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News - Page 402
- From The Fabricator
2018 SMA annual conference to be held in New Mexico
- Mar 12, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
The Stairbuilders and Manufacturers Association (SMA) will host its annual conference and 30-year anniversary celebration April 25-28, 2018, in Santa Fe, N.M. The association expects the conference to have a 40 percent increase in attendance and exhibitors and twice as many entries in the...
- From The Fabricator
Voortman posts first of four articles on multisystem integration
- Mar 12, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Voortman Steel Machinery, a manufacturer of machinery for the steel fabrication and processing-related industries, has posted Part I of a four-part article series on multisystem integration, “MSI – The Science of Automation,” at https://goo.gl/6gvR9P. The first article, “MSI – Main...
- From The Fabricator
Koester Metals installs press brake with mobile bending cell at Indiana facility
- Mar 12, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Koester Metals Inc., Fremont, Ind., has installed what it says is one of the first Bystronic Xpert 40 press brakes with a mobile bending cell in the U.S. With the removable bending cell, the machine allows the company to fabricate some parts with a robot and some with an operator. The firm reports...
- From The Fabricator
United States Steel appoints senior VP
- Mar 12, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, has promoted Barry Melnkovic from vice president/chief human resources officer to senior vice president/chief human resources officer. Before joining the company in May 2017, Melnkovic served as executive vice president/chief human capital officer, labor...
- From The Fabricator
Republic Steel positioned to restart Ohio facility and bring back more than 1,000 jobs
- Mar 12, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Republic Steel, a provider of special bar quality (SBQ) steel, has announced it is positioned to restart its Lorain, Ohio, facility, including its idled electric arc furnace, casters, and rolling mills, on short notice as a response to the recently announced steel tariff. The company says it is...
- From The Fabricator
Olympic Steel names regional vice president
- Mar 12, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Olympic Steel Inc., a national metals service center, has promoted Thomas J. Sacco to regional vice president. He joined the company in 1994 in operations before transitioning to the commercial group. He progressed through several roles with increasing responsibility, including inside and outside...
- From The Fabricator
Jones Metal adds laser cutter to Minnesota headquarters
- Mar 12, 2018
- Laser Cutting
- News Release
Custom metal fabricator Jones Metal has replaced one of the existing CO2 laser cutters at its Mankato, Minn., facility with a new fiber-optic machine. According to the company, the new machine will allow it to cut reflective metals, such as copper, and to cut 1/8-in. material at 1,100...
- From The Fabricator
Hinds Community College to launch technical training center in Mississippi mall
- Mar 12, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Hinds Community College, Raymond, Miss., has announced plans to launch a career-technical and workforce training and support services program in the Metrocenter Mall in Jackson, Miss. The college will administer the center on behalf of its 11 partners on the project. The training center will house...
- From The Fabricator
Southern Recycling breaks ground on processing facility in Kentucky
- Mar 12, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Southern Recycling LLC has broken ground in Bowling Green, Ky., on a processing facility for recycling scrap metal, paper, and plastic. The firm recycles all grades of scrap metal, including iron, steel, copper, brass, stainless steel, nickel, and nickel alloys. At current capacity, the firm is...
- From The Fabricator
U.S. manufacturing technology orders up in January
- Mar 12, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Orders for manufacturing technology in January 2018 were up 44 percent compared to January 2017, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report from AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. It was the second-largest January in the 22 years recorded by the...
- From The Fabricator
Patrick Industries announces recent acquisitions
- Mar 12, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Patrick Industries Inc., Elkhart, Ind., a manufacturer of component products and distributor of building products and materials for the RV, manufactured housing, and marine industries, has announced two recent acquisitions. The company has completed the acquisition of Angola, Ind.-based IMP...
- From The Fabricator
MSCI urges president to address U.S. trade law circumvention
- Mar 9, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
M. Robert Weidner III, president/CEO of the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI), a Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based organization that serves the industrial metals supply chain, has issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s plan to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a...
- From The Fabricator
AISC advises members on impact of Section 232 tariffs
- Mar 9, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), a trade association for structural steel based in New York, has advised its membership of possible market impacts from the Section 232 tariffs ordered by President Trump. “First, the cost of material is just one of several components in the...
- From The Fabricator
LVD receives press brake order from Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- Mar 9, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Belgium-based LVD Co. nv has been awarded an order from Japanese technology company Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), a production partner for the Boeing 777X, for a custom-built, 1,000-ton Synchro-Form press brake. The machine will be equipped with special tooling to produce large panels for the...
- From The Welder
voestalpine Böhler Welding Group to open facility in Indiana
- Mar 9, 2018
- Consumables
- News Release
Austria-based voestalpine Böhler Welding Group has announced plans to open a 138,000-sq.-ft. facility in Portage, Ind., creating 50 jobs in the next three years. The total investment in the facility will be about $13.5 million, of which about $12.85 million will be for machinery and equipment....
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