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Trumpf Names New IL Distributor
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Icon Machine Tool, Inc., St. Louis, MO, has been named the exclusive Trumpf distributor for machine tools in Illinois and eastern Iowa. Icon—with other locations in Kansas City, OK, AK (and soon to be in Chicago), continues to represent Trumpf in MO, OK, AK and southern IL. Icon is online at
www.iconmachinetool.com. Trumpf:
www.us.trumpf.com.
Aida Opens Up in Brazil
Monday, October 17, 2005
Aida has established Aida-Brazil, a service and support center that joins the Aida Global Group. The announcement follows the company’s purchase, a year ago, of the Manzoni and Rovetta divisions. Learn more at
www.aida-brazil.com.
Ford Aims to Source Half its European Parts
from Low-Cost Countries
Monday, October 17, 2005
Mark Fields, Ford’s new head of operations for North America, says that by 2010, half of the company’s parts in Europe will come from low-cost countries. That’s twice what it’s buying today, according to a recent report in
The Detroit News.
