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South Korean Steel Major POSCO to Set Up PPGI Facility in Malaysia
POSCO (Kyongsahngbuk-Do, South Korea), the world's third-largest steel producer, plans to develop a coated sheet mill in Malaysia to produce about 70,000 tons per year of pre-painted galvanized sheets (PPGI). Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX) reports that the firm's…
ESCO Tool Founder Al Brennan Dies at Age 87
ESCO Tool (Holliston, MA) has announced that Albert T. Brennan, who purchased the Evans Supply Company in Winchester, MA, in 1975, later renamed the firm ESCO Tools, and built it into one of the world?s leading welding end prep tool…
AMT Urges Protection of Technology Suppliers to Position GM for a Stronger Future
The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT, McLean, VA) is urging Congress and the Administration to protect the manufacturing technology supplier base in the wake of GM?s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, in order to ensure the continued strength of American manufacturing,…
NADCA Publishes Latest Industry Census Report
NADCA, The North American Die Casting Association (Wheeling, IL) has released its latest publication, the census of the Die Casting Industry. Conducted for NADCA by TCG Consulting, this report details the latest industry findings on North American die casting business,…
NEW LINE OF CABINETS PROVIDES MOST STORAGE PER DRAWER IN THE INDUSTRY
Stor-Loc® announces its new Standard Wide Plus (SW+®) line of cabinets. The Stor-Loc® SW+® cabinet provides 700 sq in of storage space per drawer. Compared to the existing 625 sq in drawers available on the market today, the SW+® provides at least 12 percent (and up to 22 percent) more storage per drawer than any
other comparable cabinet in the industry.
Bosch Rexroth Opens New Facility in Nuremberg, Germany
Bosch Rexroth expanded its capacity for producing large wind-turbine gearboxes by opening a new facility recently in Nuremberg, Germany. The plant, which covers a surface area as large as five football fields, will manufacture around 300 large gearboxes in 2009…
Thyssenkrupp Waupaca, Inc. Receives Environmental Stewardship Award
Thyssenkrupp Waupaca, Inc. (TKW, Tell City, IN) recently received the Environmental Stewardship Award from Energy Management Systems Inc. (EMS) for significantly reducing their energy consumption. Through changes made by EMS, the TKW plant in Tell City, IN has reduced its…
MTConnect Institute Seeking New Members
The MTConnect Institute (McLean, VA), a newly established organization that seeks to promote manufacturing system interoperability, seeks new members to assist in developing and promoting the standards and materials required to fully implement MTConnect. The development of MTConnect, an open,…
Flow International Appoints Allen Hsieh Vice President & CFO
Flow International Corporation (Kent, WA, NASDAQ: FLOW) announced the appointment of Allen Hsieh as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Hsieh will oversee all of Flow's financial functions from the company's headquarters in Kent, WA and report directly to Charley…
Aristo Machines Announces Manufacturing Partnership With MTD
Aristo Machines, Inc., manufacturer of tube end forming systems, has announced a new partnership with Manchester Tool & Die, Inc. (MTD). Manchester Tool & Die will now manufacture, install, and offer support for Aristo?s lines of tube end forming systems….
RETROFIT ALMOST ANYTHING TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
Advanced Machinery Resources, Inc. displayed a used Revolution CNC Bed Mill with the Centroid Control. The company has been representing Centroid in the Pacific Northwest for the past 15 years. They can help retrofit anything from a small CNC lathe or mill to larger style vertical turret lathes or horizontal boring mills, saving users thousands of dollars.
CNC MACHINE SIMULATION SOFTWARE ENABLES ELIMINATION OF MANUALLY PROVING-OUT NC PROGRAMS
CGTech demonstrated the next major version of VERICUT CNC machine simulation and optimization software. VERICUT 7 features significant performance-improving enhancements that reduce the time required for manufacturing engineers to develop, analyze, inspect and document the CNC programming and machining process.
