered into an agreement to acquire A&F Conveyors Ltd., a metal fabrication company in Bolton, Ont....
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Michigan manufacturers recognized for service to community, industry
The Michigan Manufacturers Association (MMA), Lansing, Mich., has named the winners of its 2013 John G. Thodis Michigan Manufacturer of the Year...
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Colorado WaterJet named finalist in Colorado Companies to Watch
Colorado WaterJet (CWJ), an abrasive waterjet shape cutting job shop in Berthoud, Colo., has been recognized as a Colorado Companies to Watch...
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Indiana Pickling and Processing to complete $7 million capitalization project
Feralloy Corp. has announced that Indiana Pickling and Processing (IPPC), Portage, Ind., its joint venture with Signode Corp., will complete a $7...
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Advanced manufacturing research conference slated for June 10-14 in Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host an advanced manufacturing research conference June 10-14, 2013, drawing nearly 500 academic,...
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Fronius USA names area sales manager
Fronius USA LLC, Portage, Ind., a manufacturer of welding equipment, recently promoted Vadim Nakonechnyy to area sales manager for the...
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Greenerd delivers press to Global Parts Network
Greenerd Press & Machine Co. Inc., Nashua, N.H., has designed, built, and delivered a 1,000-ton hydraulic coining press to Global Parts...
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SigmaTEK names sales manager
SigmaTEK Systems LLC, a Cincinnati-based CAD/CAM nesting and manufacturing process automation system provider, has appointed James Elmore as...
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Tripar names new president
Tripar Inc., Montreal, has appointed Lloyd Sevack as president, taking over from his father, Ben, who founded the company in 1949 and served as...
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Heyco Metals announces two promotions
Heyco Metals of Reading, Pa., a producer of precision-rolled stainless and copper coil, has promoted David Mandle to executive vice president and...
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Matsuura Machinery opens U.S. subsidiary
Matsurra Machinery Corp., Japan, has opened a U.S. subsidiary, Matsuura Machinery USA, in St. Paul, Minn., to import machines and service...
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Wagstaff Applied Technologies hires sales manager
Wagstaff Applied Technologies, Spokane, Wash., has hired Dan Payne as area sales manager. Payne has more than 15 years of experience selling...
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Alcoa to expand North American automotive sheet capacity
Alcoa, a producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, will invest $275 million over the next three years to expand and convert capacity at its...
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Prolamsa Group to build pipe and tubular products mill in Texas
The Prolamsa Group has announced plans to build a $120 million pipe and tubular products facility in Bryan, Texas. The plant, which is expected to...
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Gemco Mfg. launches new website
Gemco Mfg. Corp., a precision metal stamping and wire forming manufacturer serving global customers in the automotive, consumer products, medical,...
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Michigan Mechanical changes name
Michigan Mechanical, Stevensville, Md., has changed its name to Michigan Mfg. Intl. (MMI). The company has launched a new website at...
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Midwest Eng. Systems to offer welding systems
Midwest Eng. Systems Inc., a provider of custom machines and integrated systems in West Allis, Wis., has announced the expansion of technical...
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Megatherm Induction opens Ohio facility
Megatherm Electronics Pvt. Ltd., a global induction heating equipment manufacturer, has opened a facility in Columbus, Ohio. The plant will house...
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Impulse Mfg. awarded contracts to supply parts to Georgia Caterpillar plant
Impulse Mfg., a Dawsonville, Ga.-based metal fabricator, has been awarded significant contracts to supply parts to a new Caterpillar Inc....
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Nippon Sharyo to expand Illinois production facility
Nippon Sharyo U.S.A. Inc. has announced the expansion of its U.S. production facility in Rochelle, Ill., which started operation in June 2012. The...
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CGW acquires PASCO
CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels, Niles, Ill., a manufacturer and supplier of abrasive systems for the industrial market, has acquired Pacific Abrasive...
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AccuBilt celebrates 25 years in business
AccuBilt Inc. of Jackson, Mich., marks 25 years in business in 2013. Founded in 1988, the company is a turnkey systems builder and integrator,...
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Delta Steel Technologies ships widest, thickest temper mill cut-to-length line
Delta Steel Technologies, Irving, Texas, has shipped a 1- by 120-in. temper mill cut-to-length line with rotary shear to a U.S. service center....
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Jeco Plastic Products marks 40 years in business
In 2013 Jeco Plastic Products celebrates 40 years of supplying high-strength pallets and containers to pressrooms.
The company began as a...
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Walter launches redesigned website
Walter USA LLC, Waukesha, Wis., has unveiled a redesigned website at www.walter-tools.com/us featuring more information and services. It embodies...
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