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Henry’s Metal Polishing achieves ISO 9001:2015 certification
- May 9, 2019
- News Release
Henry’s Metal Polishing, a provider of fabrication, welding, polishing, and grinding services to a variety of industries, has earned ISO 9001:2015 certification.
Based in Los Angeles, the company serves clients in the architecture, art, and industrial sectors.
- From The Fabricator
Weiler Abrasives marks 75th anniversary
- May 8, 2019
- News Release
Weiler Abrasives, a provider of abrasives, power brushes, and maintenance products for surface conditioning, is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Founded by Karl E. Weiler in 1944 as the Weiler Brush Co. in Long Island, N.Y., the company continues to be privately owned and operated at its current...
- From The Additive Report
Wire-feed 3D printing grows in popularity
- By Don Nelson
- May 8, 2019
- Blog Post
Arc welding has been a manufacturing workhorse since the early 20th century. And there’s still plenty of pep in its step as manufacturers find new ways to apply the 120-year-old technology. A good example is wire-feed 3D printing. This additive manufacturing (AM) technique is finding favor in...
- From The Fabricator
PFERD catalog highlights abrasives, brushes, power tools
- May 3, 2019
- Product Release
PFERD has released its Tool Manual, Vol. 23, a 601-page catalog detailing the company’s products for metal removal and finishing. The manual has eight sections, each detailing a core product competency. Products include hand files; carbide burs and bimetal hole saws; mounted points, cones, plugs,...
- From The Fabricator
Valmont Coatings wins four Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards
- Apr 30, 2019
- News Release
Valmont Coatings, a business segment of Omaha, Neb.-based Valmont Industries Inc., has received four Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing awards from the American Galvanizers Association. The AGA competition included 15 categories with nearly 100 projects from galvanizers around the world. The winning...
- From The Fabricator
Barton, Mid-Atlantic Coatings win SSPC Military Coatings Project Award of Excellence
- Apr 25, 2019
- News Release
Barton International, Glens Falls, N.Y., and Mid-Atlantic Coatings Inc. (MAC), Chesapeake, Va.—together with the U.S. Navy and Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings—have earned the SSPC Military Coatings Project Award of Excellence for their work on aircraft carrier USS George...
- From The Welder
Weiler Abrasives receives People’s Choice Innovation Impact Award
- Apr 17, 2019
- News Release
Cresco, Pa.-based Weiler Abrasives, a provider of abrasives, power brushes, and maintenance products for surface conditioning, has received the People's Choice Innovation Impact Award from the Industrial Supply Association. The award, which honors manufacturers that bring innovative products or...
- From The Fabricator
MEC files registration statement for proposed initial public offering
- Apr 15, 2019
- News Release
Mayville, Wis.-based Mayville Eng. Co. Inc. (MEC), a contract manufacturer providing prototyping and tooling, production fabrication, coating, assembly, and aftermarket services, has publicly filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed...
- From The Fabricator
AZZ Inc. acquires K2 Partners
- Apr 12, 2019
- News Release
Fort Worth, Texas-based AZZ Inc., a global provider of metal coating services, welding systems, specialty electrical equipment, and highly engineered services to the power generation, transmission, distribution, and industrial markets, has acquired all the assets and outstanding shares of K2...
- From The Fabricator
Linetec adds Aged Light Oak and Aged Dark Oak wood grain finishes for aluminum
- Apr 12, 2019
- Product Release
Linetec has introduced two new patterns—Aged Light Oak and Aged Dark Oak—to its Gold series palette of wood grain finishes for architectural aluminum products. These patterns present the look and feel of weathered or reclaimed wood. Suitable for interior and exterior applications, these...
- From The Fabricator
Ottenweller installs paint line
- Apr 10, 2019
- News Release
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Ottenweller Co. Inc., a contract metal fabrication supplier to the heavy construction equipment, mining, defense, and aerospace industries, recently added an automated paint line capable of holding parts measuring 45 by 70 by 120 in. and weighing up to 2,200 lbs. The line has...
- From The Fabricator
CorroLogic CorrPlug caps from Cortec protect pipes against corrosion
- Apr 9, 2019
- Product Release
Cortec offers CorroLogic® CorrPlug® heavy-wall black polyethylene pipe caps. They contain proprietary vapor-phase corrosion inhibitors to protect pipe threads, pipe ends, and other tubular objects from corrosion, mechanical damage, and contamination during transit, handling, and storage. In...
- From The Fabricator
Chemetall acquires automotive paint detackification business of Polymer Ventures Inc.
- Apr 9, 2019
- News Release
The Surface Treatment global business unit of the Coatings division of BASF, operating under the Chemetall® brand, has acquired the automotive paint detackification business of Polymer Venture Inc., including all its shares of Galaxy Chemical Corp. Paint detackification captures and neutralizes...
- From The Fabricator
Barton Intl. regional sales manager receives SSPC award
- Apr 4, 2019
- News Release
Barton Intl., Glens Falls, N.Y., has announced that Joe Kanode, Gulf Coast regional sales manager and chairman of the Gulf Coast Chapter of SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings, has received the SSPC award for Outstanding North American Chapter. Barton Intl. is a producer and distributor of...
- From The Additive Report
What you should know about AM and DFAM before buying a 3D printer
- By Federico Sciammerella
- Apr 1, 2019
- Article
When a manufacturer is in the market for its first 3D printer, it’s important to understand the difference between design for additive manufacturing (DFAM) and traditional design for manufacturing/design for assembly (DFM/DFA).
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