Mid Continent Steel & Wire Inc., Poplar Bluff, Mo., a producer of steel nails that has reduced its workforce substantially because of soaring costs and cancelled sales resulting from the Section 232 tariffs, welcomed Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley to tour its facility on Aug. 17. The 25...

Uratech Tooling Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of metal carts in Oakville, Ont., has opened Uratech USA Inc. in Orchard Park, N.Y.

Products include carts for CNC tooling, medical and restaurant use, and camping, as well as CNC workstations, collet racks, and casters.

Bearcat Anodizing LLC, part of Goshen, Ind.-based metal fabricator Bearcat Corp., has announced plans to install a new anodizing line. The addition is expected to create 16 full-time jobs in the next two years. The company primarily provides products and services to the RV and marine...

Alexandria Industries, Alexandria, Minn., has been named the 2017 top fundraising team in the state of Minnesota for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Company employees raised nearly $52,000 for the event last year and have already raised more than $80,000 in 2018. Relay For Life...

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation has released the August 2018 "Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry," based on a survey of key executives from the $1 trillion equipment finance sector. Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market eased again in August to...

Tethon Corp. has received a grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development to pursue the design and production of a ceramic and metal 3-D printer. This 3-D printer will be the first commercially available desktop DLP printer designed specifically for ceramic and metal additive...

Belden Universal, a Hillside, Ill.-based global manufacturer of universal joints and drive shafts, has appointed Nick Sainati as general manager. Sainati previously worked in brand management at Starbucks’ corporate headquarters. He began his career as an investment banking analyst and corporate...

Stanley Black & Decker has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire International Equipment Solutions Attachments Group (IES Attachments). The purchased companies include Genesis, a manufacturer of boom arm attachments used for scrap processing, demolition, and material handling. The...

Stack-on Products, a storage safe manufacturer, is closing two factories in Northern Illinois and moving operations to Juarez, Mexico, to counteract the effects of metal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration, according to the Associated Press. The Oct. 12 closure of plants in...