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Hill Engineering Expands Tool-and-Die Shop
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
Hill Engineering, a Formtek Group company, is adding new equipment and more than doubling the size of its tool-and-die shop in Danville, KY. An 8000-sq.-ft. addition is under construction, set to house a new wire-EDM machine, high-speed CNC milling machine, radial drill press and monorail system as well as worktables and die racks. The new equipment joins a recently acquired Mattison grinder featuring a 24 by 60-in. table.
The reason for the addition: Hill Engineering has grown from three employees in 1988 to 21 today. The shop’s main focus is maintaining tooling for the Dana Victor-Reinz plant, also in Danville.
New Sales Strategy for Minneapolis Stamper
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Three new professional sales groups now work on behalf of Minneapolis Washer and Stamping: Merit Sales, Inc., Atlanta, GA, which covers the southern United States; Diamondback Fasteners, Powell, OH, which will cover Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico from its Scottsdale, AZ, location; and Maine-based Callahan and Moynihan Associates, which covers the northeastern United States. Learn more about the stamper at
www.minneapoliswasher.com.
New Warehouse Stocks Verson and Danly Parts
Monday, October 06, 2003
Enprotech Mechanical Services, Inc., Lansing, MI, has opened a 38,000-sq.-ft. warehouse and office complex for storage and delivery of Verson and Danly replacement parts. If offers same-day shipment of stock parts using computerized order processing. Order parts for mechanical and hydraulic presses, press brakes, and Verson Hydroform and Wheelon fluid-cell machines. Learn more at
www.verson.com.