Haltom City, Texas-based Falcon Steel, a producer of steel structures for power delivery systems, has launched a material management program that allows customers to plan and order in advance for steel structures to be fabricated within a given forecast. Fabricated structures then are stored...

Weld Revolution LLC, Spring, Texas, has announced an OEM and master distribution agreement with Bug-O Systems/Weld Tooling Corp., Canonsburg, Pa., covering the U.S. and Mexico. Bug-O provides mechanized welding systems that are fully integrated with Welding Revolution’s patented SpinArc™...

Midwest Engineered Systems Inc., a provider of custom machines and integrated systems based in Waukesha, Wis., marks 25 years in business in 2016. Scott Woida founded the company in 1991 as a one-man operation out of his parents' basement, producing systems that manufacture parts for brake and...

In February, the hiring rate will fall slightly in manufacturing and will remain nearly unchanged in services compared with the previous year, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) survey for February 2016. Layoff rates...

FMA expands its North American footprint with the purchase of Canadian Metalworking and Canadian Fabricating & Welding magazines.

The Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC) has announced the third date in the series of Manufacturing Matchmaking events for Chicago-area manufacturers in the primary metals, metal fabricating, metalworking, and machinery industries. The matchmaking series is an initiative of IMEC and...

Dublin-based Research and Markets has released a report that forecasts the metal fabrication equipment market in the U.S. to grow at a CAGR of 1.9 percent by revenue from 2015-2019. The report, “Metal Fabrication Equipment Market in the US 2015-2019,” is based on an in-depth market analysis...

Flint, Mich.-based American Metals Roofs has issued awards to its top-performing salespeople for 2015. Mike Swita of Metal Roof Systems, Madison, Wis., won 2015 Top Producer, with sales nearing $1.5 million. Sales Volume Achievement Awards were given to Bill Susewitz, Bryan Doyle, and John...

AMI Metals Inc., Brentwood, Tenn., a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., has been awarded a multiyear contract by BAE Systems to provide aluminum plate to support the requirements for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Hawk, and Typhoon programs. The five-year contract,...

The International Titanium Association has announced it is accepting nominations for the Titanium Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes an individual for exceptional contributions to the advancement of titanium applications or technology. Nominees should have achieved one or more of the...

Wachs Services, Belmont, N.C., a provider of specialty machining and welding services to the nuclear, petrochemical, and power-generation industries, has opened Wachs Fabrication Group in Jackson, S.C. The new facility provides metal components for the nuclear power industry. The company...

J.L. Becker, a Gasbarre Furnace Group company in Plymouth, Mich., has appointed Jeff Schlais as sales representative for Illinois. Schlais has 20 years of experience in the heat treat and automation industries. In 2008 he founded Absolute Machine Controls Technologies Inc. to provide...

Novi, Mich.-based Laser Mechanisms Inc. had announced its acquisition of Visotek, a provider of Smart Laser Tools™ in Livonia, Mich. Visotek continues to operate as an independent entity in support of their existing customer base. Laser Mechanisms designs and manufactures laser beam delivery...

SmartCAMcnc has announced plans to open an instruction center at its headquarters in Springfield, Ore., for training CNC programmers on SmartCAM software. The software offers applications for programming CNC milling, turning, fabrication, and wire EDM. Casey Baker, a SmartCAMcnc applications...