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News - Page 392
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LifeTite Metal Products opens second West Virginia facility
- Apr 16, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
LifeTite Metal Products LLC recently opened a facility in Mount Hope, W.V. The company manufactures metal roofing, metal siding, and trim components for the residential, commercial, and agricultural markets. This is the company’s second roll forming and fabrication plant in West...
- From The Fabricator
Walther Trowal opens North American Tech & Training Centre
- Apr 16, 2018
- Finishing
- News Release
Germany-based Walther Trowal has opened its North American Tech & Training Centre in Grand Rapids, Mich. It offers mass finishing, deburring, polishing, shotblasting, and coating services. The location encompasses the new tech center, as well as sales; after-sales service; and a warehouse for...
Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group acquires Ferrostaal Piping Supply
- Apr 13, 2018
- Tube and Pipe Production
- News Release
The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group, Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, has acquired the business of Ferrostaal Piping Supply, a pipe and tube trading company in Essen, Germany, that primarily supplies the chemical, petrochemical, and machine building segments. The activities of the Dutch branch of...
- From The Fabricator
UniCarriers Americas president named MHI 2018 Mentor Award winner
- Apr 13, 2018
- Materials Handling
- News Release
UniCarriers Americas Corp., a forklift manufacturer in Marengo, Ill., has announced that its president, James J. Radous III, has won the MHI 2018 Mentor Award. The annual award recognizes a member who offers professional guidance, exhibits positivity and inspiration, instills and nurtures talents,...
- From The Fabricator
Gayle Mfg. to move operations to Idaho, close California plant
- Apr 13, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Steel fabricator Gayle Mfg. will close its plant in Woodland, Calif., and relocate to a new, 166,000-sq.-ft. facility in Caldwell, Idaho, which the company opened in January 2017. The move more than doubles the company’s square footage. Although the company invited all employees to work at the...
- From The Fabricator
Huntington Ingalls Industries to reactivate Ingalls Shipbuilding facilities
- Apr 13, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News, Va., has announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division plans to reactivate its shipbuilding facilities on the east bank of the Pascagoula River in Pascagoula, Miss. The site of the original Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. was decimated by Hurricane Katrina...
- From The Fabricator
Steel Technologies installs automotive shape-correction/slitting/inspection line
- Apr 13, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Steel Technologies has installed a Braner/Loopco coil-to-coil shape-correction/slitting/surface inspection line in its Crawfordsville, Ind., coil processing facility. It is designed to process 72-in.-wide coated and bare cold-rolled coil in gauges from 0.015 to 0.135 in. The line is equipped with...
Triform to manufacture fluid cell sheet hydroforming press for H&R Parts
- Apr 12, 2018
- Hydroforming
- News Release
Beckwood Press Co., a St. Louis-based manufacturer of custom hydraulic presses and automation systems, has been awarded a contract by H&R Parts Co. to manufacture a Triform model 24-5BD fluid cell sheet hydroforming press. With a 24-in.-dia. forming area and 5,000 PSI, the press will support...
- From The Fabricator
PPG vice president to deliver keynote address at ECOAT18
- Apr 12, 2018
- Finishing
- News Release
Pittsburgh-based PPG has announced that Kevin Braun, vice president, industrial coatings, Americas, will deliver the keynote address for the opening session of ECOAT18, the biennial conference of The Electrocoat Association, April 24-26, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. Braun’s keynote address, “Major...
- From The Fabricator
Union Partners acquires Maksteel
- Apr 12, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Chicago-based metals and logistics company Union Partners has acquired Maksteel, a steel service center, toll processor, and logistics systems provider located in Mississauga, Ont. The Maksteel campus encompasses more than 27 acres of land and includes a 200,000-sq.-ft. production facility, along...
- From The Additive Report
3Diligent adds machining, casting services
- Apr 12, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- News Release
3Diligent Corp., a digital manufacturing services provider in El Segundo, Calif., has completed the build-out of a variety of CNC machining and casting manufacturing services. The move was made to address demand for the company’s fabrication network, procurement expertise, and online portal...
- From The Fabricator
DOE partnership targets manufacturing sustainability
- Apr 11, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) have formed the Sustainability in Manufacturing partnership. Through the partnership fostered by DOE’s Better Plants program, the organizations will work together to help U.S. manufacturers drive energy...
- From The Fabricator
Morris Industries president to address MMP Saskatoon Expo
- Apr 11, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Ben Voss, president and CEO of Morris Industries, Saskatoon, Sask., will address attendees at the Metalworking Manufacturing & Production (MMP) Expo on Wednesday, May 2. The one-day, free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Prairieland Park events center. MMP Expo series sponsors...
- From The Fabricator
Reshoring plus FDI add 171,000 U.S. jobs in 2017
- Apr 11, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
The Reshoring Initiative, Kildeer, Ill., has released its 2017 "Reshoring Report," which contains data on U.S. reshoring and foreign direct investment (FDI) by companies that have shifted production or sourcing from offshore to the U.S. The report, which includes cumulative data from 2010 through...
- From The Fabricator
Midwest Manufacturing Business Coalition to host manufacturing roundtable
- Apr 11, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
The Midwest Manufacturing Business Coalition, a nonprofit organization focused on helping manufacturers develop efficient, effective, and competitive manufacturing business operations in a global environment, will hold a manufacturing roundtable on April 25, 2018, at the St. Ambrose North Education...
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