Fabrication Enterprise Zone

Trumpf Names Caribbean Sales Agent

Wed, 1 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

Metalformers in the Caribbean now can purchase Trumpf equipment from Materials Integrity Testing, Inc. (MIT), Gurabo, Puerto Rico. The family- and veteran-owned company will sell Trumpf press brakes, laser-cutting machines, and punching and combination machines throughout Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.

Metal Service Center to Distribute Waterjet-Cutting Machines in New England

Wed, 1 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

Aquajet Cutting Technology, Bloomfield, CT, a division of Aerospace Alloys Inc., now will distribute 2D and 3D waterjet-cutting machines from Techni Waterjet, Lenexa, KS, throughout New England. Aquajet performs waterjet cutting, milling, turning, band-saw cutting and shearing. The firm recently opened up two showrooms—one in the UK and another in Connecticut that houses a Techni Waterjet model Techjet 5- by 10-ft. cutting system equipped with a five-axis cutting head and a Quantum NXT electric-servo pump 55s.

Website Home to Hydraulic Presses, Press Brakes and Shears

Wed, 1 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

Pacific Press Technologies, Mr. Carmel, IL, has launched a redesigned website boasting quicker and easier navigation, additional content and more interactivity relevant to the metalforming industry. Peruse the photo- and video-loaded site for details and demonstrations of the firm’s presses, press brakes and shears. Included on the website is an interactive dictionary of industry terminology; www.pacific-press.com.

Website/E-Store All About Waterjet-Cutting Abrasives and Consumables

Wed, 1 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

Barton International, Glen Falls, NY, has launched a new website and e-store designed to provide quick and easy access to information about the firm’s selection of replacement parts for waterjet-cutting equipment, and its line of garnet abrasives used for waterjet cutting as well as abrasive blasting. Visit the site at www.barton.com.

Technical College Students Welcome New Punch Grinder

Wed, 1 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

Wilson Tool International, White Bear Lake, MN, has donated a specialty grinder worth $14,000 to Anoka Technical College, Anoka, MN. Students will use the grinder to learn how to sharpen punch-press tooling, helping to “provide the necessary skills that will help graduates find jobs in the sheetmetal industry,” says Chris Lawless, president of Wilson Tool.