On Friday, Oct. 23, employees from Plymouth Tube Co.’s Streator mill reached 1,000 days of being accident- and injury-free. Earlier this year the Streator mill was awarded one of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl.'s FMA/CNA Safety Awards, which honors companies that had perfect...

Nidec Minster Corp., a manufacturer of material forming presses and automation equipment based in Minster, Ohio, has received the RIA Certified Robot Integrator designation. To become certified, the company completed a rigorous process that included an on-site audit and testing of key personnel....

The Steel Market Development Institute has issued a call for abstracts for technical presentations at the 15th Annual Great Designs in Steel seminar, taking place May 11, 2016, at Laurel Manor Conference Center in Livonia, Mich. The event comprises more than 35 technical presentations and 25...

Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has released its Q3 2015 “Forming & Fabricating Job Shop Consumption Report (FFJSCR).” According to the report, the level of capacity utilization for small and midsize metal fabricators has been stable, with 80 percent...

Numet Mfg. Techniques, a manufacturer of precision metal components and assemblies for jet turbine engines based in Orange, Conn., has hired Tim Ulles as president/CEO. Ulles replaces Mark Roscio, who remains actively engaged with Numet as a vice chairman and board member. Roscio was one of the...

JET Group, Vancouver, B.C., has announced the acquisition of Sellstrom Mfg. Co., a provider of PPE safety products based in Schaumburg, Ill. The acquisition of Sellstrom significantly broadens JET Group’s Canadian safety portfolio by adding several categories of professional PPE products to...

Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), the charitable foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl., Rockford, Ill., has elected a new slate of officers. The following officers will serve a one-year term: Chair: David Brown, president, Affiliations Unlimited Inc. Vice chair:...

Lakeside Steel and Machine Inc. is expanding its existing Anderson, S.C., operations with machine and equipment upgrades. The company is investing $2.5 million in the project, creating 13 new jobs over the next five years. The family-owned firm offers heavy steel fabrication, critical...

SPI Lasers has announced it will offer a free webinar titled “Welding with ns Pulsed Lasers” on Nov. 19 at 11:00 a.m. EST. Led by Dr. Jack Gabzdyl, vice president of the pulsed business line at SPI Lasers, the webinar will cover the following topics: A review of ns MOPA fiber laser...

Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has announced the election of Brian Havlovic, senior engineer, Kawasaki Motors Mfg. Corp. U.S.A.; Jason Hillenbrand, laser products manager, Amada America Inc.; and Pamela Swanson, president, Airgas North Central to its board of...

Custom design and metal component fabrication company Sousa & DeMayo has announced its acquisition by mechanical engineer Greg Hunter. The company employs 25 people in Attleboro Falls, Mass., building components including electrical enclosures for power distribution, molds for floats used in...

AddisonMckee, Eaton Leonard, Eagle, and Tube Fixture—providers of tube manipulation and muffler-making systems worldwide—have announced that they now are operating under one name: Addition Manufacturing Technologies™. Alastair Tedford serves as executive chairman of the new company. The...

Troy, Mich.-based Altair has announced that Metal Forming Research Corporation has joined the Altair Partner Alliance (APA) with its forging software, Advisor for Metal Forming Process and Design Expert (AFDEX). Originally developed to analyze the forging process, the software now has expanded...