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Family-Owned Fabrication Company Announces Expansions
In the midst of the recession, ?work smarter, not harder? has stopped being a workforce motto and become a means of survival for Santos Fabrication (Turlock, CA), a custom metal fabrication and welding company that has expanded its staff, product…
Siemens Wins '350 Million Turbine Deal at Clyde Windfarm
Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX) reports that Siemens (Munich, Germany) and Airtricity (Dublin, Ireland), the renewable energy arm of Scottish and Southern Energy plc (Perth, Scotland) have signed a deal worth an estimated ?350 million ($512 million) for the…
SELECTING THE RIGHT WELDING HELMET FOR YOU
Though it is tempting to buy the least expensive helmet you can find, not all helmets are created equal. Eric Sommers of Miller Electric explores some new advances in auto darkening lens, variable shading, multiple sensors, viewing size, lighter weight and other options that can help personalize a helmet that?s best for you.
Over 1,400 Manufacturers Attend Mazak Event
Mazak Corporation (Florence, KY) recently announced that over 1,400 manufacturers from North and Central America attended its ?Your Manufacturing Future? Refocus, Rediscover and Reinvent? event, which took place at its headquarters campus in Florence. Also known as ?R3,? the three-day…
Navy Metalworking Center to Facilitate 'ShipTech 2010'
The 13th annual ShipTech event will be held at the Beau Rivage Resort (Biloxi, MS) on March 9-10, 2010. ShipTech 2010 is cosponsored by the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) Manufacturing Technology Program (ManTech) and the National Shipbuilding Research Program…
Federal-Mogul Launches Aluminum Diesel Piston Production at Russian Joint Venture
The first aluminum diesel piston rolled off the line on October 6 at the Federal-Mogul Corporation (Southfield, MI) joint venture with KAMAZ Inc. (Tatarstan, Russia), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks in Russia. The 50/50 JV, called Federal-Mogul Naberezhnye Chelny,…
Alcan Automotive Creates JV To Capture Growth In China
Alcan Engineered & Automotive Solutions (EAS; Paris, France), part of Alcan Engineered Products (Montreal, Quebec), signed an agreement with Changchun Engley Automobile Parts Co. Ltd. (Changchun, Taiwan) to create a joint venture. The JV company will be based in the…
Total Door Celebrates Grand Opening
Privately held commercial manufacturing business Total Door held its grand opening ribbon cutting at 6145 Delfield Drive in Waterford Township, MI, on October 12. U.S. Rep. Gary Peters and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin joined a large group of officials who…
ZPS America Has Technology Days Event
ZPS America LLC (Indianapolis, IN) held a Technology Days event on October 7-9 to introduce some of the newest cam-driven multispindle CNC production technology in North America from the TAJMAC Group (Milan, Italy), an Italian manufacturer that also has operations…
Weiler Corporation Holds Oktoberfest Open House
The Weiler North American Corporation (Mount Pleasant, SC), a German machine tool builder of cycle type lathes, held an Oktoberfest Open House on October 20-21 to showcase their most recent enhancements to their Flagship E-series cycle-controlled lathes. The event was…
Aleris Promotes New EVP And President For Rolled Products North America Business
Aleris International, Inc. (Beachwood, OH) recently promoted K. Alan Dick to president of its Rolled Products North America business unit, and named him an executive vice president of the company. Dick has worked in the aluminum industry for over twenty-three…
Contractor Awarded for New Wind Turbine Components Plant in Kansas
Gray Construction Company (Lexington, Kentucky) was selected to provide general construction services for a $30 million to $50 million grassroot wind turbine components manufacturing plant for Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) in Hutchinson, Kansas. According to Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land,…
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