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Gerdau Ameristeel Announces Departure of COO
Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (Tampa, FL) announced that Terry K. Sutter, vice president and chief operating officer, left the company for personal reasons on May 21. "On behalf of Gerdau Ameristeel, I would like to thank Terry for his contributions to…
World's Largest Isothermal Forging Press Built to Produce Jet Engine Components
Doug Currie, president of Erie Press Systems (Erie, PA), reports that production of the world's largest Isothermal Forging Press is complete for Ladish Co., Inc. (Cudahy, WI). The unique design of the press, rated at 12,500 tons, will allow it…
1Q 2010 Workholding Shipments Up 8.1 Percent from 4Q 2009
At $50.0 million for first quarter 2010, shipments of workholding equipment were up 10.7 percent from first quarter 2009 according to the Advanced Workholding Technologies (AWT) Group of AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology (McLean, VA). Workholding equipment shipments…
GHC to Build $1 Billion Aluminum Rolling Mill
Abu Dhabi's biggest industrial investment group, General Holding Corporation (GHC; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), will invest about $1 billion to construct an aluminum rolling mill at the Khalifa Port Industrial Zone in Taweelah. The new aluminum project will be…
Ogihara America Corporation Wins Energy Savings Project of the Year Award
Ogihara America Corporation (Howell, MI), a Thai Summit Group company, has been chosen as the winner of the 2010 Energy Saving Commercial Project of the Year presented by DTE Energy and The Engineering Society of Detroit. This award recognizes a…
AIAG Launches Special Process System Assessments on Cutting Variation and Waste
Developed in a collaborative effort by volunteers from Chrysler Group LLC, Delphi Corp., Ford Motor Co., General Motors LLC, Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc., Nexteer Automotive, The Lincoln Electric Company, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America, TRW Automotive, and…
In One Hard-Hit Manufacturing Town, A New Normal
This windswept city, population 4,700, is a symbol of how the decline in U.S. manufacturing employment is taking a heavy toll on the country's heartland. Over the past two years, Forest City's No. 1 employer, Winnebago Industries, has laid off…
Valley Machine Shop Contributes to Boeing Aerial Refueling Tanker
Valley Machine Shop (Renton, WA) is proud to announce its addition to The Boeing Company's nationwide team to compete for the U.S. Air Force's new fleet of aerial refueling tankers. As part of Boeing's United States Tanker team, Valley Machine…
Surma Sees Recovery Beginning for Steel Industry
Delivering the keynote address to an audience of more than 1,000 people during the recent Association of Iron and Steel Technology conference in Pittsburgh, U.S. Steel (Pittsburgh, PA) CEO John Surma spoke about the future and the direction in which…
Mauser Group Gains New Partners in Asia
DRUMNET, the global Mauser licensee network for steel packaging, has strengthened its network in Asia/Pacific. Its new partner for Australia and New Zealand is local market leader VIP Packaging, while leading steel drum producer Wuxi Sifang has joined the international…
World's Largest Solar Photovoltaic Plant is Planned
According to a report from Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX), French renewable energy company EDF Energies Nouvelles SA (EDF-EN; Paris, France) has revealed that it intends to build what could be the world's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plant near…
Solar Power Could Drive 25 Percent of Electricity Generation by 2050
Solar power could generate up to 25 percent of global electricity by 2050, according to the latest figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA) (Paris, France). Based on two new roadmaps covering solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP),…