Badger Sheet Metal Works, a third-generation metal fabricator based in Ashwaubenon, Wis., marked 95 years in business in March 2018. Founded in 1923 by Henry De Caster in Green Bay, Wis., the company originally provided furnace and sheet metal supplies to local customers. Bernarr De Caster followed...

Chicago-based nonprofit Jane Addams Resource Center (JARC) offers comprehensive training programs focused on metalworking, specifically welding and CNC machining, to staff a diverse segment that encompasses individual job shops and production departments in manufacturing companies. U.S....

Chicago-based Zekelman Industries, a steel pipe and tube manufacturer, has announced its partial sponsorship of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation's 2018 Work Ethic Scholarship Program. The program awards scholarships to people attending trade schools to learn skills that are in demand, such as welding,...

Harvey, Ill.-based Atkore Intl. Group Inc. has sold the assets of FlexHead® Industries Inc. and SprinkFLEX LLC to Anvil Intl. LLC. The businesses manufacture commercial flexible sprinkler head connection products for use in industrial, commercial, cold storage, institutional, and clean room...

Midwest Stairs & Iron, a fabricator of nonferrous metals, will move to a 50,000-sq.-ft. facility in Milwaukee, twice the size of its current plant in the same city.

The company, which employs 57 people, expects the move to create 12 to 15 jobs over the next two years.

AXYZ Intl., a manufacturer of CNC router knife systems based in Burlington, Ont., has acquired WARDJet, a Tallmadge, Ohio, waterjet cutting machine manufacturer. WARDJet products will continue to be made at the Ohio facility and now are supported by AXYZ's global network of sales and support...

With new ownership, governance, investment, leadership, and professional manufacturing focus, Continental Casting, Monroe City, Mo., has become Arcadia Metalcraft™. The new name was selected to reflect sustainability through the pastoral connotations of Arcadia and an underlying commitment to the...

nLIGHT Inc., Vancouver, Wash., a provider of high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers used in the industrial, microfabrication, and aerospace and defense markets, has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public...

Metal fabricator DLC Mfg. and Fabrication has received permit approval to construct a new building in New Ulm, Minn.

The company plans to expand from its current 9,800-sq.-ft. facility into a new, 20,000- to 25,000-sq.-ft. building.