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Flex-N-Gate to open plant in Chicago
- May 24, 2017
- Shop Management
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Flex-N-Gate, an auto parts manufacturer based in Urbana, Ill., has announced plans to open a facility in Chicago in 2019, creating about 300 jobs. The building, an existing 288,000-sq.-ft. warehouse, will be converted to manufacture bumpers, radiators, and hinges for automakers, including the...
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Polaris to close Iowa plant
- May 24, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Polaris Industries has announced plans to close its plant in Milford, Iowa, which manufactures all-terrain and utility vehicles, by the end of 2017. Production of the vehicles will be moved to the company’s facilities in Huntsville, Ala.; Roseau, Minn.; and Anaheim, Calif. The Milford location...
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Portable system measures tubes using light pattern, cameras
- May 24, 2017
- Testing and Measuring
- Product Release
Transfluid has developed t control, a wireless system for measuring tubes and connection elements like flanges. The system does not need arms, joints, or laser beams and measures via a defined light pattern that is observed by one or more cameras. These determine the position and orientation of the...
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Shaw Almex opens facility in West Virginia
- May 24, 2017
- Materials Handling
- News Release
Canada-based Shaw Almex has opened a manufacturing facility in Wayne County, W.Va. The plant is used for development of new bulk material handling and conveying products. The company plans to hire 10 to 15 employees during the plant’s first year in operation and up to 25 employees the following...
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Atlas Copco opens U.S. manufacturing plant
- May 24, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Sweden-based Atlas Copco has opened a new, $25 million plant in Rock Hill, S.C., that will manufacture portable compressors and generators for the construction market, as well as medical gas products for hospitals. The factory will employ about 330 people. The company has moved these operations...
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Manufacturing Mini-camp for kids offered at SkillsUSA TECHSPO on June 20
- May 24, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), the Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl.® (FMA), Elgin, Ill., is offering a Manufacturing Mini-camp for students ages 12 to 16 on June 20, 2017, at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. The camp is being held as part of the...
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Topre America Corp. to expand Tennessee plant
- May 24, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Topre America Corp., a Japan-based automotive parts manufacturer, has announced plans to expand operations at its manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tenn. The $38.2 million, 40,000-sq.-ft. expansion is expected to create 35 new jobs. The company provides automotive stamping and body structure...
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Cordless drill/screwdriver offers patented thread-tapping function
- May 24, 2017
- Power Tools
- Product Release
Metabo offers the GB 18 LTX BL Q I cordless drill/screwdriver with a patented thread-tapping function. Automatic change of rotation direction allows for interruption-free drilling and cleaning of threads. The keyless chuck inserting taps have square and cylindrical shanks. The drill features quick...
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Direct Metals adds wire mesh slitter machine
- May 24, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Direct Metals, an international steel service center with locations in Kennesaw, Ga., and Waukegan, Ill., has purchased a new wire mesh slitter. The company offers slitting services for its steel, stainless steel, and coated wire mesh inventory. The company’s products include perforated metal,...
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Another job skill employers are desperately seeking
- By Vicki Bell
- May 24, 2017
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
“Where oh where are the skilled workers?” employers ask. “Where are those who can read a ruler and blueprints and do the math? Where are those who understand metals properties and physics?” Some also are asking, “Where are those who can write in complete sentences?”
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Trump's "Buy American" campaign extends to defense
- By Stephen Barlas
- May 24, 2017
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
After a U.S. Department of Commerce investigation is concluded, could tariffs be levied against imported steel?
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Growing solar market rife with stamping opportunities
- By Kate Bachman
- May 24, 2017
- Bending and Forming
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The solar energy market offers sunny opportunities for stamping manufacturers, despite dissipated support from the new administration. Corporate demand, rather than state mandates, has become the top driving force behind solar and wind energy growth in the U.S., reported Moody’s Investors...
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Measuring couplings attain high level of tightness
- May 24, 2017
- Testing and Measuring
- Product Release
Voss Fluid offers a new line of measuring couplings for measuring and testing inside hydraulic circuits. In addition to standard blue, the protective caps can be produced in many other colors, for instance, to differentiate between hydraulic circuits. The cap, with a permanently elastic and...
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Can your fabrication operation absorb a huge spike in steel prices?
- By Dan Davis
- May 23, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
An investigation into imported steel might lead to actions that could result in a price spike not seen in years. With metal fabricators already dealing with steel prices that arguably are the highest in the world, they might want to contact decision-makers in Washington D.C.
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Cutting inverter delivers increased plasma cutting speeds
- May 23, 2017
- Plasma Cutting
- Product Release
Kjellberg Finsterwalde has introduced the new CutFire 100i compact cutting inverter for plasma cutting with air. Power sources built from 2017 onward are equipped with the new machine torch Flash 101. Equipped with new consumables, the inverter increases cutting speeds and enhances piercing safety,...
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