The Houston-based Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association, which represents companies in the farm implement industry in the U.S. and Canada, has elected two new board members. Mark Lamboley is director of business development for HCC Inc., Mendota, Ill., which designs and manufactures reels and...

Ichor Holdings LLC has entered into a stock purchase agreement for the acquisition of Talon Innovations Corp., Sauk Rapids, Minn., a manufacturer of high-precision machined parts used in semiconductor tools. Based in Fremont, Calif., Ichor offers design, engineering, and manufacturing of critical...

Cincinnati-based hardware system provider Hillman has acquired substantially all the assets of Hargis Industries LP, doing business as ST Fastening Systems (STFS), a fastener manufacturer and distributor based in Tyler, Texas. STFS, which serves metal building fabricators, hardware wholesalers, and...

Novarc Technologies, a Vancouver, B.C.-based designer of collaborative robots for industrial applications, has entered a North American sales agreement with Abicor Binzel, manufacturer of robotics welding torches and accessories in Frederick, Md. Through this sales agreement, the companies will...

Worldwide demand for 3-D printers is projected to expand at a 24 percent annual pace to $5.4 billion in 2021. Demand for printers on a region-by-region basis largely follows the overall 3-D printing market. All global regions are expected to record growth of more than 20 percent per year through...

Pittsburgh-based United States Steel Corp. has announced that Suzanne Rich Folsom, general counsel, chief compliance officer and senior vice president government affairs, will resign from the company effective Dec. 29, 2017. Folsom joined the company in 2014. She was instrumental in leading the...

Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has announced it will offer a limited number of in-kind TruForm™ AMbition grants to select North American universities through its surface technologies business. The grant recipients will receive material and engineering assistance to support metal additive...

Farmington, Conn-based TRUMPF has announced a new, limited sales partnership with its wholly owned subsidiary, SPI Lasers, to offer SPI Lasers’ redENERGY® pulsed and redPOWER® QUBE CW fiber lasers directly through TRUMPF’s North American OEM sales group. SPI’s laser material processing...