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There are 37 news releases related to roll forming.
Citing increased demand for finite element analysis (FEA) services in the roll forming and tubing industries, Roll-Kraft has announced upgrades to its current system. Updates included integration of a new dual-processor computer and upgrading the COPRA RF FEA software from dataM, Germany, to utilize...
9/16/08
The Bradbury Co. Inc., Moundridge, Kan., a manufacturer of roll forming and coil handling equipment for the metal construction industry, has doubled the size of its dedicated trim shop plant. This expansion comes a little over 18 months after the plant's grand opening. The company has added a new, 1...
9/16/08
Orbitform Group, Jackson, Mich., has announced that it has named Phil Sponsler as president. He has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of engineering, manufacturing, and sales. He served most recently as general manager.
The Orbitform Group includes Orbitform orbital riveters, Milfor...
9/16/08
Roll-Kraft's safety record recently was reviewed by the Lake County Safety Council in Ohio. As a result, the Mentor, Ohio, company received an award for having no lost-time injuries during the rating period.
Quarterly meetings and annual training help emphasize safety in Roll-Kraft's operations. ...
7/15/08
COMEQ Inc., White Marsh, Md., recently announced that this year marks 38 years of its partnership with Roundo, Sweden. COMEQ has been the exclusive North American agent for Roundo since 1970. Their partnership began with an agreement to manufacture, sell, and service bending rolls and provide custom...
6/17/08
OMCO, Wickliffe, Ohio, a producer of roll-formed steel structural shapes, has promoted Gary M. Schuster to CEO and president. Formerly the company's president and COO, he replaces Ben Yorks, who now serves as chairman of the board.
Schuster joined OMCO in 2006, after holding executive positions w...
1/15/08
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
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
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
The Bradbury Co. Inc., Moundridge, Kan., has announced two appointments to its engineering staff. The company has hired Mark McFetridge as a senior project engineering manager and Rex Stutterheim as a technical assistant.
McFetridge is part of a management team responsible for translating custome...
9/11/07
The Bradbury Co. Inc., Moundridge, Kan., has promoted Matt Werner to sales team leader for the Hayes International product line in the U.S. and for Bradbury Trim Shop equipment. He assists customers with equipment selection and system design. Werner joined the Bradbury inside sales staff in 2004 and...
6/12/07
Roll-Kraft has installed additional CNCs at its headquarters facility in Mentor, Ohio. The addition brings the facility's capacity to 36 CNC machines.
The company operates other facilities in Frankfurt, Ill., and Brampton, Ontario
2/13/07
Roll-Kraft, Mentor, Ohio, has added Jim Cahill to its sales team.
Cahill focuses on the Canadian market and works with Roll-Kraft Ltd., Brampton, Ont. He joins the company from Titan Steel Corp., Baltimore, where he was an account manager. He also worked at Olympic Steel, Cleveland; MacSteel Intl...
11/7/06
Roll-Kraft, Mentor, Ohio, received two awards for safety from the Lake County Safety Council. One award was for reducing the annual incident rate by 25 percent or more over the previous year. The other award was for operating without an injury requiring lost time from work during 2005.
Quarterly ...
10/10/06
Roll-Kraft, Mentor, Ohio, has installed a vertical CNC machine at Roll-Kraft Ltd., Brampton, Ont., for additional production of tooling for the tube and pipe industry.
The machine is the eighth CNC model at the facility. Its role is to manufacture large roll tooling with a diameter up to 49 in. T...
9/12/06
Hayes Intl., Rotorua, New Zealand, a member of The Bradbury Group of companies, has added Sean Wiebe to its U.S. sales team. Wiebe is based at the company's facility in Moundridge, Kan., and assists customers with equipment selection and system design.
Hayes Intl. produces coil handling, roll for...
8/8/06
Roll-Kraft, Mentor, Ohio, recently completed a series of seminars for manufacturers of tube and pipe and roll forming equipment.
In addition to regional seminars held in Los Angeles, the company offers the option to hold seminars in a company's facilities for its own employees. This instruction i...
8/8/06
Elrae Industries Inc., Alden, N.Y., was awarded a national Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) honor by OSHA.
SHARP recognizes small businesses that operate an exemplary safety and health management system. The recognition singles out award recipients among its business pe...
8/8/06
Addison Machine Engineering, Reedsburg, Wis., has added Courtney Fassel and Tom Onate to its engineering department.
The addition of Fassel increases the department's drafting capacity, while Onate brings many years of experience in roll tooling inspection....
8/8/06
Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corp., Perrysburg, Ohio, in cooperation with Universal Controls Group, has completed a roll form line for the Batesville Casket Co.
The line comprises a Tishken 25-ton prepunch with feeder, a Tishken MW2 roll former, and a Tishken cutoff with a U-Trak length co...
8/8/06
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
Orbitform Group, Jackson, Mich., has named Northwick Associates, Worcestershire, U.K., as European distributor for the company's products, including orbital forming machines, Adtech and Milford impact riveting machines, rollforming machines, Arbor Automation conveyors, and Marathon welding systems.
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7/11/06
Hess Industries Inc. has announced the appointment of David Zenger as president and CEO for all operations and business activities worldwide. The announcement, made by Justin Hillenbrand, chairman of Hess Industries Inc., unites all Hess subsidiaries, Hess Engineering Inc., Capitol Technologies Inc....
6/1/06
FKM-USA, the North American division of FKM-Walzentechnik, Duisburg, Germany, has relocated its North American headquarters to Frankfort, Ill.
The new facility has 3,000 sq. ft. of office space and 30,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space. There are three manufacturing bays, each equipped with a 25,...
5/9/06
Macsteel Service Centers USA Inc., owned by the global steel company Macsteel Holdings of South Africa, has announced that it is constructing a $10 million metals manufacturing and distribution facility in Tucson, Ariz. The company plans to hire 25 employees within the next few years, with possible ...
4/17/06
Metalcon Intl., Newton, Mass., has announced that its 2006 show will take place Oct. 3-5 in Tampa, Fla. This is the only annual international show dedicated to metal in construction.
This year 262 exhibiting companies will offer international visitors a variety of construction products, includin...
4/11/06
Roll-Kraft has promoted Charles (Chuck) J. Summerhill to the position of vice president of U.S. operations.
Summerhill has been with the company for 10 years. He served as engineering manager of roll form tooling, and he was instrumental in the implementation of the Copra FEA software project. M...
3/27/06
D.A. Stuart, Warrenville, Ill., has appointed Charlie Santangelo as vice president of operations effective in May. Santangelo replaces Gene Carline, who has announced his retirement.
Santangelo joined the company in 1979 as corporate technical director of rolling oils. Since then he has held seve...
3/7/06
For the second year in a row, Roll-Kraft, Mentor, Ohio, has completed its annual ISO 9001:2000 certification with no major or minor nonconformities.
Roll-Kraft manufactures equipment for the tube, pipe, and roll forming industries.
3/7/06
Roll-Kraft, Mentor, Ohio, has added Troy Tulino to its inside sales department and named Walt Wohler as electrical design engineer.
Tulino previously was employed at The Paquin Co., where he worked in inside sales and purchasing. Wohler was employed at Tri-Turn Technologies as a control engineer...
2/7/06
Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, Perrysburg, Ohio, has announced the opening of another division company, Universal Controls Group USA, which specializes in mill control systems.
Universal Controls has built multimotor drive systems exceeding 1,000 HP. The drives are self-contained, eliminati...
2/7/06
Roll-Kraft has added personnel to its headquarters in Mentor, Ohio. The company has hired Ralph Victor as a rework engineer, Michael Corfee as a polisher, Diane Quior as inside sales/international, and Kandas Markel as inside sales/customer service.
Victor studied at Columbus State Community Colleg...
8/9/05
The Swedish company Ortic, together with Bemo of Germany, has developed a new method of roll forming steel sections. Dubbed Monroe, the method uses high-precision computer control and infinitely adjustable rollers to fabricate curved sides, conical shapes, and variable profiles.
Applications includ...
1/11/05
The Bradbury Group, with headquarters in Moundridge, Kan., has appointed Arjen Schuit as sales manager of its member companies in western Europe. Schuit handles sales of all roll forming and related metal processing equipment manufactured by the companies of The Bradbury Group from his office in Lee...
10/12/04
Wickliffe, Ohio-based OMCO has announced that its WG Corp. subsidiary in Morgantown, Pa. has earned its ISO 9001:2000 certification from Smithers Quality Assessments Inc.
OMCO, a producer of roll formed steel structural shapes, also has a subsidiary in Pierceton, Ind....
6/8/04
Samco Machinery Ltd. has announced that Eric Martin has joined the company as national sales manager. Martin, who is based in Atlanta, has 16 years’ experience in the roll forming industry.
Samco designs and manufactures complete automated roll forming systems for the garage door, steel framing, ...
6/8/04
The Bradbury Group, a manufacturer of roll forming equipment and integrated systems designed for metal forming applications, acting through its European subsidiary, Bradbury International U.K. Ltd., has purchased certain assets of Metform Engineering Ltd., located in Dudley, West Midlands, England. ...
5/4/04
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