The Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) and Harbour Results Inc. (HRI) have completed the fourth Automotive Tooling Barometer (The Barometer), sponsored by Die Cad Group and Expert Tech. The Barometer, which focused on the impending talent gap within the industry, indicated that the...

Magid®, a manufacturer of safety products and personal protective equipment in Romeoville, Ill., has been recognized for new-product innovation for the third time in the ASSE Safety Attendee Choice and ISHN Reader’s Choice Awards. Its products won the following awards: D-ROC® high-visibility...

Sharpe Products has added another Unison 76mm Breeze all-electric bender to its facility in New Berlin, Wis. The company expects to add a 100mm Breeze bender by the end of November. The 76mm bends up to 3-in.-OD tube, while the 100mm can bend up to 4 in. OD. Both provide multiradius...

The Lincoln Electric Co., a subsidiary of Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc., has announced plans to invest about $30 million in a new welding technology center on its Euclid, Ohio, campus. The center will focus on the training of welding educators and industry leaders to address the rising demand for...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the results of its "Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII)," which show that private industry employers reported nearly 3 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2014. The rate reported for 2014 continues a pattern of decline...

Scottsville, N.Y.-based Ambrell has unveiled a redesigned website at www.ambrell.com that offers access to information about induction heating, as well as the company’s products, Applications Laboratory services, and support services. The website includes a library of hundreds of application...

Watson Eng., a sheet and tubular metal fabrication company providing metal prototype and production parts, has announced that its facility in Taylor, Mich., has achieved Caterpillar’s 7 Steps to Weld Excellence (7SWE) status for the fourth consecutive year. The certification is awarded to...

Spectro Analytical Instruments Inc. has opened an application and demonstration laboratory in Irvine, Calif. It features the company’s instrumentation and technology for elemental analysis, including inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), X-ray fluorescence (XRF)...

Robot orders and shipments in North America set new records in the first nine months of 2015, according to Robotic Industries Association (RIA), Ann Arbor, Mich. A total of 22,427 robots valued at $1.3 billion were ordered from North American companies in the first nine months of 2015, an...