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Samco Machinery, Toronto, recently opened an office in Mexico. The office, headed by Ricardo Orozco, is located in Monterrey business center. It provides and coordinates the company's full range of products and services.
Orozco is an electrical and mechanical engineer with a master's degree in au...
12/16/08
Penn Eng. & Mfg., Danboro, Pa., and Peninsula Components Inc., San Carlos, Calif., have announced a settlement agreement of PennEngineering's lawsuit against Pencom for infringement of certain patents and trademarks. The original complaint was filed against Pencom Aug. 17, 2007, in the U.S. District...
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 Minster Machine Co., Minster, Ohio, recently acquired the assets of Dynamic Feeds, Inc. of High Point, N.C.
Robert Allred, the founder of Dynamic Feeds, has joined Minster as general manager of marketing and sales for the Automated Division, located in Beaufort, S.C....
9/18/08
Beckwood Press Co., St. Louis, recently launched a new hydraulic press Web site. The site, at www.beckwoodpress.com, includes new sections dedicated to hydraulic press technology and information on specific applications.
The company has updated and expanded the Find a Hydraulic Press section to i...
8/12/08
The Schuler Group has appointed Tim McCaughey, president and CEO of Schuler Inc., Canton, Mich., to the management board of BCN Technical Services, Hastings, Mich. The company also appointed Paul Nicholson, former president of BCN, to the management boards of Schuler Inc. and BCN. Nicholson now hold...
7/15/08
TCR Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., has become a distributor for Coe Press Equipment Corp., Sterling Heights, Mich. Coe provides a broad coil processing line and manufactures one of the heaviest and widest coil feeding systems available today for the metal forming industry.
TCR is a provider of f...
7/15/08
7/15/08
The Minster Machine Co., Minster, Ohio, has acquired the assets of Dynamic Feeds Inc., High Point, N.C., and has hired Robert Allred as general manager of marketing and sales for its Automation Division in Beaufort, S.C.
Allred founded Dynamic Feeds in 1977 with two models of mechanical feeds dev...
7/15/08
Salvagnini, Italy, opened Salvagnini do Brasil Ltda., an operating company based in José dos Campos (SP), in March. The Brazilian subsidiary provides technical support, customer service, and spare parts.
Salvagnini has installed many stand-alone machines, as well as automated sheet metal processi...
6/17/08
AIDA, a mechanical stamping press manufacturer, has unveiled a new website www.aida-america.com designed to give stampers a comprehensive resource for metal forming. Streamlined navigation allows visitors to easily access and look at the press builder's product line that process 30 to 4,000 tons, 15...
6/16/08
AIDA has named Troy Roberts as president and managing director of the Western Hemisphere portion of its global organization. The core of the press builder's custom products group, AIDA Engineering Ltd., AIDA-Europe, and AIDA-America Corp., primarily support the automotive industry. Roberts' appointm...
6/16/08
Pacific Press Technologies (PPT), Mt. Carmel, Ill., a manufacturer of metal forming equipment, recently appointed Steve Schurman as director of sales and marketing and promoted Dan Peach to PEP (Productivity Enhancement Program) sales manager.
Schurman returned to Pacific Press after working for ...
5/15/08
The Bazz Houston Co., Garden Grove, Calif., has purchased Connor Mfg. Services de Mexico. The two companies are completely integrated, and Bazz Houston Mexico has relocated its facility to Tijuana.
Bazz Houston Co. has ISO 9001:2000-certified manufacturing facilities in both Southern California a...
4/15/08
Beckwood Press Co., St. Louis, a manufacturer of hydraulic presses, has appointed Josh Schroeder as manufacturing manager and added Travis Tilley to its structural engineering team.
Schroeder oversees customer service, safety, quality control, and all engineering divisions. He also acts as engine...
4/15/08
The Genesee Group/NY Inc., West Henrietta, N.Y., a contract manufacturer of metal components and assemblies for various industries, recently changed its name to Genesee Global Group. The name reflects the company’s new organizational status independent of two related businesses in Tennessee and Texa...
4/15/08
The Electric Drives and Controls technology group of Bosch Rexroth Corp., Hoffman Estates, Ill., recently appointed Ted Thayer as programmable logic control and human-machine interface (HMI) product manager.
Thayer is responsible for new programmable logic control and HMI product releases, develo...
4/15/08
Parkview Metal Products, Lake Zurich, Ill., has opened an 80,000-sq.-ft. facility in Juarez, Mexico, to help improve service to its stamping, fabrication, and value-added assembly customers in the Southwest, including a Tier 1 automotive supplier that has certified the Juarez facility as a supplier....
4/15/08
Bystronic Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y., has appointed Curtis Frabotta as sales engineer assigned to the Southeast territory.
Frabotta, who has experience in cutting applications and capital equipment sales, is responsible for the North and South Carolina territories and reports to the company's Southea...
3/11/08
The Beckwood Corp., a manufacturer of servo-motion and hydraulic presses from 2 tons to more than 2,000 tons, recently expanded its St. Louis facility to include an additional 560 sq. ft. of office space to accommodate its growing work force.
The company says the expansion will help reduce lead-t...
3/11/08
Spell Capital Partners, Minneapolis, a private equity and buyout firm, has acquired a majority interest in Pacific Production Technologies (PPT), Mt. Carmel, Ill., a capital goods manufacturer.
PPT manufactures continuous and cut-sheet thermoforming machines, hydraulic presses, press brakes, and ...
3/11/08
Schuler Inc., Canton, Mich., recently announced the completion of a legal takeover process by which its parent company, Schuler AG, acquired Müller Weingarten AG. The legal process was completed in September, and the boards of management at the two companies met to finalize the organizational c...
2/12/08
Beckwood Press Co., St. Louis, recently built a deep-draw press for Orange County Choppers and designed a new hydraulic press.
The company manufactures four-post, two-post, SSE (straight-side endframe), and C-frame hydraulic presses designed for application requirements. Beckwood says it also of...
2/12/08
Schuler Inc., Canton, Mich., has promoted Andreas Kinzyk to director of metal forming systems sales, appointed Andrew Osborn as director of metal forming systems product management, and named Rainer Egelhof as key account manager of metal forming systems.
Kinzyk, in his ninth year of service with...
2/12/08
The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show at McCormick Place in Chicago hosted more exhibiting companies and covered more exhibit space than any previous FABTECH. Filling 461,627 sq. ft. of booth space, the show attracted nearly 31,000 visitors from more than 75 countries, a 27 percent...
1/15/08
Schuler Inc., Canton, Mich., has signed an integrated supply contract with Positech of Lexington, Tenn., for manually operated notching presses.
Schuler supplies the mechanical portion of the N8C and N20C manually operated notchers, with Positech integrating its Compuslot controls and servo-drive...
12/11/07
12/11/07
General Sheet Metal Works, South Bend, Ind., has increased the size of its Tomah, Wis., plant from 22,500 sq. ft. to 45,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space.
The company says the additional capacity allows it to gain production efficiencies for current work and accommodate new business. The project...
12/11/07
The Bradbury Co., Moundridge, Kan., a manufacturer of metal roll forming and processing equipment, has promoted COO David Cox to president.
Cox, who joined the company in 1997, also has served as general manager and operations manager. In addition to his responsibilities as president, he continue...
12/11/07
AIRAM® Press Co. Ltd. has completed the expansion of its facility in Covington, Ohio. Shared with sister company Concept Machine & Tool Inc., the plant now has 22,000 sq. ft. and is climate-controlled.
The added space allows AIRAM to house larger machinery and assembly equipment to support p...
11/6/07
Braketown U.S.A., Milwaukee, a national machinery service and safety provider, has been appointed by ToolsPress Srl., Parma, Italy, a manufacturer of American- and European-style press brake tooling, as its exclusive North American distributor.
A division of Mac-Tech Inc., Braketown operates fro...
11/6/07
AIDA-America Corp, the AIDA Global Group's North American manufacturing facility for mechanical stamping presses, held a special event Oct. 2 to recognize three events. Community business leaders, customers, and other guests gathered for a ceremony celebrating the 90th anniversary of parent company ...
10/10/07
LVD Co. n.v., Gullegem, Belgium, has launched a global branding initiative designed to unite all of the company's sales subsidiaries and products under the LVD brand name and the baseline "Sheet Metalworking: Our Passion, Your Solution."
The initiative is designed to achieve a consistent brand im...
10/9/07
The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology, will return to McCormick Place in Chicago Nov. 11 to Nov. 14.
Cosponsored by the American Welding Society (AWS...
10/9/07
Bystronic has appointed Ferdinand Reyes as managing director of Bystronic Mexico, S.A. DE C.V., effective August 1, 2007.
Reyes, who joined Bystronic in April 2005 as sales manager for the Mexico market, has extensive experience in manufacturing and in the management of sheet metal manufacturing...
9/25/07
W.A. Whitney, a division of MegaFab, Rockford, Ill., has appointed Weller Machinery Co. as exclusive distributor for its fabricating machines in Wisconsin and named Capital Machine Technologies as its exclusive distributor in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, an...
9/11/07
Oak Press Solutions Inc. and its sister company, Burr Oak Tool Inc., Sturgis, Mich., have formed a collaborative firm in China.
Wuxi Oak Technology Co., the new organization, manufactures fin stamping dies and related fin line components used by the heating and air-conditioning industry in China....
9/11/07
BTD Manufacturing Inc., Detroit Lakes, Minn., has acquired Pro Engineering, Minneapolis. The transaction involved an exchange of cash for assets.
An operating company of Otter Tail Corp., BTD offers design, engineering, prototyping, short-run applications, metal stamping, robotic and hand welding...
8/7/07
Cardinal MetalWorks, Burgaw, N.C., has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification.
The company, which employs 42 workers, manufactures formed sheet metal components using autoload CNC punching machines, lasers, and press brakes.
8/7/07
Service Stampings Inc. (SSI), Willoughby, Ohio, has appointed Rob Stohlman as vice president of sales. Stohlman expands the company's business partnerships in the metal fabricating and small-lot stamping industries.
Previously Stohlman led acquisition and marketing programs at Superior Service...
7/24/07
Progressive Stamping & Fabricating, a division of Ohio Gasket & Shim, Akron, Ohio, has received conditional approval for ISO 9001:2000 certification.
Progressive is a full-service metal stamping company. The company now plans to achieve ISO 14001.
6/12/07
Dean A. Sundquist, chairman and CEO of Mate Precision Tooling, has announced the appointment of Jack Schneider to the newly created position of vice chairman and Kevin Nicholson to the position of president.
"In the new position of vice chairman, Jack Schneider will focus on strategic and corpora...
6/5/07
Seimens VDO Automotive AG, Regensburg, Germany, has recognized Buhrke Industries of Arlington Heights, Ill., for outstanding performance in 2006 by honoring the company with its "Performance Award for 2006." Buhrke was one of nine Siemens VDO vendors out of 4,100 total suppliers worldwide and the on...
5/8/07
Wilson Tool Intl., White Bear Lake, Minn., an independent tooling manufacturer for sheet metal fabrication, has been named Manufacturer of the Year by the Manufacturers Alliance. The award is given annually to companies that best exemplify lean manufacturing practices, while also sharing their knowl...
4/18/07
Cincinnati Inc. has opened a dedicated facility that offers PM press reconditioning for all its PM equipment.
The new 38,000-sq.-ft. facility features deep pits and 50-ton cranes to handle even the biggest jobs. A well-organized, documented process developed by the company's engineers is intended...
4/10/07
Schuler AG has announced that it is taking over Müller Weingarten AG and merging the two firms. Müller Weingarten management will play a supportive and constructive role in this process.
In the first step towards the merger, under a contract dated March 27, 2007, Schuler acquired 64.49 percent of...
3/29/07
Strippit/LVD, a manufacturer of metal forming equipment, including turret punch presses, laser cutting machines, press brakes, shears, automated systems and programming software, has promoted Neil Campbell to the position of sales manager-Canada for.
In this newly created position, Campbell mana...
3/13/07
Mate Precision Tooling, Anoka, Minn., has promoted Paul Sandberg to the position of vice president international sales. Sandberg assumed the position from Chet Ferger, who will continue on with the company in a newly created position of vice president of key account sales for North America.
Sandb...
2/13/07
W. A. Whitney is celebrating its centennial anniversary during its 2007 Open House, April 25 and 26, 2007, in the Whitney Technology Center in Rockford, Ill.
For the past two years, Whitney has been a member of the MegaFab family, which also includes Piranha and Bertsch products. Equipment from a...
2/13/07
Leonard (Len) Stock has been named as a sales engineer for Strippit, Inc., a manufacturer of metalforming equipment, including turret punch presses, laser cutting systems, press brakes, shears, and programming software.
Based in Commerce Township, Mich., Stock is responsible for selling the company...
2/13/07
Schuler Inc. has announced the addition of Barry Lewalski to its new equipment sales group as key account manager for the Tier and general stamping industry.
Lewalski, who has many years of experience selling press equipment to the stamping industry, supports the launch and sales of the company's...
1/9/07
Fabricating Equipment Co. has been named as a machine tool distributor in southern Texas for TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn.
Lynn Moore continues as TRUMPF's regional manager serving Texas.
12/12/06
The Feintool Group, Lyss, Switzerland, has appointed Joachim Kaufmann as CEO.
Kaufmann was general manager of Feintool AG Lyss, the company’s former headquarters. He also was head of the Adval Tech Group's blanking and forming technology division, Styner+Bienz.
Feintool is a provider of finebl...
11/7/06
Melbourne, Australia-based Balmic Intl. and BMH Engineering have merged to create the Metal Form Group.
The new company provides tooling design and development, prototype manufacture, pressed metal production, press and automation sales and maintenance, capital finance, and toolroom equipment and...
11/7/06
More than 350 fabricators attended the M.I.T.S. open house hosted by MC Machinery Systems, Wood Dale, Ill., to view demonstrations and learn more about Mitsubishi equipment.
The Mitsubishi Laser showroom, where the open house was held, houses new technologies from Mitsubishi Laser, Toyokoki press...
11/7/06
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named new machine tool distributors in Nebraska, western Iowa, and Florida.
Hegman Machine Tool now distributes TRUMPF equipment in Nebraska and western Iowa. The company continues its distribution efforts in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and some coun...
10/10/06
Bystronic Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y., has hired Paul Krause as the regional sales manager for Ohio, western New York, western Pennsylvania, Indiana, eastern Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ontario, Canada.
Krause has more than 15 years' experience in machine tools, steel service centers, and th...
9/12/06
The Beckwood Corp., St. Louis, has named Ryan M. Pendleton as marketing assistant and customer service representative.
Pendleton is involved in the development and implementation of all marketing functions, including print media, tradeshow management, Web site maintenance, and overall marketing ...
9/12/06
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., presented its 2006 sales achievement awards to Advanced Fabricating Machinery, Hart Machine Tool Inc., and TECSA at its annual distributor meeting.
Advanced Fabricating Machinery, Mississauga, Ont., received the outstanding distributor performance award in recognit...
9/12/06
Schuler AG's supervisory board has appointed Jürgen Tonn as chairman of the board of management, effective October 1, 2006.
In his last position, Tonn was president and CEO of DS Technologie GmbH in Mönchengladbach, Germany. The internationally experienced engineering graduate brings expertise in...
9/8/06
MegaFab, Hutchinson, Kan., has appointed Hugh D. Barron as sales manager for Latin America.
Barron is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. He is working to establish additional representation in areas needed within Latin America, enhance sales efforts, and support the sales and service channels for ...
8/8/06
Acrotech Inc., Lake City, Minn., has acquired the Di-Acro product line and moved production back to Lake City, where the line was originally designed and built.
The product line includes finger brakes, shears, rod and tube benders, notchers, single-punch units, and all the related tooling....
7/11/06
Roll-Kraft, Mentor, Ohio, has added several personnel in a variety of positions.
Joe Korzen and Jarred Esborn have been added to the engineering staff. Other new hires are Kevin Myers, John Dowler, and Stephan Betts as machinists; Tom Turk as polisher; and Scott Bickel as equipment assembler. The...
7/11/06
Greenerd Press & Machine Co. Inc., Nashua, N.H., has developed an alliance with Chinese hydraulic press manufacturer Tianjin Tianduan Press Co. Ltd.
Greenerd is now the sole representative for sales, marketing, service, and installation of Tianduan products in North America. It will continue to ...
7/11/06
Wayne Trail Technologies, Fort Loramie, Ohio, has entered a new market segment and is constructing an additional, 30,000-sq.-ft. facility.
The company has entered the robotics, welding, and fixturing market segment by acquiring Flexible Systems Engineering Inc., Tipp City, Ohio. Michael Scott, a ...
7/11/06
Graebener Group Technologies LLC, Napoleon, Ohio, a joint venture between Automatic Feed Company (AFCo), Graebener Maschinentechnik GmbH and REIKA GmbH, has announced the appointment of Richard A. Marando as president. In this position, Marando is responsible for supervising all company operations ...
6/27/06
The Beckwood Corp., St. Louis, celebrated its 30th year in business at its recently expanded facility. During the ceremony President Charles P. Becker Jr. was presented with a plaque commemorating his 30 years of service to the company.
The company was established in 1976 by Becker Jr. as a heart...
6/13/06
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Center for Precision Forming (CPF).
The organization will merge with the Center for Net Shape Manufacturing and conduct R&D on forming galvanized and ultrahigh-strength steel sheet...
6/13/06
Strippit/LVD, Akron, N.Y., has named Don Grochocki as customer service manager-punch presses and Dan Caprio as product specialist-punching machinery.
Grochocki oversees field service efforts, addressing customer service requirements and working with field service support staff. He has been with t...
6/13/06
Schuler Hydroforming Inc., Canton, Mich., has named Harry Singh as vice president. Singh is responsible for all sales and operations, reporting to the board of directors.
It has also named Kellie Treppa as manager of marketing communications for Schuler Inc....
6/13/06
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has appointed Dan Hoff and Carl Freehauf as regional managers.
Hoff is responsible for Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, western Wisconsin, and western Iowa, while Freehauf oversees northern Illinois, eastern Iowa, and eastern Wisconsin. Both men man...
6/13/06
Strippit/LVD, Akron, N.Y., has promoted J. Matt Keever to product specialist-lasers.
Keever advises and trains customers and sales representatives in the use and application of laser cutting equipment and conducts on-site customer application training. He joined the company in 2005 as a laser fie...
5/9/06
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named Hart Machine Tool as its exclusive distributor for machine tools in Georgia. The company continues to supply TRUMPF fabricating machinery in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and the Florida Panhandle.
Hart has been a TRUMPF distributor since 1997. It is a...
5/9/06
MC Machinery Systems Inc., Wood Dale, Ill., has hired Patrick Simon as marketing manager to lead marketing efforts for all product divisions and provide support to the sales staff.
Simon was previously the vice president of business to business at LoSasso Advertising. While at the firm he served ...
5/9/06
Coe Press Equipment has launched three videos on its Web site featuring advanced coil feeding equipment in action at three customer locations.
A direct transfer press is shown working at Midway Products' Columbus Grove, Ohio, facility. The press is 78 in. wide and feeds 78- by 96-in. blanks.
A...
5/9/06
Duggan Mfg., Shelby Township, Mich., has been named Prototype Supplier of the Year by Hi-Lex Controls Inc., Troy, Mich., in recognition of performance and service related to prototype programs involving automotive window regulator assemblies, mechanical cable, and power lift-gate systems.
Jeff Tr...
4/11/06
Daylen Solutions LLC, Indiana, Pa., has added Larry Rarig to its sales force for eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Rarig assists customers looking to increase productivity, accuracy, and safety by offering technology from Finn-Power; Virtek Laser Inspection Systems; ISB Safety Products; Pat Moon...
4/11/06
Whitney, Rockford, Ill., a division of MegaFab, has appointed Cliff Ankersen as regional sales manager representing the Whitney and Bertsch product lines.
Ankersen is responsible for the western U.S., including Colorado, Wyoming, western Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Ari...
4/11/06
MC Machinery Systems Canada Inc. has opened a new technology center in Richmond Hill, Ont.
The facility showcases technology from Mitsubishi EDM, Mitsubishi Laser, Roku-Roku vertical machining centers, and Toyokoki press brakes.
4/11/06
Strippit/LVD, Akron, N.Y., has named Roskelley Machinery Corp., Salt Lake City, as its marketing representative in Utah and Idaho.
Roskelley represents all Strippit/LVD equipment, including high-performance mechanical and hydraulic CNC turret punch presses, laser cutting systems, CNC hydraulic pr...
3/7/06
W.A. Whitney Co., Rockford, Ill., will host an open house at its facility April 19 and 20 to showcase its equipment and new products from all MegaFab divisions.
Educational seminars, equipment demonstrations, and interaction with product development engineers will be offered. Planned demonstratio...
3/7/06
Müller Weingarten Corp., Madison Heights, Mich., a subsidiary of the German press manufacturer Müller Weingarten AG, has named Steven W. Schroeder as president.
Previously vice president of Komatsu for six years, Schroder is responsible for developing the service business of the corporation in t...
3/7/06
John Burke, the director of engineering services for Houghton Intl., Valley Forge, Pa., has received the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers' (STLE) PM Ku award. Named after the late PM Ku, the award recognizes members who have performed extensive, dedicated service to the society.
...
3/7/06
Atlas Technologies Inc., Fenton, Mich., has relocated its South Alloy Drive headquarters to its newer Copper Avenue Technical Center.
The company built the 59,000-sq.-ft. center in 1997 with plans to double the size of the facility on the 11-acre site to suit the needs of the NAFTA automotive and...
3/7/06
Bystronic Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y., has signed on ACC Machinery Co. Inc., Phoenix, as a distributor for the Arizona region.
Systems offered include Byspeed Bysprint, and Bystar laser cutting systems; the Byjet 3015 waterjet cutting system with rotary axis, swing-arm loader, and shuttle table; a full...
2/7/06
Beckwood Press Co., St. Louis, has appointed Marc Lloyd as customer service manager.
Lloyd focuses on customer satisfaction and uses customer feedback to improve the press manufacturing process. He is also responsible for quality testing of components and quality inspections of the presses prior ...
2/7/06
AIDA-America, Dayton, Ohio, has named Robert Southwell as its national sales director. Southwell previously served as the company’s appliance market manager.
Bringing 17 years' experience to his position, Southwell manages sales of the company’s mechanical stamping presses and total turnkey syste...
1/10/06
Kramski North America Inc., Largo, Fla., part of the Kramski Group, has contracted with Advanced Tech Industries Inc., Arlington, Texas, to represent the company in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mexico.
The company plans to branch out from automotive stampings of components for relays...
1/10/06
AW Precision LLC, Milwaukee, has opened a manufacturing facility in Belgium known as AW Precision BVBA.
The goal of the new facility is to strengthen its mainland European service to meet the demands for supplying punches and dies throughout western and eastern Europe.
The company also has mad...
1/10/06
Beckwood Press Co. has completed expansion of its St. Louis manufacturing plant to accommodate its growth in the hydraulic press industry.
The expanded facility, which now features 40-ft. high ceilings and a 50-ton bridge crane, allows the company to work more efficiently with larger hydraulic pr...
12/13/05
AIDA has announced the opening of a new service and support center in Brazil. The announcement follows last year’s acquisition of the Manzoni and Rovetta divisions.
AIDA Brazil offers Manzoni, Rovetta, and AIDA 30- to 4,000-ton straight-side, progressive-die, high-speed, transfer, and cold formin...
12/13/05
AIDA-America has named Robert Southwell as national sales director. Southwell previously served AIDA’s North American headquarters as appliance market manager.
Southwell brings 17 years of experience to his new position, in which he oversees sales for the company’s mechanical stamping and turnkey...
11/8/05
IMS Companies LLC, Elk Grove Village, Ill., has acquired AMCO Engineering Co.
AMCO designs and manufactures cabinets and modular enclosures for the electronics industry. IMS Companies provides custom metal stampings, sheet metal fabrications, and specialized machining and custom wire harness and ...
11/8/05
Micro Stamping Corp., Somerset, N.J., has redesigned its Web site www.microstamping.com to reflect new technologies and expanded capabilities and facilities.
The site celebrates the company’s 60 years of delivering metal products to the automotive, aerospace, medical, industrial, and electronics ...
11/8/05
Bill Bossard, vice president marketing and sales of Salvagnini America, has been named president of the company's North American unit, announced CEO Eugenio Bassan. In addition to continuing in his role as chief marketing officer, Bossard will perform a variety of executive duties for the manufactur...
10/24/05
U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Ill., has announced that Metalforming Controls Corp., Cary, Ill., has been awarded a $250,000 grant to commercialize an advanced manufacturing control system that could help reduce U.S. gasoline consumption.
Dr. Redmond Clark, president of Metalforming Controls Corp., an...
10/11/05
Mid Atlantic Machinery, Harrisburg, Pa., has announced it has launched a new Web site.
The site promotes the company’s product lines as well as used and stock machinery. It highlights management and staff and provides the latest news and information....
10/11/05
Mega Fabrication Inc., Hutchinson, Kan., has announced several organizational changes within its merged companies of Piranha, Bertsch, and W.A. Whitney. The company also announced the establishment of a corporatewide engineering center.
Dave Barber, former president of W.A. Whitney, has been name...
10/11/05
Schuler has announced it was one of five companies out of 3,500 named Supplier of the Year 2005 by American Axle & Mfg.
Schuler received the award for its concept and supply of a cold-forming line for the production of drive shafts.
10/11/05
The U.S. Mint is looking for stamping companies to bid on providing ready-to-coin blanks or planchets.
The Mint is engaged in a Public-Private Competition under a deviation granted by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to compare the cost of purchasing the blanks or planchets. The competit...
9/28/05
A new eight-page stamping brochure from Boker's Inc., Minneapolis, showcases the company's products and services.
The brochure also features a gauge decimal equivalents chart for converting gauge numbers to gauge decimals for two varieties of nonferrous metal, uncoated steel sheets, and Birmingham...
8/9/05
Delphi, Troy, Mich., has announced that AIDA-America Corp. has received its 2005 Pinnacle Award. Delphi created the award to recognize suppliers for outstanding quality, service, technology, and value performance.
"AIDA's innovative DEL-300 high-speed press technology was designed in partnership wi...
7/12/05
Houghton FLUIDCARE®, a division of Houghton Intl., has announced that 10 of its metalworking fluid specialists have completed successfully the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers' (STLE's) professional certification program for certified metalworking fluids specialists (CMFS).
The...
7/12/05
Ontario-based Cosma Intl., a wholly owned operating group of Magna Intl. Inc., received five Ford Motor Company World Excellence Awards, honoring five divisions for superior performance in 2004. This is the second consecutive year that Cosma has been recognized by Ford with these awards.
Presente...
6/1/05
TD Center®, Columbus, Ind., has named Steve Chamberlain as the center’s manager.
Chamberlain has been with the company since 2000. He began as account manager and was promoted to business development manager before taking over as business unit manager.
Previously Chamberlain worked at Fastena...
5/10/05
On April 13, the Chrysler Group announced that Simon Boag has been named vice president of assembly and stamping operations, replacing P. Craig Corrington, who is retiring after 32 years. Boag is responsible for all Chrysler Group vehicle assembly and stamping operations in the U.S. and Canada.
B...
4/14/05
Feintool has opened its second technology center for fineblanking/forming in Tokoname, Japan. At the same time, the company rolled out a new fineblanking press constructed entirely in Japan.
The company has been active in Japan since 1973, initially with a sales and service branch, but also for the...
4/12/05
Amada America Inc., Buena Park, Calif., has appointed David Stone as product manager-stamping presses. Stone joined the company in 2000 as a stamping press product specialist and recently served as assistant manager of the stamping division.
Stone’s responsibilities include coordinating sales and...
4/12/05
Res Mfg. Co. earned a special award from the 2004 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award for its turnaround story.
Fifty-two manufacturers were nominated for awards during 2004. In honors bestowed Mar. 3, 2005, in Milwaukee, eight received grand awards for overall outstanding achievement. Twelv...
3/16/05
Houghton Intl. Inc.'s Heat Treating Division has entered into a sales and marketing alliance with Tecnoalloy s.r.l., a manufacturer of heat treating racks and equipment in Fornovo, Italy.
The agreement means that Houghton now offers Tecnoalloy's full line of custom-designed racks, fixtures, and lo...
3/8/05
BTD Manufacturing Inc., an operating company of Otter Tail Corp., has acquired Lakeville, Minn.-based Performance Tool & Die Inc.
Dale Messer, formerly the president and co-owner of Performance Tool, now is general manager of operations at the Lakeville plant. Co-owner Dave Hasselberg continues...
3/8/05
Following its recent acquisitions of Manzoni and Rovetta, AIDA has announced that Troy Roberts was named president of AIDA-America and Masaharu Sakaki was named president of AIDA-Europe. Both men bring a broad range of experience to their new roles, the company says.
"Each of us has held a variety...
2/8/05
Over the next three years, Bosch Rexroth AG will invest 83 million euros to expand its production capacities in China, beginning with constructing a new factory in Beijing in 2005. Among the products that will be produced in the new 85,000-sq.-meter factory are axial piston machines.
Construction a...
2/8/05
Interplex Industries has announced that it is doubling the size of its manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Interplex Mexico, located on the Parque Integral campus in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, has achieved ISO/TS 16949 registration, the new international automotive quality control standar...
2/8/05
AIDA-America has announced a new distribution partnership in northern Ohio. Midwest Machinery Sales LLP now represents AIDA's full line of mechanical press products and turnkey packages, as well as independent lines for press automation, coil and material handling systems, conveyor systems, and safe...
1/11/05
Houghton Intl.'s Fluid Power Division has issued a new hydraulic fluid guide that describes the importance of dealing effectively with both heat and pressure, two of the most potentially dangerous variables when using hydraulics.
The guide details how fluids are used in hydraulic systems to cool, ...
1/11/05
AIDA has acquired Manzoni and Rovetta. Dr. Guido Puccio, commissario of Manzoni Group S.p.A. in Amministrazione Straordinaria, and Kimikazu Aida, president of AIDA Engineering Ltd., the parent company of AIDA's global operations, signed the final agreement on the sale of the Manzoni and Rovetta busi...
12/7/04
Houghton Intl. Inc.'s Heat Treatment Div. has formed a marketing and sales alliance with Rochester, Mich.-based SBS Corp., a manufacturer of cooling, heating, and filtration equipment.
According to the agreement, Houghton's global sales network will carry SBS's product line as part of its QUENCHARE...
12/7/04
Interplex Industries has opened a north China facility in Dalian, a coastal city located in Liaoning Province.
Known as Interplex Electonic (Dalian) Co. Ltd., the new facility occupies 20,000 sq. m with 5,000 sq. m of manufacturing space. The facility initially will produce tooling and offer precis...
12/7/04
Bosch Rexroth AG has opened a production site in Skofia Loka, Slovenia. The facility, which employs almost 200, produces linear, torque, and modular motors used in automotive production, newspaper printing presses, and packaging machinery.
The new site expands the company's production capacity in C...
11/9/04
Micro Stamping Corp. has opened its Frank Semcer Development Center (named for the company founder and father of the company's current president), located on the site of its headquarters in Somerset, N.J.
Occupying approximately 4,000 sq. ft. of the company's 70,000-sq.-ft. headquarters, the develo...
11/9/04
AIDA Dayton Technologies Corp. has changed its name to AIDA-America."The new name is more descriptive of the region we service," said Troy Roberts, executive vice president of AIDA-America.
The company's manufacturing facility was built in 1997. Large crane and machining capacity allow the produc...
10/12/04
Delaco Steel Corp. and Kasle Steel Corp. have formed a joint venture to produce automotive steel blanks primarily for exposed applications.
Delaco Kasle LLC is 51 percent owned by Delaco Steel, a certified minority enterprise. Kasle Steel owns 49 percent. The venture will operate from Delaco's fo...
10/12/04
Houghton Intl. Inc. has appointed Walter Melton as marketing manager of its Cleaner Technology product group. Melton is responsible for increasing profitability and market share for the company’s metal surface cleaning products.
Melton came to Houghton from Chemtall Oakite, where he served ...
9/14/04
Interplex Industries, a provider of metal stamped parts, and Stewart EFI, a manufacturer of deep-drawn, stamped, and assembled components, have announced a joint venture to offer deep-draw, staked, and welded wire assembly manufacturing services in China.
The joint-venture company, Interplex/Stew...
9/14/04
Interplex Industries, a provider of metal stamping and plating components, has doubled the size of its Bangalore, India, manufacturing facility.
In operation since 1999, the facility, known as Interplex Electronics India Pte. Ltd., provides precision metal stamping, electroplating services, and e...
8/10/04
Houghton Intl. Inc., a supplier of metalworking fluids in Valley Forge, Pa., has shipped three million gallons of Hocut® 795 biostable coolant, an industry milestone for a single brand of cutting/grinding fluid. According to the company, the fluid now is used in more than 20 million sump gallon...
8/10/04
Spanish press manufacturer Fagor Arrasate S. Coop has appointed Robert M. Budz as general manager for its North American operations.
Located in Bensenville, Ill., Fagor Arrasate USA Inc. is responsible for sales and service of its complete line of presses, transfer technology, and coil processing...
7/13/04
Houghton FLUIDCARE®, a division of Houghton International, has been selected by Dana Corp. as a key chemical management services supplier for its North American manufacturing operations. Houghton’s selection followed a yearlong evaluation of chemical management companies.
Houghton will manage the i...
6/8/04
Feintool Intl. Holding’s board of directors has appointed Norbert Müller as head of the company’s Automation Division. He will assume his post as a member of group management Oct. 1.
A qualified mechanical engineer, Müller succeeds Johannes Schmid, who recently left the comp...
5/4/04
Amada America Inc. and The Minster Machine Co. have formed a strategic marketing relationship. Under the agreement, Minster has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for the Amada line of one-point and two-point gap presses throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
5/4/04
Bosch Rexroth AG has named Reiner Leipold-Büttner as executive vice president for engineering and manufacturing at the company’s Lohr, Germany, location.
In this newly created position, Büttner is responsible for manufacturing and product development, as well as the central functi...
4/8/04
Houghton FLUIDCARE®, a division of Houghton Intl. in Valley Forge, Pa., has contracted with Sustained Compliance Corp. (SCC) to provide environmental program management services for Houghton’s customer base. According to the agreement, SCC will recommend, implement, and manage programs fo...
4/8/04
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