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September Industry Watch – Business
The North Branch tubing plant received ISO 9001:2000 and PED certifications. Rathgibson (Lincolnshire, IL) . . . was awarded ISO 9001:2000 management system and Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) certifications for its North Branch, NJ, manufacturing plant that is involved in…
Airtronics Awarded Contract to Manufacture Special Steel System
With the current economic downturn, the number of abandoned and foreclosed properties is rapidly increasing, and so is the demand for board-up services to protect those properties from vandalism. Finding plywood ineffective at preventing break-ins, city officials in such major…
Miyachi Unitek Opens Laser Applications Lab In The Midwest
Miyachi Unitek (Monrovia, CA) recently opened a new Midwest Laser Applications Lab to work with customers and prospects to conduct sample evaluations and produce applications reports outlining results attained utilizing its range of Nd:YAG and Fiber laser welders and markers….
New Faces on Board of LZH
The board of the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH; Hannover, Germany) was recently restructured. Professor Dr. Wolfgang Ertmer was appointed as the new head of the board of directors, following his predecessor Professor Dr. Uwe Morgner. Professsor Dr.-Ing. Berend Denkena…
Red Bud Celebrates 50 Years
Most people have heard the classic story of business success. An ambitious young individual, filled with ideas but lacking resources, sells his prized possession to start the company of his dreams. From humble beginnings, the small company grows bit by…
Wilson Tool Opens South Africa Office
Wilson Tool International (White Bear Lake, MN), the world?s largest independent manufacturer of tooling systems for punch presses, press brakes and punch and die components for the stamping industry, recently opened a new office in Johannesburg, South Africa. The new…
BOC India to Install Air Separator Unit at Jindal Steel Plant in Orissa
BOC India Limited (Kolkata, West Bengal), a subsidiary of Linde AG (Munich, Germany), entered into a long-term agreement with Jindal Stainless Limited (New Delhi) for the installation of an air separation unit (ASU) at the latter's integrated steel plant located…
SIAG Schaaf Industrie AG Acquires Chattanooga Plant for Wind Towers
SIAG Schaaf Industrie Aktiengesellschaft (Dernbach, Germany) recently took over a tubular-steel plant in Chattanooga, TN from Aerisyn that produces wind turbine towers for the North-American market. Production at full capacity is almost 100 segments, or 250 towers, which shall be…
European Wind Market Steady For 2009
In 2009, the European market for wind turbines will increase 1 percent over 2008 despite the global economic recession. According to research by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX), this year 8,600 megawatts (MW) of new wind energy capacity will…
Wisconsin Loses 31,000 Manufacturing Jobs
Industrial employment in Wisconsin fell 5 percent over the past twelve months, according to the 2010 Wisconsin Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. (MNI; Evanston, IL). Wisconsin has 12,026 manufacturers and 1,637 industrial distributors, but…
U.S. Steel Exports Increase 12.4 percent from May to June
In a recently published report, the American Institute of International Steel (AIIS) (McLean, Virginia) indicated that in June, steel exports from the U.S. increased 12.4 percent from exports in May. Steel exports in May and June stood at 628,000 tons…
Half of All Solar Panels Will Not Sell in 2009
Half of all solar panels manufactured this year will not be sold, resulting in a massive oversupply that will take until at least 2012 to sort out. According to a report from Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX), the conclusion…