Fort Worth, Texas-based Novaria Group, a supplier of products to the aerospace and defense industries, has acquired substantially all the assets of Ferco Tech, Dayton, Ohio; L&E Eng., Indianapolis; and GGF Mfg., Jamestown, Ky. The three business units, collectively operating as Ferco Aerospace,...

Black Diamond Capital Management LLC, Greenwich, Conn., has announced that its affiliated investment vehicle has signed a definitive agreement with ArcelorMittal to acquire ArcelorMittal's LaPlace, La.; Harriman, Tenn.; and Vinton, Texas, steelmaking and finishing operations focused on the...

All American Open Machine Time LLC (AAOMT) has launched a website at www.allamericanopenmachinetime.com targeted at small job shops. Developed by John Benadum, a former machine shop owner, machinist, and sales engineer, the website provides advertising and introduction services for U.S. contract...

The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), Princeton, N.J., has launched a new website at www.mpif.org. Key features of the site include a clean design, expanded content, a new directory of powder metallurgy (PM) fabricators and suppliers, a new PM publications section hosted by Thomson Reuters...

The U.S. Navy has granted Metal Technology Inc. (MTI), Albany, Ore., a contract to develop and demonstrate advanced aerospace additive manufacturing techniques for low-cost manufacturing of refractory metal components for U.S. Navy missile propulsion systems used on the Trident D5 missile system....

The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA) and CNA have announced the recipients of its 2016 Safety Awards. Open to all FMA and Tube & Pipe Association Intl. (TPA) company members, the awards program recognizes metal fabrication companies that have an ongoing commitment to excellence...

Production Paint Finishers Inc., a provider of liquid spray painting and powder coating located in Bradford, Ohio, has installed a new powder batch oven that increases its capability to powder-coat large parts. The oven is 10 ft. tall, 10 ft. wide, and 28 ft. long, suitable for coating large...

R&B Machining Inc., Wilmington, Ohio, has hired Kevin Hughes as its new account manager. He focuses on increasing sales of the company’s tube bending and forming tooling, tube end forming machines, and automation business. Hughes has more than 20 years of outside sales experience selling...

Pittsburgh-based PPG has produced an animated video at www.ppgindustrialcoatings.com/markets/automotive-parts-accessories.aspx that details the functional (nondecorative) automotive parts, surfaces, and applications for which the company provides coatings. Using a generic SUV to illustrate, the...

Stockholm-based information technology provider Hexagon AB has announced the acquisition of Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI), Burlington, Ont., a provider of manufacturing software for sheet metal forming. FTI serves OEMs and suppliers in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, and appliance...

Las Vegas-based Savant Investment Partners has acquired Dura-Bond Bearing Co.’s 78,416-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in Carson City, Nev., with the agreement for Dura-Bond to lease the property back for a 15-year term with additional extension options. Dura-Bond manufactures replacement...