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News - Page 535
Roll-Kraft acquires Chicago Roll
- Oct 5, 2016
- Roll Forming
- News Release
Roll-Kraft, Mentor, Ohio, has announced its acquisition of Chicago Roll Co., a Lombard, Ill., company offering design, manufacturing, and refurbishing of tooling for the tube, pipe, and roll forming industry. The Lombard facility has more than 48,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space with 17 CNC...
- From The Fabricator
ADF Group announces new U.S. contracts valued at $101 million
- Oct 5, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Terrebonne, Que.-based ADF Group Inc., a fabricator of steel superstructures, has been awarded new contracts in the U.S. totaling $101 million. The largest contract is part of Salt Lake City's new terminal redevelopment program, which includes the fabrication, industrial coatings, steel structures,...
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Acme Mfg. appoints president/CEO
- Oct 5, 2016
- Finishing
- News Release
Acme Mfg. Co., an Auburn Hills, Mich.-based manufacturer of integrated robotic automation for polishing, buffing, deburring, and grinding systems, has named G. A. “Fritz” Carlson III as president/CEO and majority shareholder. Carlson, who joined the company in 1984, is the fourth-generation...
- From The Fabricator
HMT adds applications engineer
- Oct 5, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Horn Machine Tools Inc., Madera, Calif., has hired Kent Mettelmann as a tube bending and laser cutting applications specialist. Located in Dallas, he supports customers in the southwestern and central U.S. Mettelmann has more than 30 years of tube bending, process improvements, and manufacturing...
- From The Welder
GAWDA installs officers for 2016-2017
- Oct 4, 2016
- Arc Welding
- News Release
The Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA), Hollywood, Fla., has installed a new president, named a new executive committee member, and appointed three new vice presidents for service to the organization in the coming year. Mark Raimy, CEO of GAWDA member Welders Supply Co. - Raimy...
Burr Oak Tool names Tubex as representative in Canada
- Oct 4, 2016
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- News Release
Burr Oak Tool, Sturgis, Mich., a designer of customized production machinery for the heat transfer and tube processing industries, has named Montreal-based Tubex Technology Machinery Inc. as a representative in Canada. Tubex is a provider of tube forming, bending, and cutting machines for the HVAC,...
- From The Fabricator
Schuler press blanking line in operation at Volkswagen
- Oct 4, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
A press blanking line with TwinServo technology from Schuler AG, Göppingen, Germany, is now in operation at Volkswagen's main production facility in Wolfsburg, Germany. The auto manufacturer uses the press to cut sheets of steel for its entire plant, which are later formed into engine hoods,...
- From The Fabricator
HDT to invest $4 million in Alabama plant
- Oct 4, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
HDT Global has announced it will add 120 jobs and invest $4 million in an expansion at its plant in Tanner, Ala. The expansion will add 206,500 sq. ft. of production space to the facility, which produces generators, heaters, and robotics. The company will move its Buena Vista, Va., manufacturing...
- From The Fabricator
Quintus delivers high-pressure fluid cell press to Gulfstream facility in Mexico
- Oct 4, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Quintus Technologies, Columbus, Ohio, has delivered a Quintus® Flexform high-pressure fluid cell press to the Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. facility in Mexicali, Mexico, a producer of wiring harnesses, sheet metal components, subassemblies, and machined parts. The press uses one rigid tool half; the...
- From The Fabricator
AM General awarded more than $151 million for Humvee sales, service
- Oct 4, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
South Bend, Ind.-based AM General has been awarded $151 million in new Humvee contracts and modifications to existing domestic and international contracts for vehicles and parts for Afghanistan, Ukraine, and the U.S.National Guard and Reserves. The contracts cover items including new production...
- From The Fabricator
ISM ROB: Manufacturing sector expanded overall in September; primary metals, fabricated metals contracted
- Oct 4, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in September following one month of contraction in August, and the overall economy grew for the 88th consecutive month, said the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business®. The report was issued October...
- From The Fabricator
Dallas Industries announces new representation in Mexico
- Oct 3, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Troy, Mich.-based Dallas Industries, a manufacturer of coil handling, press feeding equipment, and controls for the stamping industry, has appointed Presmec Intl. as its exclusive dealer in Mexico, handling sales and service of Dallas equipment throughout the country. Presmec Intl. serves the metal...
- From The Fabricator
Pennsylvania SBDC announces Oct. 5 events for Manufacturing Week
- Oct 3, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
The Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) has announced “Duquesne University SBDC Presents: Export Basics,” to be held Oct. 5 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. as part of Pennsylvania Manufacturing Week, Oct. 1-7, 2016. Held at 1 Woodland Road in Pittsburgh, this course is designed for...
- From The Fabricator
MultiCam Southeast expands into Louisiana and Mississippi
- Oct 3, 2016
- Plasma Cutting
- News Release
MultiCam Southeast, Suwanee, Ga., has announced its expansion into Louisiana and Mississippi. The company will provide sales and service of MultiCam CNC routers, CNC plasma, CNC waterjet, CNC knife, CNC laser machines, related accessories, parts, and consumables throughout the states of Louisiana...
- From The Fabricator
NAM names Dudek & Bock as Sandy Trowbridge Award winner
- Oct 3, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), Washington, D.C., has awarded Dudek & Bock Spring Mfg. Co., Chicago, as the winner of the 2016 Sandy Trowbridge Award. This award recognizes a NAM member company that demonstrates exemplary leadership in serving its community or state and is a...
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