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American Axle & Manufacturing Establishes Plant in Pennsylvania
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM; Detroit, MI) has established the Lancaster Manufacturing Facility in Lancaster, PA, approximately 75 miles west of Philadelphia. The 30,000 sq ft facility, which launched in January, expands AAM?s welding and bare spindle axle…
Danaher and Cooper Announce Joint Venture of Tool Businesses
Danaher Corporation (Washington, DC) and Cooper Industries (Houston, TX) have signed an agreement to combine certain operations of their respective tool manufacturing businesses in a joint venture to create a premier global business with leading brands, greater scale, and a…
AK Steel Coke Plant Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance
AK Steel?s (West Chester, OH) Ashland, KY, coke plant has received the Max Eward Safety Award from the industry?s leading trade association, the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI). Employees at the plant worked the entire year of 2009…
Posco Teams Up with SAIL to Build $3.3 Billion Steel Mill
Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX) reports that Pohang Iron and Steel Company (Posco; Kyongsahngbuk-Do, South Korea) has teamed up with Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL; New Delhi) to build a $3.3 billion steel mill in the city of…
SEYI Poised For Recovery This Year
SEYI (Shieh Yih Machinery) (Kueisan Hsiang, Taiwan), one of the world’s leading producers of mechanical presses, said that its China sales are expected to grow significantly in 2010. Strong market conditions led to a four-fold increase in sales to customers…
Korean Manufacturer Chooses Nova Scotia For Wind Turbine Production Plant
Korea-based Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has chosen Nova Scotia, Canada, for its North American production center for wind turbine towers and blades. The operation will be located in Trenton, Pictou County, creating up to 500 direct jobs and…
JOINING EXOTIC METALS
Performance Paradox: Some of the new welding materials and technology in racecar fabrication push the envelope, where welds must hold 200-mph turns, high G-forces and collision impacts to protect drivers’ lives.
AN EDUCATION IN WELDING FUME EXTRACTION
Fume extraction is only one component of reducing welding fume, along with the selection of the welding process, welding procedure and consumable. Here’s why a combination of fume extraction, training, process change and/or consumable change may be needed to reduce the amount of fume to acceptable levels.
Siemens On Track To Become One Of Top Three Wind Turbine Manufacturers By 2012
Electronics and electrical engineering company Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) is continuing its push to become one of the top three wind turbine manufacturers by 2012 with the opening of a new assembly line for nacelles at the company’s plant in…
Vikram Solar To Invest $110 Million In West Bengal PV Cell Manufacturing
The state of West Bengal will host Vikram Solar Private Limited (VSPL; Kolkata, West Bengal), a subsidiary of the Vikram Group of Industries (Kolkata), a group with diversified interests. VSPL plans to invest up to $110 million for setting up…
ArcelorMittal to Build Steel Mill in Iraq
ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg), the world's largest steel producer, has announced plans to set up a steel mill at Sulaimaniyah in Kurdistan, northern Iraq. According to reports by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX), the steel major will build the facility in…
Sheffield Forging Ahead in Heavy Nuclear Component Manufacture
Two companies that are key to the United Kingdom's new ₤40 billion ($61 billion) nuclear domestic build program and equipment export drive are benefitting from the national Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) and the country's Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC)….