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Platts accepting nominations for 2015 Platts Global Metals Awards
- Jan 13, 2015
- News Release
Platts, a London-based global provider of metals, energy, petrochemical, and agriculture information, has announced it is accepting nominations through March 4, 2015, for the 2015 Platts Global Metals Awards. The awards recognize companies and individuals that demonstrate best-of-class vision;...
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Metal separation product selection guide released
- Jan 12, 2015
- Product Release
Eriez® has published a new metal separation product selection guide. The eight-page brochure is available online for immediate download and also offered in hard copy format. The literature features the company’s line of magnetic separators and metal detectors. It is divided into 12 equipment...
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Inductotherm Group expands worldwide operations into Italy
- Jan 12, 2015
- News Release
Inductotherm Group, Rancocas, N.J., a supplier of thermal processing equipment to industry, has opened a new group company, Inductotherm Group Italy S.r.l., in Turin, Italy. “We will now be able to provide service and parts support for induction heating and welding equipment to Italian...
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Manufacturing technology orders dip in November, 2014; 2014 up 2.6 percent compared to 2013
- Jan 12, 2015
- News Release
November U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $378.06 million according to AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) program, was down 15.5 percent from October and...
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Laser marking system handles oversized parts
- Jan 12, 2015
- Product Release
The FiberTower™ MegaCenter™ is one of the largest standard laser marking systems produced by Fonon, with an oversized enclosure equipped with a direct-drive inverted X-Y linear motor drive system. The ultracompact, energy-saving, Q-switched fiber laser marking system is a direct part...
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Carts adjust height automatically
- Jan 12, 2015
- Product Release
Verti-Lift has introduced Auto-Hite carts, which automatically adjust so that workpieces are at the optimal operator height. The spring-loaded, self-leveling products feature a 22- to 26-in. window of vertical travel, making them suitable for any associate or parts height requirement. The carts...
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President Obama announces new manufacturing innovation hub in Knoxville, Tenn.
- Jan 12, 2015
- News Release
President Obama has announced the latest in a series of partnerships aimed at boosting advanced manufacturing, fostering U.S. innovation, and attracting well-paying jobs that will strengthen the middle class. A Knoxville-area-based consortium of 122 companies, nonprofits, universities, and...
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AMT names VP of manufacturing technology
- Jan 12, 2015
- News Release
AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, McLean, Va., has named Tim Shinbara as vice president – manufacturing technology. He has extensive experience in industry engineering, manufacturing technology, and additive manufacturing technology. His predecessor, Paul Warndorf, assumes the...
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Rethinking the production meeting
Metal fabricators are better at manufacturing than holding meetings, but some sort of regularly occurring production meeting is needed to get everyone on the same page. Several fabricators offer their opinions as to what works best for them in their production powwow.
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SHRM LINE: Mixed hiring outlook at beginning of 2015
- Jan 12, 2015
- News Release
In January, manufacturing hiring activity will increase, and the service-sector hiring rate will drop marginally compared with a year ago, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) survey for January 2015. In January, for...
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Improving quality through good change: Metcam tackles kaizen
- By Bruce Hagenau
- Jan 9, 2015
- Article
All manufacturers seek to improve processes and ROI. Alpharetta, Ga.-based Metcam, a fabricator of sheet metal components and assemblies, has seen significant improvement since beginning its kaizen initiative in late 2013. What follows is the company’s blueprint for kaizen success.
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Ford retires from Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
- Jan 9, 2015
- News Release
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has announced the retirement of longtime Technical Instructor Chuck Ford following 51 years of service. In addition to sharing his extensive welding knowledge with thousands of students over the years, Ford served as a member of AWS (past...
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Congress approves manufacturing program--with an asterisk
- By Stephen Barlas
- Jan 9, 2015
- Blog Post
Congress fulfilled President Barack Obama's wish to set up a network of manufacturing innovation centers across the U.S., but there is a catch: The effort won't have its own budget. The endeavor will have to be funded through existing budgets in the Department of Energy and the Pentagon.
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Baker retires from Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
- Jan 8, 2015
- News Release
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has announced the retirement of Librarian and Editor Martha “Marty” Baker following 38 years of service. Baker was responsible for the Hobart Institute website, www.welding.org. She also worked on The World of Welding quarterly magazine,...
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Distributed manufacturing could be the next industrial revolution, says report
- Jan 8, 2015
- News Release
Distributed manufacturing (DM)—local, small-scale, rapid design and production—comes from the ability to engineer and make few parts as cheaply as many, rather than high-volume, centralized manufacturing. Currently thousands of products from trinkets to automobiles use DM. However, it's not the...
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