Hot Off the Press
BCN Expands Press-Rebuild Facility
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
BCN Technical Services, Hastings, MI, has completed a 13,000-sq.-ft. addition to its press-refurbishing and assembly plant. The addition includes a 15-ton overhead crane and loading dock and allows the company to create a secure area separate from its main floor for working on presses that require customer confidentiality. BCN repairs, upgrades, rebuilds and remanufactures mechanical and hydraulic presses to OEM standards;
www.bcntechserv.com.
Electrex and its Rexcon Div. Assume New Identity
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Electrex Co., Inc., Harrison Township, MI, a turnkey industrial electrical, mechanical and automation contractor, and its Rexcon Controls division will now operate as Electrex Industrial Services—North America. The company takes on all types of industrial-services projects, including equipping manufacturing plants with controls and automation, plating and metal finishing systems, rigging for machine moves and creating foundations for new machines. Learn more at
www.electrexindustrial.com.
Mayfran Acquires Canadian Conveyor Company
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Mayfran Intl., Cleveland, OH, a manufacturer of engineered automation systems and equipment, has acquired Press Room Techniques, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, a manufacturer of press-mounted conveyor systems for a variety of applications, including automating the handling of parts and scrap from stamping presses. Read up on its product line at
www.pressroomtechniques.com. Mayfran is online at
www.mayfran.com.