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A substantial economic rebound, particularly as it relates to U.S. manufacturing, will occur in 2009 only if four factors trend in a positive way, said Dr. Chris Kuehl, the economic analyst for the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA).
"Many factors come into play when pred...
1/5/09
Talan Products, a high-volume metal stamping manufacturer in Cleveland, has named Fran Adler to the newly created position of sales manager. His previous experience includes positions in mechanical design, plant engineering, operations, business development, executive-level management, and sales man...
12/16/08
TUBOTECH, 5th International Tube, Fittings and Components trade fair will be staged at the Centro de Exposicoes Imigrantes in São Paulo, Brazil, Oct. 6-8, 2009. The event will be jointly organized by Messe Düsseldorf and Grupo Cipa, with the support of the International Tube Association (ITA).
Ex...
12/16/08
The American Institute of Steel Construction's Lifetime Achievement and Special Achievement awards were presented at the 2008 AISC Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo., in September.
The 2008 Lifetime Achievement award, a recognition of outstanding service over a sustained period of years t...
12/16/08
Manchester Tool & Die Inc., North Manchester, Ind., has opened a new fabricating plant that offers steel fabrication services. The plant is equipped with two brake presses with capacities of 3/8 in. by 6 ft., 5/16 in. by 8 ft., and 1/4 in. by 10 ft., as well as a GMAW machine for custom and producti...
12/16/08
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has announced a new certification program for precision sheet metal operators for testing and validating their skills in sheet metal forming and fabricating.
The new Precision Sheet Metal Operator (PSMO) Level I Certificati...
12/16/08
The SteelBenchmarker™U.S. HRB spot price for Dec. 8 dropped 11.8 percent to $614 per metric ton, FOB the mill, for the ninth consecutive decline. The world export HRB price dropped 9.2 percent to $540 per ton, FOB the port of export, for the ninth consecutive decline. The western European HRB p...
12/10/08
According to the November 2008 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report, metal forming companies expect business conditions to continue to deteriorate during the next three months. Conducted monthly, the report is an economic indicator for manufacturing, sampling 157 metal...
11/20/08
LAI International Inc., a supplier of precision components and subassemblies for OEMs, announced that it has won two ACE awards. LAI won awards for top 25 fastest-growing private companies and for top 50 private companies ranked by revenue by the Arizona Corporate Excellence awards. LAI says it was ...
11/11/08
A supplier of high-power semiconductor lasers and fibers, nLIGHT Corp., Vancouver, Wash., has acquired a majority interest in Optotools GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany, a supplier of high-power semiconductor lasers for industrial customers.
The established Optotools product line will remain, and integra...
11/11/08
MetoKote Corp. Inc., Lima, Ohio, a provider of metal finishing processes including electrocoating, powder coating, and liquid paint, has announced the addition of Roger Cook as strategic account manager representing the company's Deere and Co. business. He is based in Lansing, Mich.
Before joinin...
11/11/08
The Indalex Inc. aluminum extrusion facility at City of Industry, Calif., has been awarded a Certificate of Recognition and been named a Good Corporate Citizen by the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County.
The company received the recognition award for being consistent in its compliance with...
11/11/08
The mechatroniX trade fair is scheduled for June 16-18, 2009, in the Augsburg trade fair center in Germany. The trade fair emphasizes the mechatronic approach to product development, according to organizer fairXperts.
The event is not restricted to the presentation of mechanical, electronic, cont...
11/11/08
Hydro Aluminum's Extrusion Americas unit, Linthicum, Md., teamed with SylvanSport to create the GO trailer, a miniature mobile adventure camper.
The 800-lb. pop-up camper sleeps four and hauls up to 800 lbs. of gear, including motorcycles, bicycles, kayaks, or an ATV. It can be managed by one per...
11/11/08
In a joint report, the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association and the Association for Manufacturing Technology have announced that U.S. September machine tool demand increased 32.0 percent to $439.51 million from $333.03 million in August.
In the nine months ending in September, demand f...
11/10/08
Employment expectations in the manufacturing and service sectors will maintain a downward trend in November as the economy continues to shed jobs, according
to the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) survey. For the third consecutive month...
11/10/08
Chrysler has announced that it is offering buyouts to all employees at its assembly plant in Belvidere, Ill.—2,400 union workers and 200 administrative staff.
The company's U.S. sales were down 35 percent in October compared to October 2007.
11/6/08
AK Steel has advised its customers that a $185 per ton surcharge will be added to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in December 2008. December 2008 surcharges for the broad range of stainless steel products that the company produces can be found on its Web site.
The surcharges are ba...
11/5/08
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector failed to grow in October for the third consecutive month, and the overall economy concluded 83 consecutive months of growth, said U.S. supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business®.
The report was issued Nov. 3 by Norbert...
11/3/08
The SteelBenchmarker™world export HRB price for Oct. 27 dropped 12.1 percent to $702 per ton, FOB the port of export for the sixth consecutive decline. The Chinese HRB ex-works price dropped 10.9 percent to $408 per ton for the third consecutive drop. The U.S. HRB spot price dropped 9.7 percen...
10/30/08
U.S. factory orders for durable goods rose 0.8 percent in September, the largest gain in three months. The gain is attributed to a surge in demand for airplanes and autos, according to data from the U.S. Commerce Department.
Commercial aircraft demand soared by 29.7 percent and motor vehicle orde...
10/29/08
Columbus, Ohio-based Worthington Industries has announced that it is reducing its workforce by nearly 300 through a combination of plant closings and layoffs. The facilities to be closed are: in steel processing, the Louisville, Ky., facility and in metal framing, the Renton, Wash., location.
"T...
10/27/08
In contrast to the grim financial news from New York and around the world, an unprecedented number of attendees filled the halls on opening day at the 2008 FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show, introducing METALFORM.
More than 12,000 manufacturing and welding professionals attended the openin...
10/24/08
The SteelBenchmarker™Chinese HRB ex-works price for Oct. 13 plummeted 23.5 percent to $458 per ton for the second consecutive drop. The world export HRB price dropped 11.1 percent to $799 per ton, FOB the port of export, for the fifth consecutive decrease. The U.S. HRB spot price dropped 8.8 pe...
10/20/08
The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. (CCAT) has received an award for Excellence in Technology-Based Economic Improvement from the State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI).
The SSTI award recognizes CCAT's Manufacturing and Supply Chain Initiative (MSCI) for its efforts to bo...
10/16/08
Mech-Tronics, Melrose Park, Ill., a manufacturer of products for the avionics, aerospace, and defense industries, is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Sam and Eugene DeMuro founded the privately held corporation in 1948. Steady growth led to factories in Illinois, Arizona, and Mexico. Mech-Tronics w...
10/14/08
The FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show including METALFORM will partner with The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT), McLean, Va., combining the efforts of several trade associations to produce an annual event that covers the full range of metal forming and fabricating technol...
10/14/08
Peddinghaus Corp., Bradley, Ill., hosted the Tri-City World Trade Commission in July.
The commission has 18 trade commissioners representing 14 countries: Austria, Belgium, China, Canada, Great Britain, Hungary, Malaysia, Netherlands, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, and T...
10/14/08
Houghton Intl., Valley Forge, Pa., has received the Ford Q1 award, Ford Motor Co.'s highest recognition of supplier quality.
Since 2004 Houghton's FLUIDCARE Division has provided chemicals and fluids management services for Ford Motor Co. Brasil Ltda. To qualify for the award, Houghton underwent ...
10/14/08
According to the September 2008 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report, metal forming companies expect business conditions to weaken somewhat during the next three months. Conducted monthly, the report is an economic indicator for manufacturing, sampling 164 metal formin...
9/22/08
Houghton Intl. Inc., Philadelphia, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire D.A. Stuart. The transaction, anticipated to close in 2008, is subject to regulatory approval.
Both companies are independent specialty fluid manufacturers for the global metalworking fluids marketplace....
9/16/08
BDI Engineering held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new manufacturing facility in Warsaw, Ind., in June. The company purchased the facility late last year to serve as its corporate headquarters and main production facility. The plant has 45,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space and 10,000 sq. ft. of...
9/16/08
Led by a much larger-than-expected increase in the demand for commercial aircraft, July's orders for big-ticket manufactured goods saw a second consecutive strong monthly performance.
The U.S. Commerce Department announced that orders for durable goods rose 1.3 percent last month, much higher tha...
8/27/08
The SHRM/Rutgers Leading Indicators of National Employment® (LINE®) survey for September indicates that similar to last month, the labor market will remain soft and will be much weaker than it was a year ago. Employment expectations for September 2008 are down sharply in both the manufactu...
8/26/08
According to the August 2008 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report, metal forming companies anticipate little change in business conditions during the next three months. Conducted monthly, the report is an economic indicator for manufacturing, sampling 147 metal forming...
8/18/08
Two industry experts provide their views on the state of U.S. manufacturing and preview North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, tube & pipe and welding trade show on the free "Better Process" podcast, a show that covers manufacturing on PodcasterNews.com. The full interview is available ...
8/13/08
An economist for the fabricating and metalworking industry predicts Latin America, once considered a growth area for manufacturing but overwhelmed by competition from the Far East, will soon see a manufacturing revival.
"The once formidable benefits provided by manufacturing in China, India, and ...
8/12/08
EuroBLECH 2008, a technology exhibition for sheet metalworking, is scheduled to run Oct. 21-25 in Hanover, Germany. Currently 1,350 exhibitors from 37 countries have already booked exhibit space for the event, which is organized by Mack Brooks Exhibitions, U.K.
Exhibiting companies will present t...
7/15/08
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA) is one of only 11 organizations nationally to receive an Award of Excellence in the third round of the 2008 Associations Advance America (AAA) Awards program, a competition sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) & T...
7/8/08
According to the June 2008 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report, metal forming companies do not anticipate improvement in business conditions in the next three months. Conducted monthly, the report is an economic indicator for manufacturing, sampling 143 metal forming ...
6/25/08
The SHRM/Rutgers Leading Indicators of National Employment® (LINE®) survey of the manufacturing and private service-providing sectors, which make up more than 90 percent of the U.S. private sector employment, indicates that similar to last month, the labor market in July 2008 will remain sof...
6/24/08
North American manufacturers consider the United States the most desirable country for expansion over the next three years, according to a survey released today by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), The Manufacturing Institute, the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME), and Deloit...
6/19/08
Editor's note: This information is taken from a release provided by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) May 28, 2008. Links to more information and to a Webinar on the subject, hosted by BASF, can be found at the end of this release.
REACH, which stands for registration, evaluation, ...
5/28/08
The latest SHRM/Rutgers Leading Indicators of National Employment® (LINE®) survey indicates that similar to last month, the labor market in May 2008 will remain soft and will be much weaker than a year ago. Employment expectations are down sharply in both the manufacturing and service sectors.
Co...
4/22/08
The Expanded Metal Manufacturers Association (EMMA), a division of the National Association of Architectural Metal Manufacturers (NAAMM), Glen Ellyn, Ill., will hold its fall conference at the Radisson Hotel in Chicago from Nov. 3 to Nov. 5.
The organization plans to extend invitations to any Nor...
8/7/07
Compliance Publishing Corp., a publisher of employee safety compliance information, has released a program that allows online creation, modification, and publication of the OSHA-required Hazard Communication Program and Exposure Control Plan.
In order to ensure chemical safety in the workplace an...
6/12/07
Great Lakes Air Systems, Clawson, Mich., a provider of welding air filtration, has expanded the capabilities of its Council Bluffs, Iowa, office to include service and maintenance of dust collection and ventilation equipment.
The office continues to serve as the company's regional sales office....
6/12/07
The annual conference of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), Arlington Heights, Ill., offers attendees opportunities to learn about lean manufacturing and continuous improvement. The conference is scheduled for Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 at the Chicago Hilton. It is the largest lean manufactu...
6/12/07
The Ford Foundation has awarded a grant of $200,000 to The Manufacturing Institute/Center for Workforce Success (the research and education arm of the National Association of Manufacturers) for Business Champions, a task force of business leaders who seek to strengthen America's workforce by helping...
3/13/07
Germany-based SAV, a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of mechanical, magnetic, and hydraulic work holding systems, has opened a North American Facility in South Windsor, Conn.
The new facility services Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.
3/13/07
Overman & Associates LLC, a provider of total quality systems intended to help stampers improve service and performance and meet ISO and continuous improvement specifications, has moved to new offices at the National Composite Center (NCC) Headquarters facility in Dayton, Ohio.
"With the new loca...
3/13/07
Productivity Press's Custom Kanban—Designing the System to Meet the Needs of Your Environment, by Raymond S. Louis, provides a text intended to help a company develop and implement a correct and successful kanban system by selecting appropriate kanban techniques based on specific environmental...
2/13/07
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