The U.S. Dept. of Commerce has announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from Germany, China, Switzerland, India, Italy, and Korea. The Commerce Department preliminarily determined that exporters from...

Hamilton, Ohio-based specialty metals distributor United Performance Metals has announced the expansion of its Hartford, Conn., facility. An additional 10,000 sq. ft. will be adjoined to the current building, bringing the total square footage to 58,000. The firm currently operates nine locations...

Wilson Tool International®, White Bear Lake, Minn., will host a webinar, “Prevent Galling & Increase Throughput in Stamping Applications,” on Dec. 7 at 1:00 p.m. CST. The webinar will highlight a punch modification that will improve galling resistance, discuss tooling surface texture and its...

According to the report "Ultra-High Strength Steel Market by Type (Dual Phase, Complex Phase, Multiphase, Martensitic, Transformation-Induced Plasticity), End-Use Industry (Automotive and Aerospace & Defense), and Region - Global Forecast to 2022," published by India-based MarketsandMarkets™, the...

AME Companies, a Troy, Mich.-based material handling systems integrator, has purchased an office building in Canton, Ga. The facility will house the Southeastern USA operations team—up to 12 employees—with a focus on small to medium-sized material handling projects for distribution,...

Porter’s Group, a manufacturer of metal parts for the automotive, energy, and construction industries, has announced the closing of its 100,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing plant in Kings Mountain, N.C. The closure eliminates 133 jobs. The company was purchased in September by Cleveland-based...

Newcomb Spring Corp., a custom spring, wire form, and metal stamping manufacturer in Decatur, Ga., has appointed Nathan Watson as general manager of its Thornton, Colo., plant and Jason Bingham as general manager of its Ooltewah, Tenn., plant. These appointments follow the retirements of Bob Herman...

Staub Mfg. Solutions, a provider of metal fabrication and laser cutting services in Dayton, Ohio, has announced plans to buy adjacent property in a $1.5 million expansion. The expansion is expected to create six jobs, adding to the company’s 28 current employees. Harrison Township, Ohio, has...

Oklahoma-based Marco Industries, a manufacturer and distributor of accessories for the metal roofing and cladding industry, has signed a lease for 30,000 sq. ft. of warehouse and office space at the Port of Kalama in Washington. The location is expected to open in summer 2018. The company expects...

Ansys Inc., a provider of engineering simulation software based in Pittsburgh, has acquired 3DSIM, a Park City, Utah-based developer of additive manufacturing (AM) simulation technology. According to Ansys, the acquisition gives the company the industry's only complete AM simulation workflow. The...