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Fronius announces staff additions

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Welding

Fronius USA, Brighton, Mich., has hired Michael J. Ludwig as market segment manager for shipbuilding/platform/power generation for the welding...

Jet Edge hosts AMT, NTMA executives

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Cutting

Jet Edge Inc., a manufacturer of ultrahigh-pressure waterjet systems, recently hosted Douglas K. Woods, president of the Association For...

Schuler announces new service, management appointments

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Stamping

Schuler Inc., Canton, Mich., has named Andy Osborn as service sales and engineering manager, appointed Rick O'Donnell as service technical...

Jervis B. Webb Co. hires president, co-CEO

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Materials Handling

Jervis B. Webb Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Daifuku Co. Ltd. and provider of material handling systems, has announced the appointment of...

D&S Mfg. installs wire mesh belt blaster

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

D&S Mfg., a custom manufacturer of large-scale components, assemblies, and complete weldments in Black River Falls, Wis., has installed a custom...

nexAir relocates Atlanta-area branch

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Welding

Memphis-based atmospheric gases and welding distributor nexAir has relocated its Atlanta branch to Suwanee, Ga. In May 2008 nexAir acquired...

Ohio Laser earns ISO 9001:2008 certification

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

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

Cargill to acquire Robinson's RPS Steel division

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Metals/Materials

Cargill has announced that it will purchase Robinson Steel's RPS® Steel division, acquiring its cold-reduction lines in East Chicago, Ind.,...

Methodology used in future steel vehicle wins SAE award

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

The Accelerated Concept to Product (ACP) process, marketed by Engineering Technology Associates Inc. (ETA), has won the 2nd Annual Society of...

AIDA-America expands distributor network

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Stamping

AIDA-America, Dayton, Ohio, has added three distributors to its North American sales network. PTW Sales LLC, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, is distributor...

Scientific Dust Collectors expands manufacturing plant

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

Scientific Dust Collectors has completed the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Alsip, Ill. The expansion — which includes another...

Red Bud to host seminar in Belgium

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Stamping

Red Bud Industries, Red Bud, Ill., will host a coil processing seminar at the Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel, 1930 Zaventem, Brussels, Belgium,...

M. K. Morse announces recent staff additions, changes

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Cutting

M.K. Morse, Canton, Ohio, has hired Philip Metz to the position of industrial division sales director for Europe, Asia, and Australia. He is...

Structural welding design, specification seminars scheduled for spring

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Welding

The Steel Structures Technology Center, Howell, Mich., has announced its spring 2010 seminar on the design and specification of welding for...

LAI launches upgraded Web site

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

LAI Intl. Inc. has upgraded its Web site, www.laico.com, to highlight its capabilities for precision contract manufacturing. The site includes...

JETCAM signs new distributors for Syria, Lebanon

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: CAD/CAM Software

JETCAM Intl. s.a.r.l., Monaco, has named two new distributors for its CAM, nesting, and automation products in Lebanon and Syria. Kessmeyan...

New standards released for metal powder testing, bearings

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Metals/Materials

New 2010 editions of two powder metallurgy (PM) standards have been issued by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF). The 130-page...

Chrysler to invest in Michigan engine plant

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

Fiat SpA has announced that it will build a new, more fuel-efficient engine for Fiat and Chrysler vehicles at a plant in Dundee, Mich., near...

Lucas-Milhaupt launches new Web site

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

Lucas-Milhaupt, a Handy & Harman Co. in Milwaukee, has established a newly designed Web site at www.lucasmilhaupt.com. It includes a knowledge...

Wall Colmonoy hires corporate controller

Published: February 9, 2010
Tech Cell: Metals/Materials

Wall Colmonoy, a manufacturer of high-temperature brazing and coating alloys in Madison Heights, Mich., has hired Randy Buoy as corporate...

Kalamazoo Industries offers new full-line product catalog

Published: February 8, 2010
Tech Cell: Cutting

Kalamazoo Industries is offering a new full-line catalog of all the company's equipment and accessories made in the U.S. The free catalog...

USMTC:Manufacturing technology consumption down 60.4% for 2009

Published: February 8, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

December U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $219.60 million, according to AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology, and...

Metal forming companies increasingly optimistic; majority expect uptick in orders

Published: January 19, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

According to the January 2010 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report, metal forming companies are increasingly...

Tendon Mfg. certified to ISO 9001:2008

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

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

ITSA, TSS team up to promote thermal spray to industry

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Finishing

The International Thermal Spray Association (ITSA), Fairport Harbor, Ohio, and the ASM Thermal Spray Society (TSS), Mateirals Park, Ohio, have...

NEMA publishes three arc welding standards

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Welding

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published three arc welding standards in the ANSI/IEC 60974 series. The standards...

Eddie Kane Steel opens two new facilities

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Metals/Materials

Eddie Kane Steel Products Inc., a carbon and alloy distributor in Spring Lake, N.J., has opened two additional sales, distribution, and processing...

Harco receives ISO 9001 certification

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Tube and Pipe Fabrication

Harco Metal Products, Tempe, Ariz., has received ISO 9001 certification. The company supplies fabricated tubular design, components, and...

Tubotech 2009 attracts 16,500 visitors to Brazil

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Tube and Pipe Fabrication

At Tubotech 2009, 5th International Tube, Fittings and Components Fair, in Sao Paulo, more than 16,500 visitors came to see 320 companies from 15...

Hypertherm makes changes to management team

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Cutting

Hypertherm, Hanover, N.H., is expanding its management team in support of several new initiatives as it prepares for future growth. Jeff Deckrow,...

Sioux Corp. wins presidential export award

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

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...

Web site shares sheet metal product, materials guidance

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

Engineering Quality Solutions Inc., a technical consulting firm in Southfield, Mich., is providing information to assist Web site visitors with...

TRUMPF Laser Marking division presents award to Robert E. Morris Co.

Published: January 12, 2010

TRUMPF's Laser Marking division presented its annual TruMark Sales Award to the Robert E. Morris Co. during a meeting held recently at TRUMPF's...

LA-CO Industries acquires majority ownership of Intrama S.A.S.

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

LA-CO® Industries, Delaware, a wholly owned subsidiary of LA-CO Industries Inc., Elk Grove Village, Ill., has acquired the majority ownership...

General MetalWorks Corp. receives 2010 Industry Award

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

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

Manufacturers struggle to hire highly skilled workers

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

As employers across the country continue to shed hundreds of thousands of jobs, many manufacturers are facing an ironic dilemma. As they eliminate...

Unison receives all-electric tube bender order from BAE Systems

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Tube and Pipe Fabrication

Unison, Scarborough, U.K., has received an order from BAE Systems Surface Ships for a large tube bending machine to support ongoing projects,...

Fabcut, MicroStep USA forms joint venture with SigmaTEK

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: CAD/CAM Software

Fabcut, MicroStep USA, in conjunction with SigmaTEK Systems, has formed a joint venture to introduce MicroStep combination profile and pipe...

Rafter Equipment now selling Takeco equipment

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Tube and Pipe Production

Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has formed a strategic alliance with Takeco Co. Ltd. of South Korea to sell and service Takeco's strip...

LIA's Arthur L. Schawlow award presented to Valentin Gapontsev

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Welding

Valentin Gapontsev, founder, chairman, and CEO of IPG Photonics Corp., Oxford, Mass., has received the Laser Institute of America's 2009 Arthur L....

American Friction Welding installs Thompson machine

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

American Friction Welding has added a Thompson automated friction welding system to its Brookfield, Wis., facility after securing a six-year...

Elgin Fastener Group hires technical sales rep

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Assembly

Elgin Fastener Group, Versailles, Ind., has announced the addition of Tim Mahan as a technical sales representative. He has 25 years of fastener...

U.S.S. New York warship contains recycled steel from World Trade Center

Published: January 12, 2010
Tech Cell: Metals/Materials

The fifth in a line of a new class of warship was commissioned into the U.S. Navy in November in New York City. The U.S.S. New York, roughly the...

November manufacturing technology consumption up 16 percent

Published: January 11, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

November U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $178.83 million, according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors'...

Nucor Executive Vice President Joe Rutkowski to retire; Joe Stratman to assume additional responsibilities

Published: January 11, 2010
Tech Cell: Metals/Materials

Nucor Corp. Executive Vice President of Business Development Joseph A. Rutkowski announced today his plans to retire at the end of February after...

Vogel Tool & Die becomes division of Manor Tool & Manufacturing

Published: January 6, 2010
Tech Cell: Tool and Die

Vogel Tool & Die, LLC, a manufacturer of tools for tubular part fabrication, announced that it has been acquired by Manor Tool & Manufacturing...

Factory orders rose 1.1 percent in November 2009

Published: January 5, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

New orders for manufactured goods in November, up seven of the last eight months, increased $3.9 billion or 1.1 percent to $365.3 billion, the...

Feralloy Corp. announces death of Vice President and GM Stephen J. Szcesniak

Published: January 4, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

Stephen J. Szcesniak, vice president and general manager of Feralloy's Saint Louis Division, died November 28 at his home in Edwardsville, Ill....

Manufacturing activity expanded for fifth consecutive month in December, but fabricated metal products among sectors that contracted

Published: January 4, 2010
Tech Cell: Shop Management

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in December for the fifth consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the eighth...

Call for conference papers about seamless and welded tubular product technology, processes

Published: December 17, 2009
Tech Cell: Shop Management

The Tube & Pipe Association, International® (TPA), USA, and the International Tube Association (ITA), U.K., have collaborated to organize a...