The Reshoring Initiative, Chicago, has announced a program in partnership with Wal-Mart to help companies manufacture more consumer products in the U.S. Wal-Mart has committed to increase its U.S. purchases by $50 billion annually by January 2023. Harry Moser, founder and president of the...

Hynes Industries, a Youngstown, Ohio, provider of roll formed shapes and strip steel products serving the truck trailer, solar, overhead door, steel service center, and industrial markets, has announced the acquisition of American Roll Form Products, Painesville, Ohio. This acquisition gives...

Tube fabricating equipment provider AddisonMckee, Lebanon, Ohio, recently welcomed Ohio State Rep. Steve Chabot as part of a small-business tour to learn more about their manufacturing processes. Chabot spoke with company representatives about the firm’s growth and impact on the Ohio economy, as...

GE has announced an investment of more than $100 million in a new topload washer design and expanded manufacturing capability at its laundry plant in Louisville, Ky. The factory was redesigned using lean manufacturing principles. Pattern scheduling has been implemented in the plant to allow for...

Estes Design & Mfg., Indianapolis, is adding 35,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space to accommodate demand for sterilization cases and trays. The expansion, scheduled for completion by the end of August 2015, also will provide room for more medical production equipment to accommodate the continued...

Airam Press Co. Ltd., Covington, Ohio, has shipped two 35-ton pneumatic presses to a manufacturer for the renewable energy market. The custom-engineered, turnkey systems include controls and custom tooling for forming unique profiles. According to the company, its presses offer an uptime rating...

Tampa Tank Inc. and Florida Structural Steel will expand in Florida, creating 108 new jobs. Twenty-four of the jobs will be added at the company’s headquarters facility in Ybor City, and 84 jobs will be created at its Port Redwing manufacturing facility in Gibsonton. The $18 million expansion...

Lambent Technologies and Petroferm have changed their names to Vantage Specialties Inc. The name change signifies the unification of all Vantage business units within the personal care, performance materials, and oleochemicals industries. Lambent Technologies is a producer of polysorbates and...

Clearwater, Fla.-based BobCAD-CAM Inc.® has hired Chris Skinner as vice president of sales. Before joining the company, Skinner served in various leadership positions at such companies as Bank of America® and UnitedHealthcare®. Before joining the private sector, he played professional...

Hoist Liftruck Mfg. Inc., a manufacturer of high-capacity material handling equipment, has announced plans to expand its manufacturing operations into Indiana, creating up to 500 new jobs by 2022. The company is purchasing a 550,000-sq.-ft. building in East Chicago, Ind., expanding a majority...

CNA will present a webcast, “Cyber-threats to the Manufacturing Supply Chain,” on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. CST. The hourlong presentation will highlight some of the emerging risks to manufacturers, such as cyber-espionage and denial of service, as well as common threats to...

Hilti Inc., a Plano, Texas-based supplier of tools and fastening systems, has been named one of this year’s 100 best workplaces for millennials in the U.S. by Great Place to Work® and Fortune. After anonymously surveying nearly 90,000 millennial-aged employees using the Trust Index® employee...