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Rizhao Steel Improves Its Production Control
The implementation of the SteelPlanner® MES-System from AIS (Linz, Austria) for the 2150 mm hot strip mill of Rizhao Steel in China has recently been finished by Siemens Ltd., China. AIS is a wholly owned subsidiary of PSI AG (Berlin,…
Celeritive Technologies Issues 1,000th Seat of VoluMill
Celeritive Technologies (Cave Creek, AZ) has become the fastest ever to sell the first 1,000 seats of high-speed machining software to the CAM industry. The 1,000th seat of VoluMill? was sold to Mastercam® user Advanced Machining Services LLC (AMS; Bend,…
Gerdau to Resume Heavy Plate Mill Project at Acominas Plant
Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau (Porto Alegre, Brazil) will install a one million ton capacity heavy plate mill at its Açominas facility in the Minas Gerais state of Ouro Branco for an estimated $994 million to begin flat steel production in the…
Commercial Metals Company Announces Upcoming Organizational Realignment
Commercial Metals Company (Irving, TX) plans an upcoming realignment in its segment reporting structure within its major operational units, the CMC Americas Division and the CMC International Division. Effective December 1 the CMC Americas Division will operate utilizing three segments:…
Harco Metal Products Receives ISO Certification
Harco Metal Products (Tempe, AZ), an industry leader in tube fabrication, systems integration, and seamless, cost effective manufacturing, has received ISO:9001 certification. This certification, part of the ISO:9000 family of standards for quality management systems, was awarded after rigorous independent…
Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation Celebrates 50th Anniversary with $30 Million Expansion
Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation (Harvey, IL), a business within Tyco Electrical & Metal Products, which is a segment of Tyco International, announced the grand opening of a 514,000 sq ft expansion of its manufacturing center in Harvey. The $30…
Mazak Distributor Launches New Sales and Support Office in Mexico
Machine tool builder Mazak Corporation (Florence, KY) recently announced that its Mexican distributor, Preci Ingenieria, opened a sales and support office in Queretaro, Mexico. The two companies will work together to ensure that customers receive maximum benefit from the new…
AZ Automotive Poised for Growth After Realigning Finances
AZ Automotive (Centerline, MI), a Tier One full-service engineering and production supplier of metal stampings, assemblies, and modules to automotive manufacturers, is poised for growth after significantly reducing its debt and realigning its cost structure. The manufacturer reduced the leverage…
Manchester Tool & Die Receives ISO 9001:2008 Registration
Manchester Tool & Die, Inc. recently received ISO 9001:2008 registration from Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. The quality management system assessed and registered is applicable to the design and manufacturing of equipment used in the fabricating process of tubing and…
Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp. Named 'Vendor of the Year'
Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp. (Louisville, KY) was recently named "Vendor of the Year" in the lumber and building materials commodities division by Do it Best Corp., the only U.S.-based, member-owned hardware, lumber, and building materials buying cooperative in the home…
U.S. Manufacturing Remains Viable, But a New Kind of Skilled Worker is Needed
The dominant mood among those in political power is one of continued crisis. Every day brings a new and greater challenge that only the wise heads of government can hope to solve. The manufacturing sector has not been immune to…
TRW Produces Ten Millionth Unit of Electric Park Brake Technology
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (Livonia, MI) is celebrating the production of its ten millionth Electric Parking Brake (EPB) motor-on-caliper unit at its plant in Koblenz, Germany. The plant is TRW's global technical center for braking systems where the breakthrough EPB…
