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Shop Management - Page 179
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Equipment leasing and finance industry confidence eases in August
- Aug 16, 2018
- News Release
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation has released the August 2018 "Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry," based on a survey of key executives from the $1 trillion equipment finance sector. Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market eased again in August to...
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Belden Universal names general manager
- Aug 16, 2018
- News Release
Belden Universal, a Hillside, Ill.-based global manufacturer of universal joints and drive shafts, has appointed Nick Sainati as general manager. Sainati previously worked in brand management at Starbucks’ corporate headquarters. He began his career as an investment banking analyst and corporate...
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New tax law opens opportunities for metal fabricators
- Aug 16, 2018
- Article
Changes to accounting methods, capitalization requirements, bonus depreciation, and accelerated expensing all sound pretty dry and boring. But if a fabricator develops the tax strategy around these changes, it may reap the benefits.
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Stack-on Products to lay off 150 workers, move to Mexico
- Aug 15, 2018
- News Release
Stack-on Products, a storage safe manufacturer, is closing two factories in Northern Illinois and moving operations to Juarez, Mexico, to counteract the effects of metal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration, according to the Associated Press. The Oct. 12 closure of plants in...
- From The Fabricator
Wire Association Intl. chapter adds plant tour, safety seminar to annual golf outing
- Aug 15, 2018
- News Release
The Ohio Valley Chapter (OVC) of the Wire Association Intl. has added a plant tour and safety seminar to its annual golf outing, to be held Oct. 18 at The Madison Club in Yukon, Pa. Because of the parallel nature of the wire and tube drawing industries, the chapter is opening the event to members...
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Aldine Metal Products marks 80 years in business
- Aug 14, 2018
- News Release
Aldine Metal Products, New Milford, Conn., celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. The company was founded in Brooklyn, N.Y., by Robert Blessey to serve the military procurement industry. After expanding into production of a larger variety of commercial metal products, the firm moved to...
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Northrop Grumman opens Astro Aerospace facility in California
- Aug 13, 2018
- News Release
Northrop Grumman Corp. has opened a new Astro Aerospace facility in Oxnard, Calif. The 140,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing center enables concurrent manufacturing of large satellite reflectors and other space hardware and deployable structures. Since 1958 Astro Aerospace has helped enable complex...
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M&A and the hunt for talented employees
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 13, 2018
- Article
A tight labor market means that companies looking to grow substantially are looking for alternatives, one being acquisition. It isn’t easy or without risk, though software and data analytics are mitigating some of that risk and streamlining the process.
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Fabricator raises awareness for sunken Le Griffon ship
- By Treena Hein
- Aug 10, 2018
- Article
Snyder Metal Fabricating fabricates a metal sculpture of a sunken ship for a roundabout in La Salle, Ont.
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ACMT to open location in Florida
- Aug 9, 2018
- News Release
ACMT, a Connecticut-based aerospace parts manufacturer, is establishing an operation in the former Honeywell building in Lynn Haven, Fla. The building has been abandoned for 11 years, but officials say that it will be refurbished and opened by the beginning of 2019. The business is expected to...
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Allentown Metal Works complex receives site rehab grant
- Aug 9, 2018
- News Release
The former Allentown Metal Works complex in Allentown, Pa., has received a $500,000 grant from the state to help reestablish manufacturing at the brownfield structure. The Allentown Economic Development Corp. (AEDC) was approved for the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant, which will go...
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Global Manufacturer Town Hall to address international changes on Aug. 15 in Duluth, Ga.
- Aug 9, 2018
- News Release
The Georgia Manufacturing Alliance is holding a Global Manufacturer Town Hall meeting at AGCO’s corporate headquarters in Duluth, Ga., from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Aug. 15. Among the issues to be discussed are cybersecurity and data privacy; market diversification and export; purchasing and...
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NIBCO expanding facility in Virginia
- Aug 8, 2018
- News Release
Elkhart, Ind.-based NIBCO is expanding its Stuart’s Draft, Va., facility. The company’s $14 million investment will be spent on infrastructure, new equipment, new product development, training programs, and technology. In addition to creating 30 new jobs, the company plans to train 117 existing...
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Laser Photonics’s MegaCenter fiber laser marking machine can be equipped with compact 3-D scan head
- Aug 8, 2018
- Product Release
Laser Photonics offers the MegaCenter™ 3-D large-size fiber laser marking and engraving machine. It can be equipped with a bar code scanner for job ID and factory integration, a vision system, autofocus for a 2-D scan head, air and gas blowers for particle evacuation, dust collectors, and fume...
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Zahroof Valves selected for Houston Business Journal’s 2018 Fast 100 Awards
- Aug 8, 2018
- News Release
Oil and gas compressor valve manufacturer Zahroof Valves Inc. (ZVI), Houston, has announced that the company is among those selected for the Houston Business Journal’s 2018 Fast 100 Awards. The awards recognize the top 100 fastest-growing privately held companies in Houston.Founded in 2010, the...
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