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- From The Welder
Grainger donation to aid welder training
- Mar 12, 2007
- Aluminum Welding
- News Release
Grainger, a national supplier of facilities maintenance supplies to businesses, has donated $5,000 to the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology (HIWT), Troy, Ohio. The contribution will be used to help the program purchase equipment for its classrooms and learning labs. "Grainger has a long...
- From The Fabricator
Fortunenames Alcan most admired metals company
- Mar 8, 2007
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Alcan has been named the industry champion for metals on Fortune Magazine's "America's Most Admired Companies" list in 2007, and is the only Canadian company to be included on the rankings. In terms of social responsibility, the company ranked fifth out of the more than 1,000 largest U.S. companies...
- From The Fabricator
Toyota to build SUV plant in Mississippi
- Feb 28, 2007
- Assembly and Joining
- News Release
Toyota Motor Corp. has announced plans to build a new sport-utility vehicle plant dedicated to Highlander production in Blue Springs, Miss., just outside Tupelo. The 1,700-acre plant, the company's fifth assembly plant in the U.S., will create about 2,000 jobs. Scheduled to begin production by...
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HRB spot steel prices move up dramatically
- Feb 28, 2007
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
SteelBenchmarker™reported that the U.S. hot-rolled band (HRB) spot price for Feb. 26 jumped 2.9 percent to $597 per ton, FOB the mill for the second consecutive rise. The world export HRB price soared 5.0 percent to $562 per ton, FOB the port of export, for the fifth consecutive rise. The...
- From The Fabricator
Commerce secretary lauds record exports in 2006
- Feb 28, 2007
- Shop Management
- News Release
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez issued a statement Feb. 13 in New Delhi, India, praising American companies and workers for making 2006 a record year in exports. "In 2006 American workers and businesses had a banner export year with an all time record high of over $1.4 trillion in...
- From The Fabricator
Rolled Alloys opens new facility in China
- Feb 27, 2007
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Rolled Alloys has announced the opening of Rolled Alloys (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., which includes a new warehousing and processing facility in the Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province, Peoples Republic of China. The 30,000 square foot facility includes shearing, sawing, and plasma cutting...
- From The Fabricator
Durable goods orders drop helps spur stock selloff
- Feb 27, 2007
- Shop Management
- News Release
Wall Street stock selling accelerated Tuesday afternoon because of falling markets in China and Europe and a steep decline in durable goods orders. Led by a significant drop in demand for commercial airplanes, factory orders for big-ticket manufactured goods dipped in January by the largest amount...
- From The Fabricator
AK Steel to move corporate headquarters
- Feb 21, 2007
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
AK Steel Corp. has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters into a new, technology-ready building totaling 136,000 square feet currently under construction at Centre Pointe in Union Centre, located in West Chester, Ohio, a northern Cincinnati community. The company is relocating about...
- From The Fabricator
Dofasco integration with Arcelor-Mittal to proceed
- Feb 21, 2007
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Dofasco President and CEO Jacques Chabanier has announced that since that the U.S. Department of Justice has required Arcelor-Mittal to divest its Sparrows Point facility, Dofasco's integration with Arcelor-Mittal can proceed. "Proceeding with the integration of Dofasco and Arcelor-Mittal will...
- From The Fabricator
The big payoff
- By Tim Malarky
- Feb 19, 2007
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Traditional coil slinging and hoisting for vertical dereelers and positioning them in coil cradles requires extra personnel and is time consuming because production must be stopped. When a line isn't running—it's not making any money. To keep your line moving, consider a pallet uncoiler.
- From The Fabricator
Lens is low absorbing
- Feb 19, 2007
- Laser Cutting
- Product Release
II-VI Infrared's MP-5 low-absorbing lens provides absorption of less than 0.12 percent. The lens features visible HeNe laser light transmission and reduced thermal lensing. The lens is coated with zinc selenide and available in 1.5 and 2.0 in. diameters. It ships in 14 standard replacement lens...
- From The Fabricator
Metal forming companies expect spike in new orders, shipments
- Feb 19, 2007
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Metal forming companies expect a substantial spike in new orders and shipments during the next three months, according to the Feb. 1, 2007, Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report. Conducted monthly, the report is an economic indicator for manufacturing, sampling 138...
- From The Fabricator
Breaking speed barriers in laser cutting
- By Thomas Burdel and Pieter Schwarzenbach
- Feb 14, 2007
- Laser Cutting
- Article
A real breakthrough in high-speed laser cutting occurred in 2005. Two additional parallel kinematic drive axes were placed near the point where the laser exits the head, creating a laser cutting machine with one dynamic and light cutting torch capable of independent movement along two axes but working in precise synchronicity with the machine's more sweeping movement of the laser head. This new approach opened up new frontiers and much higher limits in processing speed.
- From The Fabricator
Chrysler to cut employees, idle plant, eliminate shifts
- Feb 14, 2007
- Assembly and Joining
- News Release
DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group today announced a three-year Recovery and Transformation Plan that seeks a return to profitability by 2008, while also taking steps to change its business model for the long run, the company said. The plan will result in an employee reduction of 13,000 people...
- From The Fabricator
HRB spot steel prices surge upward
- Feb 14, 2007
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
SteelBenchmarker™reported that the U.S. hot-rolled band (HRB) spot price for Feb. 12 rose 1.6 percent to $580 per ton, FOB the mill for the first time after 12 price drops in a row. The world export HRB price surged 5.9 percent to $535 per ton, FOB the port of export, for the fourth...
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