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Tongxin Secures Second On-Site Contract with Vehicle Manufacturer
Tongxin International, Ltd. (Changsha, China), a China-based manufacturer of engineered vehicle body structures (EVBS), recently announced a new contract with a leading Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer to manufacture and assemble Tongxin's cab model 1280 on-site and in the customer's production…
Methods Machine Tools To Hold Multitasking Machining Seminars
Methods Machine Tools Inc. (Sudbury, MA), a leading supplier of innovative precision machine tools, announced they will hold two Multitasking Machining Seminars on December 16, 2009 at their Sudbury Technology Center. The complimentary seminars, offered in two convenient time tracks,…
ThyssenKrupp Nirosta Steel Mill Upgrades Scheduling System
PSI BT GmbH (Berlin, Germany) replaced its previous version of the PSImetals software system that controls the heat and caster sequence planning in the ThyssenKrupp Nirosta (Krefeld, Germany) plant that had been operating for more than ten years. The modernization…
Neff Press and Prab, Inc. Join In Partnership
Prab, Inc. (Kalamazoo, MI), recently announced an exclusive Private Label Distribution Agreement with Neff Press, Inc. (St. Louis, MO). Prab, a worldwide leading manufacturer of metal scrap handling equipment, will be the exclusive domestic and international distributor for Neff Press…
ARC Specialties and Lincoln Electric to Host Robotics Seminar
Automated manufacturing systems company ARC Specialties, Inc. (Houston, TX) plans to host a robotics seminar along with Lincoln Electric Automation Division (Cleveland, OH). Applied Automation: Robots In Manufacturing is the second installment in a series of technical seminars held at…
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…
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…
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…
AK Steel Underwrites Steel Magnolia Awards
In recognition of women who have overcome obstacles to make a difference in the lives of others, the AK Steel Foundation (Middletown, OH) is underwriting the inaugural Steel Magnolia Awards that honor eight women who reside in the vicinity of…
Ohio Industrial Employment Shrinks by 106,000 Jobs Over Past 24 Months
Industrial employment in Ohio fell 10.4 percent over the past twenty-four months according to the 2010 Ohio Manufacturers Directory®, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. (MNI; Evanston, IL). MNI reports Ohio lost 106,629 manufacturing jobs over the…
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,…
