Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill., has announced that Brad Halverson, group president/CFO, has elected to retire in early 2018, concluding a career spanning more than 30 years with the company. Before becoming CFO, Halverson served two years as vice president of the Finance Services Division. Before...

The American Galvanizers Association (AGA), Centennial, Colo., has released six videos online that cover the touch-up and repair of hot-dip galvanized steel. Topics include proper materials to use while performing the process, as well as specifications to follow and proper application of the repair...

Fisher Barton, based in Watertown, Wis., has announced plans to close its Fountain Inn, S.C., plant by mid-September, eliminating about 100 jobs. The facility provides precision metal stampings, metal parts fabrication, heat-treating processes, and precision laser cutting and maintains an in-house...

CenterLine (Windsor) Ltd., Windsor, Ont., a provider of processes and technologies for resistance welding, metal forming, and cold spray application, has hired Kyle Smith as account manager. He has nearly five years of sales, customer relations, and weld support experience in the automotive and...

DC-Tri, Queensland, Australia, has developed an electric trike for personal transportation. The team of bike mechanics, engineers, and metal workers launched the company on Kickstarter in July with a $50,000 funding goal. Having reached the goal, the company is set to begin large-scale production....

Rafter Equipment Corp. has added two CNC machining centers to its manufacturing facility in Strongsville, Ohio. The identical Haas VF series vertical machining centers expand the company’s in-house manufacturing capabilities. Each machine includes added fourth-axis machining capability. The...

The Desch Group, a provider of mechanical and plant engineering services, has announced the opening of Desch USA Inc. in Akron, Ohio.

The company manufactures gearboxes, clutches, and couplings.

Hobart Institute of Welding Technology in Troy, Ohio, held an open house July 19 to showcase its newest addition and renovation. The event highlighted the new, 16,000-sq.-ft. Next Generation Welding Learning Facility, which was opened in late October 2016, as well as the newly completed renovation...