Industry News
Filter by Process Zone:
Rizhao Steel Improves Its Production Control
The implementation of the SteelPlanner® MES-System from AIS (Linz, Austria) for the 2150 mm hot strip mill of Rizhao Steel in China has recently been finished by Siemens Ltd., China. AIS is a wholly owned subsidiary of PSI AG (Berlin,…
Mazak Distributor Launches New Sales and Support Office in Mexico
Machine tool builder Mazak Corporation (Florence, KY) recently announced that its Mexican distributor, Preci Ingenieria, opened a sales and support office in Queretaro, Mexico. The two companies will work together to ensure that customers receive maximum benefit from the new…
AZ Automotive Poised for Growth After Realigning Finances
AZ Automotive (Centerline, MI), a Tier One full-service engineering and production supplier of metal stampings, assemblies, and modules to automotive manufacturers, is poised for growth after significantly reducing its debt and realigning its cost structure. The manufacturer reduced the leverage…
Manchester Tool & Die Receives ISO 9001:2008 Registration
Manchester Tool & Die, Inc. recently received ISO 9001:2008 registration from Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. The quality management system assessed and registered is applicable to the design and manufacturing of equipment used in the fabricating process of tubing and…
Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp. Named 'Vendor of the Year'
Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp. (Louisville, KY) was recently named "Vendor of the Year" in the lumber and building materials commodities division by Do it Best Corp., the only U.S.-based, member-owned hardware, lumber, and building materials buying cooperative in the home…
U.S. Manufacturing Remains Viable, But a New Kind of Skilled Worker is Needed
The dominant mood among those in political power is one of continued crisis. Every day brings a new and greater challenge that only the wise heads of government can hope to solve. The manufacturing sector has not been immune to…
TRW Produces Ten Millionth Unit of Electric Park Brake Technology
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (Livonia, MI) is celebrating the production of its ten millionth Electric Parking Brake (EPB) motor-on-caliper unit at its plant in Koblenz, Germany. The plant is TRW's global technical center for braking systems where the breakthrough EPB…
Boeing Receives Second All-Electric Tube Bending Machine for Helicopter Manufacturing
Unison recently supplied a second all-electric tube bending machine to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (Philadelphia, PA). The order for this equipment came just two years after Unison delivered the first system. This tube bending machine is a Breeze 20 system…
Electrical Equipment Manufacturers Excel at Mixed-Mode Manufacturing
According to a new research report by software maker Cincom Systems (Cincinnati, OH), nearly half (48 percent) of electrical equipment manufacturers use an automated, integrated system to manage their mixed-mode manufacturing processes ? 18 percent more than the composite average…
Jobs: Midnight in America
On the heels of recent news that U.S. unemployment had climbed to the highest rate since April 1983, the president of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM; Washington, DC) likened the crisis to 'Midnight in America.' "Our country…
AMT Elects New Board of Directors and Officers
AMT ? The Association For Manufacturing Technology (McLean, VA) elected its 2009-2010 officers and directors in October 23 at its 2009 Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. The board of directors of the association, which represents more than 400 American manufacturers…
Tube City IMS Announces Promotions
Tube City IMS, LLC (Pittsburgh, PA), a leading provider of products and services to steel mills and foundries globally, recently promoted two executives. Electa Boyle has been promoted to vice president of financial operations and corporate controller. Ms. Boyle has…
