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Olympic Steel Installs New Red Bud Blanking Line
Red Bud Industries (Red Bud, IL) recently installed a .375 in (9.52 mm) Blanking Line with a Stretcher Leveler at Olympic Steel?s Plymouth, MN, facility. Olympic decided to add the Heavy Gage Line in order to meet their customers? demands…
OMAX® Wins $3.75 Million GSA Order from the United States Air Force
OMAX Corporation (Kent, WA) has announced the sale of 16 units of its 55100 JetMachining® Center to the United States Air Force. The sale, estimated at $3.75 million, was completed in partnership with Phillips Corporation ? Federal Division, OMAX?s distributor…
Hypertherm Acquires MTC Software, Leading Manufacturer of CAM Nesting Software
Hypertherm (Hanover, NH) has announced the acquisition of the core assets of MTC Software, a developer of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software used by the sheet and plate processing industry. MTC?s software product helps companies in the metal cutting industry optimize…
XSpect Solutions Appoints New Applications Engineer for Gear Measuring Equipment
Xspect Solutions, Inc. announces the appointment of Elliott Mills as the new applications engineer responsible for Xspect Solutions/Wenzel gear measuring equipment. Mr. Mills comes to Xspect Solutions from American Axle & Manufacturing where he worked as a manufacturing engineer, industrial…
Lincoln Electric Further Invests in Offshore and Power Generation Industries with Creation of Industry Segment Manager Role
Lincoln Electric (Cleveland, OH) has increased its outreach to the offshore and power generation industries with the promotion of Dusty Hickman to the newly created position of industry segment manager, offshore, process and power generation. In this role, Hickman will…
Friedman Industries, Inc. Announces Opening of New Steel Coil Processing Facility in Decatur, AL
Friedman Industries, Inc. announces the opening of its newest steel coil processing plant located in Decatur, AL. The facility is designed to convert hot-rolled coils received from the adjacent Nucor Steel Company mill into hot-rolled sheet and plate relieved of…
U.S. Contracting Company Breaks into Wind Tower Fabrication Market
T Bailey (Anacortes, WA) recently began bringing its heavy construction experience to the wind power generation industry, fabricating wind towers. The towers, typically measuring between 180 and 240 ft, are made up of three or more sections, each made up…
ITW ROCOL North America Expands Manufacturing Plant in Iowa
ITW ROCOL North America (Glenview, IL) moved into a new, larger manufacturing facility in DeWitt, IA. With 43,000 sq ft and improved manufacturing capabilities and technology ITW ROCOL North America is now fully prepared for both internal and external expansion….
Beijing to Invest $1.02 Billion for 56 Transformer Stations in the Next Two Years
Beijing is planning to invest $1.02 billion for 56 transformer stations in the next two years. Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX) reports that by 2010, each new urban district in Beijing will have at least one transformer substation, and…
GE Signs $3 Billion Power Generation Agreement with Iraq
GE Energy, a subsidiary of General Electric (NYSE:GE) (Fairfield, CT), has signed a $3 billion contract with Iraq's government to supply power generation equipment and services. According to a report by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX), the deal is…
Mingyang Wind Power Signs Agreement with Six Developers for Supply of Wind Turbines
Guangdong Mingyang Wind Power Technology Company Limited, one of the major wind power manufacturers in China and a subsidiary of Guangdong Mingyang Electric Group Company Limited, headquartered in Zhongshan city in southern China's Guangdong province, together with Shengguo Tongyuan (Beijing)…
Laboratory Testing, Inc. Offers Immersion Ultrasonic Testing for Materials to 5000 lb
Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI, Hatfield, PA) recently expanded immersion ultrasonic testing (UT) capabilities with the installation of a 24 ft x 5 foot immersion tank. A two-axis, five-channel A, B, and C scan immersion ultrasound system was installed to perform…
