Chicago-based commercial insurance writer CNA has presented a $15,000 donation to Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT), the educational foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., in support of its summer manufacturing camps. This summer 505 students...

Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has broken ground on a new application development center for liquid coatings at its Oak Creek, Wis., plant. The facility will support development of custom formulations of liquid coatings, and it will enable the company to simulate...

Richmond, Va.-based VibrAlign Inc. has announced that its third annual Realigning America Tour will stop at the Cabela’s store in Hammond, Ind., on Oct. 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. By the time it ends on Oct. 15 in Glendale, Ariz., the tour will have visited 18 cities in 16 states since...

Steel producer and metal recycler Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., has purchased from Consolidated Systems Inc. certain of its steel decking facilities, including associated assets and net working capital. These assets will become a part of Steel Dynamic's fabrication operations through its...

Collegeville, Pa.-based Superior Tube, a manufacturer of precision metal tubing for safety-critical applications, has been awarded a contract from Tema India Ltd. to supply heat exchanger tubing for a new floating production storage and offloading vessel. The vessel is among several commissioned...

Magid, a Romeoville, Ill.-based manufacturer and supplier of safety products and personal protective equipment (PPE) has opened a store in Houston. The new location offers more than 700 brands of safety products, including work gloves, respiratory protection, fall protection, safety glasses,...

Horton Inc., Roseville, Minn., has launched a new website dedicated to the industrial fan market, including heating, ventilation, and large-scale air-conditioning applications. The new website, www.hortonfans.com, provides information on the company’s fans, videos, testimonials, application...

InventHelp, Pittsburgh, has announced that an inventor from Coon Rapids, Minn., has submitted designs for the Gas Flasher, a tool to help users determine whether or not the running end of an oxyacetylene welding torch is pressurized. The device eliminates the need to go up or down multiple levels...

New York-based lightweight metals provider Alcoa has been named as one of the world’s leading companies for sustainability on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. Alcoa was again recognized as the aluminum industry leader on the Dow Jones World Index. Highlights of the company’s...

Omron Corp., based in Kyoto, Japan, a provider of core sensing and control technology, has announced plans to acquire Adept Technology Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., a provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile robot systems. Omron plans to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding shares of...

IMS, a Mars, Pa.-based manufacturer of X-ray, isotope, and optical measuring systems for hot and cold mills and service centers, has received an order from Tenaris to supply tube measuring gauges for the company’s new tube mill in Bay City, Texas. The seamless pipe mill will have the capacity to...

Weld Revolution, Spring, Texas, has secured an agreement with Red Ball Oxygen to become an authorized distributor of Weld Revolution products. Red Ball Oxygen, Shreveport, La., is a distributor of welding gases, products, and supplies with 19 locations covering Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and...