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Kennametal Hooks Up with iPad Via iTunes
This cutting tool manufacturer compliments its social media efforts with an interactive catalog app.
Taltek Machining Systems Changes Name to Innovate Technologies
The exclusive Illinois and Indiana distributor of Mitsubishi wire and sinker EDMs, small hole EDM drills, waterjets, and Rok-Roku machining centers changes its name to identify more with its offerings.
Mississippi Steel Processing Announces Expansion
The service center plans to add 72,000 sq ft and heavy-duty slitting capability with a new 5/8 in x 74 ft x 90,000 lb slitting line and a new crane.
Jobs Increase on the Horizon for Sheet Metal Workers
There once was a time when pipefitters and iron workers were the icons of the welding craft. Not any more. Sheet metal workers with welding skills are now working in power and nuclear facilities and automobile manufacturing plants that are coming online as welding certification becomes a valuable asset on job sites across the U.S.
C & B Machinery Supplies Grinders Used On Chevy Volt Connecting Rods
The company was awarded an order by GM for two special double disc grinding systems to finish grind both coplanar and non-coplanar connecting rods for the auxiliary 1.4L engine in the electrically-powered Chevy Volt.
RK Technologies Named Representative for Advanced Metal Etching
RK Technologies offers micro-miniature stamping, plating, custom precision machining, photo-chemical etching and custom injection molding.
ABB Robotics Training Lab Opens at Vincennes University
An open house at the $9 million industrial training facility will celebrate the ABB-VU partnership, a central Midwest model for industrial robotic and advanced manufacturing training.
Lincoln Electric Announces 4Q10 Motorsports Welding School Schedule
The Motorsports Welding School uses hands-on applications to teach students the fundamentals of welding on racecars and expand their knowledge from basic to advanced materials.
Mower Blade Manufacturer Announces Multi-Million Dollar Lab Expansion
The multi-million dollar advanced materials lab will be dedicated to mechanical and physical testing of new materials that advance surface engineering technologies in a wide variety of markets.
CUSTOMIZED DOUBLE-STACKED SCISSOR LIFT
This double-stacked pneumatic scissor lift table with riser from Herkules Equipment Corporation provides proper worker ergonomics and a constant line rate, eliminating the need to climb up and down the platform.
Donaldson Torit Launches New Website
This new site provides information on PowerCore Dust Collection equipment, answers frequently asked questions, and includes case studies and sales and service contact information.
October Industry Watch: Business
Recent activities and events going on in the business of metalworking and fabricating.