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RathGibson Welcomes New Customer in Latin America
RathGibson (Lincolnshire, IL), a leading manufacturer of welded, welded and drawn, and seamless stainless steel, nickel, and titanium tubing, is excited to work with their Peruvian channel partner, ABSISA, to provide commercial grade stainless steel tubing to industrial equipment manufacturer…
MPIF Publishes New Information on PM Material
The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) has published the 2009 edition of MPIF Standard 35, Materials Standards for PM Structural Parts. Aimed at design/materials engineers and purchasing agents, the 84-page standard contains new information on many of the 96 industry-approved…
New Online Class Helps Plasma Operators Get the Most from their Consumables
A new e-Learning course available through the Hypertherm Cutting Institute (Hanover, NH) is teaching people how to achieve better performance from their plasma cutting consumables. The free course titled Consumables: Care and Optimization covers a range of topics. The topics…
CS Unitec Tool And Equipment Website Available In Spanish
CS Unitec (Norwalk, CT) recently announced that their website is now available in Spanish. Like the company?s original website in English, the Spanish version covers their complete line of pneumatic, hydraulic and electric power tools for construction and industry. CS…
Greenerd Launches New Website
Greenerd Press & Machine Company, Inc. (Nashua, NH) recently launched a totally new website at www.greenerd.com. The new site features a clean, contemporary design, improved navigation, and more content including a wealth of information on a wide range of hydraulic…
Mauser Enters Russian Market With State-Of-The-Art Steel Drum Factory
In line with their corporate strategy to be active in all important growth markets, the Mauser Group is extending their reach into Eastern Europe. A new steel drum factory will supply the oil and chemical industries in Russia with high-quality…
Details Behind The Closing Of NUMMI
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota City, Japan) announced last month that it will close its New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI; Fremont, CA) plant that was originally opened in 1984 as a joint venture by Toyota and General Motors Corp. (GM;…
Gerdau Ameristeel Idles Sand Springs Mill
Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (Tampa, FL) recently announced it reached an agreement with the United Steel Workers (USW) regarding the suspension of production at the company's steel mill located in Sand Springs, OK. Members of USW Local 2741 voted to accept…
Werner Co. Launches New Venture Into Mexico
Werner Co. (Greenville, PA), the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of ladders, climbing equipment and ladder accessories, recently announced that it is entering the Mexican market by launching a full line of products designed specifically for Mexico. Werner will serve…
Lakeside Steel Announces Interest In Acquiring The Assets Of Barzel
Lakeside Steel Inc. (Welland, ON) recently announced that it is interested in acquiring some or all of the assets of Barzel Industries Inc. (Norwood, MA) through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. On September 15, 2009, Barzel and its U.S. subsidiaries…
Phoenix Metals Installs Sixth Precision Blanking Line
Phoenix Metals (Norcross, GA) recently installed another Red Bud Industries (Red Bud, IL) precision multi-blanking line, their sixth 72? Red Bud line overall. Installations span several of their locations throughout the Southeast including a 3/8 in – 24 gage stainless…
Mazak Establishes World Research & Development Center
Mazak Corporation (Florence, KY) recently established a new 167,000 sq ft Mazak World Research & Development Center in Oguchi, Japan, to reduce design-to-market time by three to five months for new products and units, including assembly, testing and evaluation. Prior…