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Lincoln Electric Acquires Brazilian Brazing Products Manufacturer
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) announced that it has acquired a 90 percent interest in Brastak, a leading Brazilian manufacturer of brazing products. The company is based in Sao Paulo and has annual sales of approximately $30 million. "The…
Cinetic Landis Corporation Dedicates New Headquarters
Cinetic Landis Corp. has officially dedicated its new headquarters and manufacturing facility located in Hagerstown (Washington County), MD. Approximately 250 employees, company executives and guests from local academia and government agencies recently convened to mark the official opening of Cinetic's…
HighSpeed Group in Joint Venture with Mitsui OSK Lines for Shipping Business in Bangladesh
HighSpeed Group (Dhaka, Bangladesh), a leading business conglomerate of Bangladesh, entered into an agreement with Mitsui OSK Lines Limited (MOL) (Tokyo, Japan) to set up a joint venture in the shipping sector, the first between the two countries, according to…
AK Steel Temporarily Shutting Plants in Ohio, Kentucky
AK Steel Holding Corp. has said it is temporarily closing plants in Ohio and Kentucky because of economic turmoil that has sharply lowered demand for its steel products, reports the Associate Press (New York, NY). The company, based in West…
International Energy Agency Releases World Energy Outlook 2008
The International Energy Agency (IEA) (Paris, France) has released the first report of the World Energy Outlook 2008, which outlines the world's energy viewpoint for the next 22 years. According to research from Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX), the…
Turkey's Yildirim Plans to Produce 400,000 Tons of Ferrochrome Annually Starting in 4Q-09
Yildirim Holding A.S. (Istanbul,Turkey) plans to produce 400,000 tons per year of ferrochrome starting in the fourth quarter of 2009. By the end of 2008, the company expects to have eight ferrochrome-producing furnaces in operation, reports Industrial Info Resources (Sugar…
OMAC Symposium Features Author Vivek Bapat as Keynote Speaker
Okuma America Corporation will host the 2nd annual OMAC (Organization for Machine Automation and Control) integration and interoperability symposium December 3-4, 2008 at Partners in THINC (Charlotte, NC). Featured as keynote speaker is In Pursuit of the Perfect Plant co-author…
Millennium Machinery Opens Mitsubishi Waterjet Showroom
MC Machinery Systems, Inc. (Wood Dale, IL) has announced its northeast distributor, Millennium Machinery, has opened a new Mitsubishi Waterjet showroom. The 7,500 square-foot facility houses a new Mitsubishi 3000 Suprema waterjet on which regular product demonstrations and training sessions…
Tom Schockman Named VP, Finance and Accounting, and CFO for Motoman, Inc.
Motoman Inc. (Dayton, OH) has announced that Thomas J. Schockman has joined Motoman as Vice-President, Finance and Accounting, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He succeeds Steve Barhorst, who took over the top leadership role as Motoman?s President and Chief Operations…
ESAB Announces Major Wind Energy Industry Order
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products (Florence, SC) has announced its largest ever, single-customer order for welding and cutting equipment and consumables. The multi-million dollar order was placed by the leading wind tower manufacturer, Vestas Towers A/S, a part of Vestas…
Mazak Distributor Plans Open House Event
Mazak (Florence, KY) distributor, Addy Machinery Company, recently opened a new sales office in Grand Rapids, MI. The company will host an Open House at the 5,200 sq ft facility on December 10 and 11, 2008. Family owned and operated,…
Post Show Report On parts2clean 2008 Event
The leading international trade fair for cleaning within the production process, parts2clean, took place in Stuttgart, Germany on October 28-30. With 244 exhibitors (a 16 percent increase from last year) from 13 countries, the 6th parts2clean reported attendance of 4,482…