Stärke Material Handling Group, Thorold, Ont., in cooperation with its independent dealership network, has launched a new charitable initiative known as Stärke Kids and Communities. The initiative aims to provide support and resources to those in greatest need of assistance, including vulnerable...

Akron, Ohio-based Smithers Quality Assessments (SQA) has received accreditation from ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) for AS9100:2016, the quality management standard used in the aerospace industry. SQA has offered AS9100 certifications since 2001. AS9100 is based on the ISO 9001...

Last week the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), Wauconda, Ill., filed a new scope-clarification case against China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd. and its extensive network of affiliates, asking the Department of Commerce (DOC) to expand the DOC’s determination last December regarding Zhongwang’s...

Cleveland-based Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding and entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Air Liquide’s subsidiary, Air Liquide Welding. The proposed acquisition is subject to a definitive agreement between the parties and customary conditions and...

The Metal Powder Industries Federation's (MPIF) Industry Development Board (IDB), Princeton, N.J., has completed a redesign of the www.pickpm.com website. The new website offers design-specification information and numerous application case studies covering eight powder metallurgy (PM) market...

White Bear Lake, Minn.-based Wilson Tool International®, a manufacturer of tooling systems for punch presses, press brakes, and punch and die components for the stamping and tableting industries, will host a webinar on April 5 at 1:00 p.m. CDT. The 45-minute webinar will discuss how die builders...

Marwood Metal Fabrication Ltd., a Tillsonburg, Ont.-based metal stamping and assembly company supplying the automotive industry, has announced it will receive up to $4.27 million from FedDev Ontario (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario). The company will invest the money in...

Quest Machining & Fabrication LLC of Holbrook, N.Y., has announced the acquisition of the assets of Tatra Industries Corp. of Copiague, N.Y., which specializes in precision sheet metal fabrication. Tatra employees and management have been offered positions with Quest; the acquisition has added...

Pittsburgh-based Kennametal Inc. has announced that two of its female leaders, Binky Sargent and Lena Siegel, have received honors at the fifth annual Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Awards presented by The Manufacturing Institute. The awards...

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a proposed delay in the effective date of the rule entitled “Occupational Exposure to Beryllium,” from March 21, 2017, to May 20, 2017. The announcement follows a White House memorandum entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," issued Jan. 20, 2017,...

Steel products manufacturer Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has acquired the assets of Omega Joist, a subsidiary of Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd. Omega Joist produces open-web steel joists at its manufacturing facility located in Nisku, Alta., and maintains sales offices in western British Columbia and...

Kloeckner Metals Corp.’s flat-rolled division, a metal distribution company located in Chicago, has moved to a new, 106,000-sq.-ft. facility in University Park, Ill. The expansion includes the addition of a 72-in. slitter and a cut-to-length line with multiple cassettes for processing heavy- and...