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Federal-Mogul Launches Aluminum Diesel Piston Production at Russian Joint Venture
The first aluminum diesel piston rolled off the line on October 6 at the Federal-Mogul Corporation (Southfield, MI) joint venture with KAMAZ Inc. (Tatarstan, Russia), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks in Russia. The 50/50 JV, called Federal-Mogul Naberezhnye Chelny,…
ZPS America Has Technology Days Event
ZPS America LLC (Indianapolis, IN) held a Technology Days event on October 7-9 to introduce some of the newest cam-driven multispindle CNC production technology in North America from the TAJMAC Group (Milan, Italy), an Italian manufacturer that also has operations…
Total Door Celebrates Grand Opening
Privately held commercial manufacturing business Total Door held its grand opening ribbon cutting at 6145 Delfield Drive in Waterford Township, MI, on October 12. U.S. Rep. Gary Peters and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin joined a large group of officials who…
Weiler Corporation Holds Oktoberfest Open House
The Weiler North American Corporation (Mount Pleasant, SC), a German machine tool builder of cycle type lathes, held an Oktoberfest Open House on October 20-21 to showcase their most recent enhancements to their Flagship E-series cycle-controlled lathes. The event was…
Alcan Automotive Creates JV To Capture Growth In China
Alcan Engineered & Automotive Solutions (EAS; Paris, France), part of Alcan Engineered Products (Montreal, Quebec), signed an agreement with Changchun Engley Automobile Parts Co. Ltd. (Changchun, Taiwan) to create a joint venture. The JV company will be based in the…
Aleris Promotes New EVP And President For Rolled Products North America Business
Aleris International, Inc. (Beachwood, OH) recently promoted K. Alan Dick to president of its Rolled Products North America business unit, and named him an executive vice president of the company. Dick has worked in the aluminum industry for over twenty-three…
Contractor Awarded for New Wind Turbine Components Plant in Kansas
Gray Construction Company (Lexington, Kentucky) was selected to provide general construction services for a $30 million to $50 million grassroot wind turbine components manufacturing plant for Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) in Hutchinson, Kansas. According to Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land,…
Detroit Tool Metal Products to Receive $2 Million in Funding for New Manufacturing Process
Detroit Tool Metal Products (DTMP; Lebanon, MO) announced that the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $2 million in funding to develop an improved manufacturing process for the use of advanced titanium metal in military vehicles. The funding is part…
Taiwan Manufacturer Becomes New Player In Global Stainless Steel Market
Yuen Chang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. (Taichung, Taiwan) manufactures stainless steel sheets, stainless steel plate, stainless steel coil, stainless steel 304 and stainless steel strip in a business that has grown rapidly over the past two decades, transforming from a…
Defense Production Act Legislation Strengthens U.S. Defense Industrial Base
U.S. manufacturers continue to roundly applaud the enactment of the Defense Production Act (DPA) reforms and reauthorization (S. 1677), the bill signed into law by President Obama last month. ?America?s national security is threatened by the erosion the recession has…
AME Institute Honors Students With 2009 Educational Scholarship
The AME Institute (Arlington Heights, IL), an organization established by the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME; Arlington Heights, IL) in 2008, awarded six students, each paired with a professor, with an educational scholarship to attend AME?s 2009 International Lean Conference…
Miller Welding & Machine Achieves ISO Certification
The Miller Welding & Machine (Brookville, PA), a provider of industrial manufacturing services, recently announced that its manufacturing facility has earned ISO 9001:2000 and 14001:2004 certifications by Eagle Registrations, Inc., an ANAB accredited registrar. ISO 9001:2000 is a globally recognized…