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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,…
ZPS America Has Technology Days Event
ZPS America LLC (Indianapolis, IN) held a Technology Days event on October 7-9 to introduce some of the newest cam-driven multispindle CNC production technology in North America from the TAJMAC Group (Milan, Italy), an Italian manufacturer that also has operations…
Total Door Celebrates Grand Opening
Privately held commercial manufacturing business Total Door held its grand opening ribbon cutting at 6145 Delfield Drive in Waterford Township, MI, on October 12. U.S. Rep. Gary Peters and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin joined a large group of officials who…
Weiler Corporation Holds Oktoberfest Open House
The Weiler North American Corporation (Mount Pleasant, SC), a German machine tool builder of cycle type lathes, held an Oktoberfest Open House on October 20-21 to showcase their most recent enhancements to their Flagship E-series cycle-controlled lathes. The event was…
Alcan Automotive Creates JV To Capture Growth In China
Alcan Engineered & Automotive Solutions (EAS; Paris, France), part of Alcan Engineered Products (Montreal, Quebec), signed an agreement with Changchun Engley Automobile Parts Co. Ltd. (Changchun, Taiwan) to create a joint venture. The JV company will be based in the…
Aleris Promotes New EVP And President For Rolled Products North America Business
Aleris International, Inc. (Beachwood, OH) recently promoted K. Alan Dick to president of its Rolled Products North America business unit, and named him an executive vice president of the company. Dick has worked in the aluminum industry for over twenty-three…
Contractor Awarded for New Wind Turbine Components Plant in Kansas
Gray Construction Company (Lexington, Kentucky) was selected to provide general construction services for a $30 million to $50 million grassroot wind turbine components manufacturing plant for Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) in Hutchinson, Kansas. According to Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land,…
Detroit Tool Metal Products to Receive $2 Million in Funding for New Manufacturing Process
Detroit Tool Metal Products (DTMP; Lebanon, MO) announced that the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $2 million in funding to develop an improved manufacturing process for the use of advanced titanium metal in military vehicles. The funding is part…
