Troy, Mich.-based Meritor Inc. has acquired the product portfolio and related technologies of Fabco Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries. With the addition of Fabco's products, Meritor will have an expanded line, including transfer cases, specialty gear boxes, auxiliary transmissions, and power...

East Coast Metal Systems has opened a 60,000-sq.-ft. facility in Ohio County, W. Va.

The plant, which produces aluminum composite panels, is a consolidation of the company’s previous facilities in Bellaire, Ohio, and South Wheeling, W.Va.

The global automotive sheet metal components market is poised to grow at a CAGR of about 4.9 percent over the next decade to reach approximately $160.52 billion by 2025, according to Dublin-based Research and Markets in a newly released report. Some of the prominent trends in the market are rising...

Irving, Texas-based Commercial Metals Co. has completed the sale of its raw materials trading division, CMC Cometals, to Traxys North America LLC and Traxys Europe SA. CMC Cometals markets, distributes, and processes metal, ores, concentrates, industrial minerals, ferroalloys, chemicals, and...

Denyo Mfg. Corp. has announced plans to expand its Danville, Ky., operation. As part of the $8.7 million expansion, the company will build a 63,000-sq.-ft. facility on its current campus for fabrication of sheet metal components used in generator and air compressor assembly. The facility will...

Atlas Technologies, Fenton, Mich., has completed an extensive mold and die storage system for an aerospace manufacturer in the Northwest. Installed in August 2017, the racking system is engineered to customer specifications to assist with the manufacturer’s increasing production demands moving...

Zekelman Industries, Chicago, has announced that Executive Chairman and CEO Barry Zekelman, a member of the Committee on Pipe & Tube Imports (CPTI), has urged President Donald Trump to move forward with restrictions on imported steel pipe and tube. Zekelman was one of 24 steel pipe and tube...

Hardinge Inc., Elmira, N.Y., a provider of metal cutting systems and accessories, has announced that its board of directors has appointed B. Christopher DiSantis chairman of the board effective Aug, 25, 2017. Mitchell I. Quain, who has served as lead independent director for the past nine months,...

Rockford, Ill.-based Rockford Systems LLC and The Master Lock Co., Deerfield, Ill., have announced a joint initiative designed to accelerate the adoption of safety technologies throughout the North American manufacturing sector. The partnership is intended to reduce workplace accidents; improve job...

The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), through its Business Excellence Program, is holding three education programs this fall designed to help aluminum extruders benchmark and excel: Extrusion Excellence Course – Oct. 16, Hilton Rosemont/Chicago O’Hare, Rosemont, Ill.Taught by Dr. Wojciech...

The global metal cutting machine market is expected to reach $9.79 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research Inc., San Francisco. The global metal cutting machine demand was $5.99 billion in 2016 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.7 percent from 2017 to 2025. Automotive...