Sturgis, Mich.-based metalworking provider Metalloid has announced the promotion of Robert Turner to vice president of the HVAC business unit. He has 39 years of experience in plant management and engineering in the HVAC market. Turner joined the company in 2013. In his new position, his focus...

Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC), Jonesboro, Ark., has launched a new website at www.camfilapc.com to showcase its dust, mist, and fume-collection equipment for a variety of manufacturing industries. Viewers can browse key industries and applications for all products, as well as installation...

Ellaville, Ga.-based TCI Powder Coatings has announced the opening of a new office in Americus, Ga. The new office functions as corporate headquarters for the business and houses the administrative, customer service, finance, and information systems departments. The company plans to add laboratory...

Mill Steel Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., a distributor of flat-rolled carbon steel, has acquired certain assets of S&S Steel Services Inc., an Anderson, Ind.-based supplier of carbon flat-rolled steel services serving manufacturers in the Midwest, Mid-South, and Mid-Atlantic states. Mill Steel will...

Lang Tube Tec GmbH, a manufacturer of electric tube and pipe bending machines based in Germany, has selected International Technologies Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., as a U.S. sales and service partner. Lang Tube Tec provides a variety of bending machines for carbon steel, stainless steel,...

Dorner Mfg. Corp. has completed a 25,000-sq.-ft. facility expansion in Hartland, Wis. The new area houses machining equipment that is used in the manufacturing of frames, stands, and other conveyor components, as well as new product development. The company custom-builds conveyors at time of...

Evanston, Ill.-based IRMCO®, through a cooperative partnership with Bennett Tool & Die in Nashville, Tenn., has developed a tool and test method to compare the performance of stamping lubricants before customers use them in production. The iTOOL cup-draw process measures and compares...

ASCO, a manufacturer of fluid automation systems, has begun accepting applications for its 2016 industrial automation engineering scholarship program. The firm will award two $5,000 scholarships to U.S. engineering students, provide $1,000 grants to their college’s engineering departments, and...

Material handling manufacturer Southworth Products, based in Falmouth, Maine, has announced plans to expand its plant in Manila, Ark., the company’s center for North American production. The $935,000 expansion is expected to create 35 jobs. Two new assembly lines will be added, and shipping...

Lightweight metals producer Alcoa has announced it will permanently close its Warrick Operations smelter in Evansville, Ind., by the end of Q1 2016. By the end of Q2 2016, the company will curtail the remaining 810,000 metric tons of refining capacity at its Point Comfort operations in Texas....

An increasing number of manufacturers now struggle to find qualified applicants for open positions, according to data from the ASQ 2016 "Manufacturing Outlook Survey." Fifty-one percent of respondents said the lack of qualified applicants is their greatest hurdle when hiring for vacant...

Menges Roller Co., Wauconda, Ill., celebrates 50 years of business in 2016. The company was founded in 1966 by Louis J. Menges as a rubber covering company but has expanded into engineering, design, and fabrication of precision rollers. The company currently is led by President Matt Menges, the...

Autodata has reported that U.S. consumers purchased nearly 17.5 million cars and trucks in 2015, an increase of 6 percent from 2014. This breaks the previous record of 17.4 million, set in 2000. Sales have climbed steadily since the industry hit a low of 10.4 million car sales in 2009....