Hot Off the Press
SoCal Stamper Earns ISO Registration
Thursday, February 14, 2008
All-New Stamping Co., El Monte, CA, has earned ISO 9001/AS 9100 registration. The firm operates a 40,000-sq.-ft. stamping and fabricating shop with more than 150 employees and high-tonnage stamping presses, automated turret presses, CNC press brakes and other state-of-the-art equipment. Its ERP-system providers, The Attivo Group, Irvine, CA, provided certification consulting services to review, streamline and further automate planning and execution processes in the Macola ERP system (from Exact Software, Andover, MA) at All-New Stamping. From start to finish, registration took 6 months. All-New Stamping is online at
www.allnewstamping.com; learn more about The Attivo Group and Macola software at
www.attivoconsulting.com.
Ford Awards Big Contract to Jervis B. Webb
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Contracts including the installation of state-of-the-art power and free and skid conveyor systems at the Ford Motor Co. assembly complex in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, have been awarded to Jervis B. Webb Co., Farmington Hills, MI, a subsidiary of Daifuku Co., Ltd. Webb also will install new conveyors in the plant’s trim and chassis division. Power and free conveyors are capable of stopping individual loads without disrupting an entire production line. Skid conveyors boast a dual-track design for stable load handling and easy installation, says Webb. The Oakville plant will manufacture the new Ford Flex crossover vehicle.
Illinois Stamper Relocates Mexican Plant
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Parkview Metal Products, Lake Zurich, IL, has relocated its Mexican stamping, fabrication and assembly plant to a new 80,000-sq.-ft. facility in Juarez. The plant features servo-fed presses from a 100-ton high-speed model to a 440-ton 10-ft.-bed press. For short-run fabrication, the facility offers CNC laser cutting, turret-press punching and press-brake bending. Value-added fastening and assembly rounds out its offerings; a powder-coating line will be installed later this year. Learn more at
www.parkviewmetal/juarez.html.
