Hot Off the Press
German Press Builder Launches New Website
Monday, February 16, 2009
Dieffenbacher Group, Eppingen, Germany, has updated its website with a more logical navigational structure and quicker access to product information. Find contact information, get a look at typical end products manufactured with its presses and automation equipment, and download PDF brochures at
www.dieffenbacher.com. Dieffenbacher offers standard and tryout presses, press lines, hot-forming lines and equipment for manufacture of heat-exchange panels.
Tubular-Parts Fabricator Investing in New Equipment
Monday, February 16, 2009
Tubular-parts maker Fraser Steel, Albertville, MN, has acquired a large-capacity rotary draw bender to enable the firm to bend large pieces of round and square tubing as well as solid-steel bars. Finished, bent parts will primarily be used in cab enclosures for heavy equipment used in the agricultural and road-construction markets. Fraser Steel also offers laser tube cutting, machining, rapid prototyping and robotic welding. Learn more and view a video of the firm’s new tube bender in action at
www.frasersteel.com.
Alabama Stamper Named
Outstanding Automotive Supplier
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association (AAMA,
www.aama.to) has recognized Atlantic Tool & Die-Alabama (ATD-AL), Anniston, AL, as the Outstanding 2008 Automotive Supplier in Alabama. ATD, which opened its 65,000-sq.-ft. Alabama plant in 2004 and employs 50 associates, manufactures stampings and assemblies for Honda Manufacturing of Alabama. The company outscored four other suppliers considered for the award, and earned a perfect score in six of the 15 judged categories: disaster recovery, supply-chain management, information flow, process flexibility, 5S, and shipping management.
ATD, headquartered in Northeast Ohio, owns and operates eight manufacturing facilities and recently opened a ninth company, JATDCO, a joint venture Minority Business Enterprise in Ohio.
