Hot Off the Press
New Welding-Education Facility
Receives Equipment Donation
Monday, December 01, 2008
Western Enterprises, Westlake, OH, has provided more than 70 pieces of welding equipment to help get the new National Center for Welding Education and Training get off the ground. The center is scheduled to open next year at the Lorain County Community College, in Northeast Ohio. Western Enterprises donated, among other items, shielding-gas regulator/flowmeters, oxygen and acetylene regulators, torch and regulator flashback arrestors and quick disconnects. The firm is online at
www.westernenterprises.com. Learn more about the National Center for Welding Education and Training at
www.weld-ed.org.
HAPPY TURKEY DAY!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
The staffs of
MetalForming magazine and PMA wish you and yours a very happy, healthy and safe Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Hot off the Press, your daily source of news of the metalforming industry, returns on Monday, December 1. (How did it get to be December already?)
Bosch Rexroth to Acquire Pair of Companies
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Two German companies will soon be acquired by Bosch Rexroth AG, Lohr, Germany, to strengthen the company’s presence in the machine-tool industry and to further meet demand for a single-source supplier. The firm plans to purchase Interlit Joistgen GmbH, with headquarters in Cologne, Germany; and the associated production company of MSG Maschinen und Stahlbau, Joachimsthal, Germany. Interlit Joistgen manufactures cooling and lubrication systems; MSG is a steel fabricator. Learn more at
www.boschrexroth-us.com--click on the News and Press navigation link.