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Southern Aluminum Finishing Joins PPG Americas Powder CAP Program
Southern Aluminum Finishing Co., Inc. (SAF, Atlanta, GA) announced its enrollment in the PPG Duranar Certified Applicator Program (CAP) as an Americas Powder CAP member. The PPG CAP program certifies member applicators to apply high-performance Duranar powder coatings for commercial…
ABB Robotics Signs Agreement With BMW Group for 2,100 Industrial Robots
ABB Robotics (Auburn Hills, MI) has signed a frame agreement with BMW Group to deliver 2,100 industrial robots over five years, beginning in 2010, to support the carmaker?s operations in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. The robots…
DGI Supply Hires New Vice President of Sales & Marketing
DGI Supply (Wheeling, IL), a DoALL Company, announced that it has hired Mr. Mickey Davis as its new Vice President of Sales & Marketing. DoALL Company Chairman Michael Wilkie said, ?We are making this investment in the DGI sales force…
Hypertherm Announces Settlement in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Hypertherm (Hanover, NH) has announced a favorable settlement in a patent infringement lawsuit against the American Torch Tip Corporation (ATTC). Exact terms are undisclosed, however the settlement includes a cash payment from ATTC to Hypertherm, and an agreement that ATTC…
Hydro Aluminum Announces New Staff for Extrusion Americas Unit
Hydro Aluminum?s Extrusion Americas unit (Linthicum, MD) has named Bob Gregory operations manager for the Belton Extrusion Operation and Michael Hunke senior business controller. Gregory is responsible for all manufacturing, production planning and logistics, quality, and safety organizations at the…
MAG Cincinnati Wins Two JEC Innovation Awards
MAG Cincinnati's (Erlanger, KY) composites expertise was the driving force behind two of the eight awards for innovation that were presented at the 2009 JEC Composites Show in Paris in late March. MAG itself received an award for its role…
New Managing Director Named at Taylor Hobson
Taylor Hobson (Leicester, England) announced Craig Howarth has been named Managing Director of Taylor Hobson and a Division Vice President of AMETEK Ultra Precision Technologies. He joins Taylor Hobson from Hanovia, where he had been Managing Director for the UV-based…
Seco Tools Inc. Announces New Product Manager Appointments
Seco Tools Inc. (Troy, MI) announced the recent addition of Todd Miller and Michael Smith as product managers in its rotating products group, responsible for Seco?s range of milling solutions. They will supervise technical product development, marketing analysis, product pricing,…
SAIL to Rebuild and Operate Malvika Steel Mill Within Two Years
Malvika Steel, formerly promoted by the Usha Group (Kolkata, West Bengal), has been taken over by India's state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) (New Delhi). SAIL acquired the mill at an auction after outbidding ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg)…
Surfware's SURFCAM Gallery Contest Winners Announced
Surfware, Inc. (Camarillo, CA) has announced three winners of the SURFCAM Gallery Contest. First prize ? Ludek Solc, Fonak – Harley Davidson frame Second prize ? John Welden, Welden Design – titanium engagement ring Third prize ? Salvador Aguillon, Creative…
American Welding Society Offers New Membership Program
A new membership program from the American Welding Society (AWS) seeks to empower welders to utilize their buying power for instant discounts at dozens of Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) -member stores nationwide. Welders can also receive discounts on…
Tormach Announces New Personal Manufacturing Workshops
Tormach, LLC (Waunakee, WI) is now offering CNC Fundamentals as the first workshop in the new Personal Manufacturing Series. The workshop is a hands-on introduction to CNC, from art to part. Each attendee who completes the 3-day course will build…