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Airtronics Awarded Contract to Manufacture Steel Doors & Window Screens
With the current economic downturn, the number of abandoned and foreclosed properties is rapidly increasing, and so is the demand for board-up services to protect those properties from vandalism. Finding plywood ineffective at preventing break-ins, city officials in such major…
LAI Participates In Textron's Roll-Out Ceremony
LAI International, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ), a critical supplier for Textron Marine & Land Systems? Armored Security Vehicle used in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, participated in the roll-out ceremony of the 2,000th ASV. John Rogers, V.P. of business development for…
Fabricators Plus Launches New Website
Fabricators Plus (Muscatine, IA) unveiled a newly designed website today spotlighting their company?s performance metrics and describing their Customizable Delivery System capabilities that raise the bar for JIT delivery practices everywhere. Fabricators Plus has decided there is no better way…
Indian Steelmakers to Invest $2.7 Billion to Boost Capacity by 2012
India's leading public sector steel manufacturing companies Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) (New Delhi), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) (Faridabad, Haryana) and NMDC Limited (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) will invest about $2.7 billion this fiscal year to increase steel production…
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Names New Corporate Officer
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (Los Angeles, CA) announced that it has named a new officer of the Company. Sheldon Tenenbaum, 63, is Senior Vice President, Supplier Development. Mr. Tenenbaum joined Reliance in 1998 with the acquisition of Chatham Steel…
Texas Instructors Lead Regional Workforce Training
The Texas region continues to pave new ways for hands-on training and seeks new certifications to set higher standards for workers and employers. Leading the momentum is South Texas College (STC), the biggest U.S. college south of San Antonio. In…
LISSMAC Corporation Opens U.S. Headquarters
LISSMAC GmbH (Bad Wurzach, Germany), in its efforts to improve in-house manufacturing and fabricating processes, researched and subsequently developed a new and unique technology and in 2002 began manufacturing its own line of SBM sheet metal processing machines. ?Our machines…
Ellerbee named Vice President of Lincoln Industries
Lincoln Industries president Hank Orme has announced that Bill Ellerbee has been selected to serve as vice president of operations. Ellerbee brings an extensive operations background to his new position. After graduating from college, Ellerbee worked for the Maytag Corporation…
Farr APC Appoints Goodspeed to Thermal Spray Market Manager
Farr Air Pollution Control (APC, Jonesboro, AR) appointed Scott R. Goodspeed to the newly created position of thermal spray market manager. Goodspeed has 36 years of sales, managerial and technical experience in the thermal spray industry. He most recently served…
StatoilHydro to Develop World's First Floating Wind Turbine
Oil and gas company StatoilHydro ASA (Stavanger, Norway) has announced plans to build the world's first floating wind turbine, known as Hywind, to be anchored about 10 kilometers off of Norway's coast. Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX) reports that…
Wire and Tube China 2010 to Benefit from Investment Program
Messe Düsseldorf North America (Chicago, IL) announced that Wire China 2010, the 4th All China- International Wire and Cable Industry Trade Fair, and Tube China 2010, the 4th All China – International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair, will benefit from…
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Expands Use of Siemens PLM Software Technology for Production
Lockheed Martin (Bethesda, MD) and Siemens PLM Software (Plano, TX) announced that Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, the builder of the world?s most advanced multi-role fighter, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), is expanding the use of Teamcenter® software, Siemens…
