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Steel Industrys Lifetime Achievement Award

The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) awarded its 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award to Will M. Heenan, Jr., who served as president of the Steel Recycling Institute from 1990 to December 2010. Prior to joining the institute, Heenan was general manager, tin mill products, for U.S. Steel Corp. SMDI is a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute; www.smdisteel.org/.

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METALFORM Mexico a Resounding Success

For the fifth year, PMA’s METALFORM Mexico tradeshow was co-located with FABTECH Mexico and the AWS Weldmex shows. The "Mega Event” was held May 7-9, 2013, at the Cintermex in Monterrey, Mexico, featuring 324 exhibitors over 76,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space, and attracting 9400 attendees.

METALFORM Mexico featured 13,600 sq. ft. of exhibits, among them press supplier Sutherland Presses, which sold five presses at the show. “We haven’t felt a tradeshow to be this powerful and productive in years,” said Jill Sutherland, director of business development. “METALFORM Mexico 2013 has been a breath of fresh air and an uplifting indicator of the manufacturing economy in Mexico.”

Next year’s show runs May 6-8, 2014, in Mexico City.

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Online Metrology Tech-Support Center Launched

Hexagon Metrology, North Kingstown, RI, has launched an online portal to serve as a centralized resource and knowledgebase. North American customers can visit the site to create a free account. They then gain access to video tutorials and multimedia answers to common questions. Visit the support centers at http://support.hexagonmetrology.us/.

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