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Alcan Cable Opens Tianjin Aluminium Alloy Cable Manufacturing Plant
Alcan Cable (Atlanta, GA), part of Alcan Engineered Products (Montreal, Canada) ? a business unit of Rio Tinto plc (London, England) ? hosted a grand opening ceremony for its recently commissioned aluminium alloy cable manufacturing facility located in Tianjin, People's…
Hypertherm Named Best Large Company to Work For In New Hampshire
Hypertherm (Hanover, NH), a world leader in plasma arc metal cutting technology, recently announced its selection by Business New Hampshire magazine as the Best Large Company to Work For in New Hampshire. In naming Hypertherm as the top large company…
IN Profile: Trumpf, Inc.
With sales of $2.28 billion (?1.66 billion) and about 8,000 employees, the Trumpf Group is one of the world's leading companies in production technology. 67 percent of sales are generated outside Germany. The manufacturer will spend $212 million (? 155…
ArcelorMittal Announces Plans to Set Up Steel Plant in Karnataka
The world's largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg), is exploring the possibility of setting up a 6 million-ton-per-year integrated steel plant in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. According to research by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX), the project investment is…
PLANT POCKETS UTILITY SAVINGS WITH AIR FILTRATION UNITS
The Toyotetsu America metal stamping plant in Kentucky saves $700,000 annually from 330 welding stations that utilize a new closed-system air filtration system from Clean Air America that reduces heating and air conditioning costs.
Harco Metal Products Purchases State-of-the-Art Equipment
Harco Metal Products (Tempe, AZ), a high-performance supplier of fabricated tubular design, components, and assemblies, recently purchased a new, advanced Wafios BMZ42 rotary bender and a new, advanced Accurex TubeInspectHD tube measurement system. Both machines were selected for their unique…
Art's Way Manufacturing Gets $3 Million Contract For Cancer Center
Art's Way Manufacturing, Inc. (Armstrong, IA), recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Art's Way Scientific, Inc., is providing design, manufacturing and installation of a 6,000 sq ft two-story laboratory and office building for Lockard Construction, Inc., the prime contractor…
LAI Signs Multi-Million Dollar Frame Agreement To Manufacture JSF Components
LAI International, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ), a strategic supplier of precision components and subassemblies for original equipment manufacturers, recently entered into a multi-year, multi-million-dollar frame agreement to manufacture structural components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The company is a leading…
AK Tube Plant Re-Certified In VPP Safety Program
The Columbus, IN plant of AK Tube LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel (West Chester, OH), was recently re-certified as a Star site in the Indiana Department of Labor's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). The Star designation signifies that…
Conference Alerts Manufacturers To Defense Opportunities
The NC Aerospace Alliance, NC Military Business Center and sourceNC sponsored the Second Annual sourceNC Supplier Conference on December 9 to enhance the ability of North Carolina companies to win more Department of Defense and commercial contracts. The event was…
ADBIC and Gulf Extrusions to Set Up 50,000-Ton-Per-Year Aluminum Extrusion Plant in Abu Dhabi
Industrial development and investment company Abu Dhabi Basic Industries Corporation (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and aluminum extrusion products company Gulf Extrusions Company (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) have signed a memorandum of understanding under which the companies will jointly set…
Dongbu Steel Commissions Two Plants With Consteel Technology
Leading metals and mining technology services provider Tenova SpA (Milan, Italy) announced that two plants built with its proprietary Consteel technology have commenced operations in South Korea. According to a report by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX), the plants…