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Champion Tool Storage installs Prima Power press brake
Champion Tool Storage, Hood River, Ore., has installed a Prima Power Ep1030 servo-electric press brake, adding capacity to its forming department....
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Mike Chester wins TMA's Winzeler Award
Mike Chester, CEO of IMS Buhrke-Olson, Arlington Heights, Ill., has been selected as the 2012 winner of the Winzeler Award from Tooling &...
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Speaker Boehner visits United Performance Metals
U. S. House Speaker John Boehner spent time on May 11 with staff of United Performance Metals, Hamilton, Ohio, as well as 30 other local...
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Chandler Products names operations manager
Chandler Products, Cleveland, has named John H. Bennett as operations manager. He has an extensive background in general management posts,...
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Matheson acquires Airweld
Matheson, Basking Ridge, N.J., has acquired the assets and business of US Airweld Inc., Phoenix, with operations located throughout Arizona and...
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AMT to renovate Indiana facility
Advanced Metal Technologies of Indiana Inc. (AMT), a member of the Whitesell Group of companies, has announced plans to renovate its operations in...
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OMAX appoints vice president of product engineering
Abrasive waterjet system manufacturer OMAX® Corp., Kent, Wash., has hired Doug Kelley as its new vice president of product engineering....
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Clark Metal Products named one of Pennsylvania's healthiest companies
Clark Metal Products, a custom metal fabricator in Blairsville, Pa., has been named one of the 2012 healthiest employers in western Pennsylvania...
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Manufacturing technology orders up 11.3 percent
March U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $495.97.06 million according to AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total,...
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LVD Co. marks 60 years in business
LVD Co. nv, Gullegem, Belgium, marks its 60th anniversary in 2012 as a designer and manufacturer of equipment for sheet metal fabrication.
The...
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OSHA, LIA renew alliance to protect workers from laser hazards
OSHA has renewed its alliance with the Laser Institute of America (LIA) to reduce and prevent worker exposure to laser beam and nonbeam hazards in...
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Airbus signs 10-year deal with Plymouth Engineered Shapes
Semifinished titanium airframe extrusion producer Plymouth Engineered Shapes, a part of Plymouth Tube Co., has announced that it has been awarded...
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Gerdau to make $50 million investment at Minnesota mill
Long steel producer Gerdau has announced plans to invest $50 million to replace the continuous caster at its St. Paul, Minn., mill. The investment...
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Zarges closes Amarillo plant
German company Zarges has closed its plant in Amarillo, Texas, after two years of producing the metal interiors of wind turbine towers. The...
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Dawson Metal names senior VP of sales, marketing
Dawson Metal Co. Inc., a provider of close-tolerance, custom metal fabricated components in Jamestown, N.Y., has appointed Alex Moore to the...
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Origin Intl. launches new website
Origin Intl. has announced the launch of its new website at www.originintl.com. The rebuilt site highlights CheckMate software for quality...
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IFH Group names new president
The IFH Group, Rock Falls, Ill., a manufacturer of custom-fabricated hydraulic oil reservoirs, fuel tanks, and lubrication storage and handling...
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ARF wins 2012 Leading Edge Award
American Roll Form, an employee-owned custom metal fabricator in Painesville, Ohio, has been selected as a winner of the 2012 Leading Edge Award,...
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Tweet/Garot Mechanical hires VP of administration
Tweet/Garot Mechanical Inc., Green Bay, Wis., has hired Christopher R. Howald as vice president of administration. His responsibilities...
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TMK IPSCO hires new COO
TMK IPSCO, Downers Grove, Ill., the North American division of global pipe manufacturer TMK, has appointed Dave Mitch to the position of senior...
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Hobart Institute of Welding Technology hires new instructor
Tom Sumerix has joined Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, as an instructor, teaching various courses in the technical...
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Webinar to focus on robotic palletizing, depalletizing
p class="bodytext">Robotic Industries Association will host a webinar on May 24 from noon to 1:00 p.m. EDT on the basics of palletizing and...
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Storch conveyor is officially world’s longest
A 92.5-ft. magnetic slide conveyor, special-ordered by ATK Small Caliber, Independence, Mo., and manufactured by Storch Magnetics, Livonia, Mich.,...
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Thermatool installs cutoff system for new Allied Tube mill
Thermatool Corp. has installed an Alpha Mach 3 cutoff system for a new mill at Allied Tube and Conduit, a brand of Atkore International, in Caxias...
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Coe Press Equipment installs straightener, reel at Wellman Friction Products
Coe Press Equipment, Sterling Heights, Mich., has installed a new CPPS-406-42 clamshell power straightener and a CPR-PO-15042 coil reel at Wellman...
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AT&F installs steel plate blasting system
Metal fabricating company AT&F, Cleveland, has installed a new steel plate blasting system as part of its strategy of installing the largest...
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Hyundai Motor Mfg. Alabama to add third production shift
Hyundai Motor Mfg. Alabama LLC (HMMA) has announced plans to add a third production shift at its Montgomery, Ala., facility. HMMA will add 877...
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TMK IPSCO breaks ground in Texas
TMK IPSCO, the North American division of global pipe manufacturer TMK, has begun development of a 69,000-sq.-ft. facility in Odessa, Texas....
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Boltech merges with Taylor-Winfield Technologies
The Brilex Group of Companies has announced the merger of Boltech Inc. with Taylor-Winfield Technologies Inc. All current Boltech employees have...
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Force Fabrication moves to new facility in California
Force Fabrication, a precision sheet metal fabricator and manufacturer for the telecommunications, medical, high-technology, and...
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Triton Industries earns AS 9100:C/ISO 9001:2008 certification
Triton Industries Inc., a Chicago-based precision metal fabricator, has earned AS 9100:C/ISO 9001:2008 certification from Quality Systems...
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Miller, Hobart Bros. named official welding equipment providers for Lambeau Field expansion
The Green Bay Packers have named Miller Electric Mfg. Co., Appleton, Wis., and Hobart Brothers Co., Troy, Ohio, as the official welding...
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Pines Technology receives award from Boeing
Pines Technology, Westlake, Ohio, has been honored by Boeing Philadelphia for the performance of its CNC tube benders for the V22 Osprey...
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Flow supplies waterjet system to Parker Brothers Concepts
Flow Intl. Corp., Kent, Wash., has announced that Parker Brothers Concepts, featured on Syfy's reality series "Dream Machines," has added a Flow...
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Sales, marketing force expanded at sia Abrasives
Charlotte, N.C.-based sia Abrasives Inc. USA has named Joseph Masters as marketing manager and Tommy Scott, Walker Eastham, and Joshua Harris as...
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NTMA-U graduates to receive college credits at University of Akron
The National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) has announced that it has finalized an agreement with the University of Akron to grant up to...
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Triune Specialty Vehicle Mfg. names VP of sales engineering
Triune Specialty Vehicle Mfg., a designer and manufacturer of custom trailers and self-propelled vehicles in Madison Heights, Mich., has named...
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LINE survey: Manufacturing and service-sector hiring will be steady in May
Although the rate of growth will not reach the level of a year ago, job creation will continue in the manufacturing and service sectors in May,...
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Caster Concepts adds Conveyor Concepts business
Caster Concepts Inc., Albion, Mich., a manufacturer of heavy-duty industrial casters and wheels, has announced the addition of Conveyor Concepts...
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Manufacturing Institute and partners increase credentialed workforce
The Manufacturing Institute (the Institute) and its partners have announced significant progress towards achieving a five-year goal to award...
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Unist launches new website
Unist Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich., has overhauled its website at www.unist.com. New features include easier access to product information and...
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Independence Tube reopens after tornado damage
One year after sustaining major damage from an EF-5 tornado, the Decatur, Ala., location of Independence Tube Corp. has re-opened for business....
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Whirlpool to close Arkansas plant June 29
Whirlpool has announced that June 29 will be the official closing date for its Fort Smith, Ark., plant. The closure will eliminate 917 jobs. The...
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Safety Today named exclusive U.S. distributor for PPSS cut-resistant clothing
Grove City, Ohio-based Safety Today Inc. has been selected as the exclusive licensed distributor for PPSS Group cut-resistant clothing in all U.S....
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Pratt Industries to open plant in Michigan
Pratt Industries Inc., a Belleair Beach, Fla., manufacturer of transport trailers, will open a plant in Niles Township, Mich.
The facility is...
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Gibbs Wire & Steel establishes new website
Gibbs Wire & Steel Co., a metal service center based in Southington, Conn., has launched a new website at www.gibbswire.com. The new website...
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Lomar Machine & Tool recognized with supplier award
Lomar Machine & Tool Co., Horton, Mich., has received the Premier Supplier Award in the direct materials category from Eaton Corp. As a direct...
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Briggs, LiftOne named Hyster dealers for Southeast
Hyster Co., Greenville, N.C., has named Briggs Equipment and LiftOne as authorized dealers for Hyster® lift trucks in Atlanta and Charlotte,...
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Beckwood Press hires technical support engineer
Beckwood Press Co., a St. Louis-based supplier of hydraulic presses and automated systems, has announced the addition of Dan Frederich as...
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ISM ROB: Manufacturing expanded in April for 33rd consecutive month
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in April for the 33nd consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 35th...
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