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CARL ZEISS (MAPLE GROVE, MN) . . . announced that Crescent Gage and Tool Sales is now a distributor of Zeiss metrology equipment for Central and Northern Texas, Northern Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Crescent Gage and Tool Sales, with Precision…
Steel Technologies de Mexico Purchases Second Red Bud Line
Steel Technologies de Mexico of Guadalupe, NL, Mexico, recently ordered a Red Bud Industries? (Red Bud, IL) Precision Multi-Blanking Line to be installed in their facility in Cuidad Juarez, Chi, Mexico. This line will join the Red Bud Industries? High…
Laboratory Testing Renews Accreditation
Laboratory Testing, Inc. (Hatfield, PA) was recently audited and re-approved by the Performance Review Institute (PRI) for Nadcap accreditation in Materials Testing and ISO/IEC 17025. The following services were added to the scope of accreditation at renewal: ? Metallographic Evaluation…
FANUC Robotics Expands Certified Robot Training Program
FANUC Robotics America, Inc. (Rochester Hills, MI) has added its M-1iA robot to the Certified Education Robot Training (CERT) program line-up. Launched in 2008, the CERT program certifies instructors at educational institutions to train their students to program FANUC robots…
Fraser Steel Helps Engineering Students Build Formula SAE Race Car
Fraser Steel (Albertville, MN) is contributing more than $12,000 in design, engineering and fabrication support to this year's University of Minnesota's Formula SAE® race car design team. The support reflects the company's commitment to developing engineering talent in Minnesota and…
Mitsubishi Announces WSM Technology Is New Ohio Dealer
MC Machinery Systems, Inc.. (Wood Dale, IL) announced that WSM Technology, Inc. is its newest dealer. The company will now represent Mitsubishi EDM, Mitsubishi Waterjet, Encore in northern Ohio, and Roku-Roku high-speed VMCs through all of Ohio. ?Partnering with WSM…
Jenoptik Opens Laser Application Center in Korea
Customers and interested parties in the areas of electronic, flat panel as well as photovoltaics and automotive can now test lasers and laser applications for their own production environments on site with their own materials and refine the processes together…
AST Bearings Seeks to Expand Via Acquisitions
AST Bearings, LLC (Montville, N.J), a leading supplier of miniature bearings, precision ball bearings and related products, announced that part of its continued growth strategy in 2010 is through the strategic acquisitions of other bearing supply companies. Company officials stated…
Alcan Engineered Products Opens R&D Capabilities to Third Parties
Alcan Engineered Products (Voreppe, France), a business unit of Rio Tinto, is opening the use of its cutting-edge research and development center dedicated to aluminum and its alloys to other companies. This leading European research and development center has gained…
American Axle & Manufacturing Establishes Plant in Pennsylvania
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM; Detroit, MI) has established the Lancaster Manufacturing Facility in Lancaster, PA, approximately 75 miles west of Philadelphia. The 30,000 sq ft facility, which launched in January, expands AAM?s welding and bare spindle axle…
Danaher and Cooper Announce Joint Venture of Tool Businesses
Danaher Corporation (Washington, DC) and Cooper Industries (Houston, TX) have signed an agreement to combine certain operations of their respective tool manufacturing businesses in a joint venture to create a premier global business with leading brands, greater scale, and a…
AK Steel Coke Plant Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance
AK Steel?s (West Chester, OH) Ashland, KY, coke plant has received the Max Eward Safety Award from the industry?s leading trade association, the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI). Employees at the plant worked the entire year of 2009…
