Hot Off the Press
Co-Line Adds Laser Processing to its Resume
Thursday, October 30, 2003
Metalformer Co-Line Welding, Inc., Sully, IA, has installed a six-axis 3D and flat laser-processing system from Mazak. The laser cell compliments the firm’s capabilities for tool design, robotic welding and assembly, as well as its 11 stamping presses, from 60 to 500 tons. Learn more at
www.colinemfg.com.
Plexus to Install Software for 17-Plant Customer
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
The 17 North American facilities of EaglePicher Automotive will soon begin implementing a comprehensive Web-based enterprise-business software package from Plexus Systems, Clarkston, MI. The software will include conventional enterprise-resource-planning (ERP) functions such as purchasing, sales, accounting and shipping, as well as shop-floor data collection, quality management, EDI and maintenance functions. EaglePicher Automotive, through its Hillsdale and Wolverine divisions, supplies torsional and linear vibrational dampers, micro bypass filters, steering knuckles, pump components and coated metallic and paper gasketing;
www.eaglepicher.com.
Minnesota Mfg. Assoc. Elects new Officers
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
The Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association, Plymouth, MN, elected these officers at its annual meeting on Oct. 16: Jan Meier, Meier Tool & Engineering, as president; Robert Mars III, W.P.& R.S. Mars, as vice president; Mike Neeley, Technology Reps, as treasurer; and Bruce Hanson, Andrew Tool, as secretary. Meier plans to focus, she says, on three key issues: educating the industry to better understand foreign competition, educating the public on the impact that manufacturing has on our economy, and workforce development and recruitment. For more, visit
www.mpma.com.
