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SigmaTEK Systems, LLC Appoints New Corporate Accounts Manager
SigmaTEK Vice President of Sales Glenn Binder announced that Adria Iles has been appointed to the newly created position of Corporate Accounts Manager to better serve clients with multiple plant locations. "Adria will assist our larger clients with multiple facilities…
Schunk Announces Addition of New Business Unit Manager of Toolholding and Workholding
Schunk announced the addition of Bob Holtz to the Schunk team. Mr. Holtz will fill the newly formed position of Business Unit Manager of Toolholding and Workholding. Mr. Holtz has been in the metal cutting industry for over 20 years…
Behringer Saws Expands Reach Throughout Canada
Behringer Saws (Morgantown, PA) announced the addition of two new distributors for its products in Canada. Spark & Co of Montreal and Toronto and Can Star Industrial, Ltd., of Edmonton will help the company more effectively cover the entire country…
WorldBlu Names Hypertherm One of World's Most Democratic Workplaces
Hypertherm (Hanover, NH) is a 2009 recipient of the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces?. The WorldBlu List standard is extremely high. Not all companies that applied or were on last year?s list made the list again this year. Selection…
ArcelorMittal to Defer Steel Projects in India
ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg), the world's largest steel producer, is delaying investment plans worth $20 billion-$25 billion in India by at least two years. Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX) reports that the company had planned to build two integrated steel mills…
Tata Steel to Commence Iron Ore Production in South Africa by 2010
Tata Steel Limited (Mumbai, India), the world's sixth-largest steel producing company, will begin production at the 2 million-ton-per-year Sedibeng mine in South Africa by 2010. According to Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX), Tata Steel holds a controlling stake in…
Germany's Linde to Build Gas Production Plants with Sinopec Subsidiary
Linde AG (Munich, Germany), an international leader in gas and engineering, has signed a contract with Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Works (SVW), a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) (Beijing), to build gas production facilities that will feed SVW's…
Adcole Buys Out Komatsu-NTC Subsidiary, Maintains Presence in Far East
Adcole Corporation (Marlborough, MA) has bought out Komatsu-NTC from their joint venture, Adcole Far East Ltd., in Tokyo. Komatsu-NTC is reportedly consolidating their business units. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Adcole saw this as an opportunity to reinforce…
Call for Entries in AWS 7th Annual Image of Welding Awards
In search of the super stars of welding, the American Welding Society (AWS) has issued a call for entries in the 7th Annual Image of Welding Awards program. This is the industry's top awards competition saluting the year's most outstanding…
Siemens Signs 1,800-Megawatt Wind Turbine Contract with Dong Energy
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) recently signed an agreement with Dong Energy (Copenhagen, Denmark), a leading Danish energy provider, to supply turbines for developing windfarms in northern Europe. According to the contract, Siemens will erect 500 offshore wind turbines designed to…
Knievel Cycles Chooses Lincoln Electric as Official Welding Supplier
Custom motorcycle manufacturer Knievel Cycles ? founded by father and son daredevils Evel Knievel and ?Kaptain? Robbie Knievel ? recently named welding equipment and consumable manufacturer Lincoln Electric (Cleveland, OH) as the company's official welding supplier. As part of the…
Southern Aluminum Finishing Joins PPG Americas Powder CAP Program
Southern Aluminum Finishing Co., Inc. (SAF, Atlanta, GA) announced its enrollment in the PPG Duranar Certified Applicator Program (CAP) as an Americas Powder CAP member. The PPG CAP program certifies member applicators to apply high-performance Duranar powder coatings for commercial…
