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Optomec Inc. has purchased Huffmann, a Clover, S.C., supplier of 3D-metal printers and software used by the aerospace and energy sectors. Optomec, based in Albuquerque, sells production-grade additive systems. The acquisition combines Optomec’s broad reach across a range of industries and...
Dearborn, Mich.-based Kenwal Steel Corp., a flat-rolled steel service center, has named Laura Kowalchik as CFO. She succeeds Frank Jerneycic, who retires from the company at the end of 2018 after 10 years of service. Kowalchik previously served as CFO of Urban Science and as vice president,...
Michigan-based metals distributor Alro Steel recently opened its facilities in Jackson and Potterville to students for Manufacturing Day 2018. Students heard a short presentation about the business and then received a guided tour, with Alro team members answering questions about what a job in steel...
Markforged announced the availability of H13 tool steel for its Metal X 3D printer. The material is used for high-temperature applications like metal-forming tools, dies, punches, hardened insert fixtures, and molds with conformal channels. The Boston-area machine builder, which reports that it has...
Clinkenbeard, a producer of complex castings and machined parts in a variety of ferrous and nonferrous materials, has relocated to a 40,000-sq.-ft. facility in South Beloit, Ill. The new facility is two times larger than the previous facility and includes space for engineering, machining, a...
The purpose of MIT's new AM center is to accelerate implementation of additive manufacturing, an example of which is a new printer head university researchers developed that extrudes material 14 times faster.
Tube and pipe producer Synalloy Corp., Richmond, Va., has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, ASTI Acquisition LLC, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of American Stainless Tubing Inc. (ASTI). Synalloy will sublease the facilities to ASTI...
Cleveland-based steel service center Majestic Steel USA Inc. has acquired the business assets of Titan Metal Service Inc., a Tampa, Fla., steel service center and processor. This acquisition is part of Majestic's strategy to expand its business in the coated, flat-rolled market. The addition of...
Steel products provider Nippon Steel & Sumikin Bussan Americas Inc. (NSBA) and Pacesetter, a processor and supplier of cold-rolled, galvanized, galvannealed, galvalume, aluminized, and prepainted steel, have announced a strategic partnership to build a service center facility in Houston to...
ExOne Co.’s soon-to-be released metal 3D printer, the X1 25PRO, combines the fine-metal capabilities of the company's metal-injection-molding (MIM) line with production-volume output. The binder-jetting printer, one of two the North Huntingdon, Pa., company plans to bring to market in the first...
Waybill has announced its acquisition of Small Tube Products from Quilvest Private Equity. Small Tube Products is a redrawer of niche, small-diameter copper and aluminum tubes with plants in Duncansville, Pa; Huntsville, Ala.; and Ardmore, Tenn. Waybill targets investments in base metal fabricators...
Dozens of U.S. associations representing automotive, equipment, food and beverage, and metal fabrication manufacturing industries urge lifting tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico.
Buehler, an ITW company based in Lake Bluff, Ill., will sponsor a webinar about the testing of ferrous materials Dec. 4-6 in English, French, and German. The webinar will cover a variety of issues commonly encountered in both metallography and hardness testing of ferrous materials, including common...
With Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives, they will want to investigate the president’s recent executive actions, including tariffs on imported steel.
GKN Powder Metallurgy has announced a strategic partnership with EOS, a provider of industrial 3D printing systems for metals and polymers. Together, the companies have designed a process for laser metal 3D printing that has reduced production time by 70 percent and overall cost by up to 50...
The Fabricator is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The Fabricator has served the industry since 1970.
start your free subscriptionThis week on The Fabricator Podcast, Jason Becker, host of the Arc Junkies Podcast and owner of Underground...
The Association of Metal Processors and Distributors (AMPD) serves the needs of professionals in the steel distribution industry.
Follow the link below to find an AMPD member steel supplier near you.