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Trilogy Machinery Becomes Distributor for Sunrise
Trilogy Machinery, Inc. (Belcamp, MD) is pleased to announce they have entered into an agreement with Sunrise Fluid Power to become the new United States agent for ironworkers and punching machines. The product line includes hydraulic ironworkers, CNC ironworkers, hydraulic…
May Industry Watch: People
SHEET METAL WORKERS’ LOCAL 36 (ST. LOUIS, MO) . . . awarded apprentice Dustin Walker top honors as a service apprentice at the Annual International Sheet Metal Competition hosted by the International Training Institute (ITI) in March in Las Vegas….
May Industry Watch: Business
(CARLSBAD, CA) . . . added a Live Chat feature to its website. Jim Watson, founder and president of this welding accessory parts supplier, says the newly installed tool “. . . will take our customer experience to another level…
Solar Power Shone Bright for Europe in 2009
Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland), reports that the world may be in the grip of a global economic depression, but 2009 was the best year yet for solar-generated power in Europe. The latest figures from…
PORTABLE RACK SCALE WEIGHS AND TRANSPORTS PIPE
Alliance Scale’s Portable Rack Scale lets you weigh and transport pipe up to 12,000 lb. Rugged construction, an easy-to-read LCD display and a computer port make it suited for a wide range of applications, on-site or in-house.
OES Technologies and Rockwell Automation Collaborate
OES Technologies (London, Ontario) joins Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) as its newest Encompass Product Partner. Rockwell Automation, Inc. is the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information. Through Encompass Product Partners, customers can quickly locate complementary products that…
COMPACT MATERIAL STORAGE/RETRIEVAL TOWER FOR LASER CUTTING
LVD Strippit’s material storage and retrieval tower for select models of its CO2 laser cutting helps optimize material flow and allows unattended operation with uninterrupted processing of high-quality laser cut parts
U.S. Aluminum Extrusions Industry Files Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions
The U.S. Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade Committee (Washington, D.C.), a coalition of domestic manufacturers of aluminum extrusions, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union ("United Steelworkers") filed a petition in…
Engineering Majors Dominate The Job Market
In the winter 2010 salary survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), most of the top 10 disciplines are engineering fields, and graduates with bachelor's degrees are earning among the highest salaries. The new survey reinforces a…
Partnership Brings Manufacturing To More Kids Across The Country
A landmark partnership between two organizations is pioneering the effort to inspire tomorrow's inventors, engineers, manufacturers and entrepreneurs, and addresses a dire need to fill skilled labor positions in this country. Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT), The Foundation of the…
Big Turnout for International Sheet Metal Apprentice Competition
More than 325 sheet metal apprentices and their families from the United States and Canada ventured to Las Vegas March 15-18 for the Annual International Sheet Metal Competition hosted by the International Training Institute (ITI). Five apprentices from four Sheet…
Han-Kwang Opens New Showroom
Han-Kwang USA (Lombard, IL) opened a new 13,000 square-foot Chicago-area facility with showroom for laser machine demonstrations, as well as application engineering, parts and service departments. The new showroom will house multiple plate and tube cutting laser machines for customer…