Hot Off the Press
Alabama Welcomes New Steel-Coil Processing Plant
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Friedman Industries, Inc., Houston, TX, has opened a new coil-processing plant in Decatur, AL, to convert hot-rolled coils received from the adjacent Nucor Steel Co. mill into hot-rolled sheet and plate. The new 48,000-sq.-ft-. plant houses temper-passing and leveling equipment to provide consistently flat material and tight tolerances. Friedman also operates a coil-processing plant in Hickman, AR, and a tubular-products facility in Lone Star, TX;
www.friedmanindustries.com.
Alabama Welcomes New Steel-Coil Processing Plant
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Friedman Industries, Inc., Houston, TX, has opened a new coil-processing plant in Decatur, AL, to convert hot-rolled coils received from the adjacent Nucor Steel Co. mill into hot-rolled sheet and plate. The new 48,000-sq.-ft-. plant houses temper-passing and leveling equipment to provide consistently flat material and tight tolerances. Friedman also operates a coil-processing plant in Hickman, AR, and a tubular-products facility in Lone Star, TX;
www.friedmanindustries.com.
Stamping-Shop Acquisition Keys Expansion
into the Renewable Energy Market
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
TG Manufacturing, Grand Rapids, MI, a division of Tora Group, Lansing, MI, acquired Dorr Industries Inc., Dorr, MI, a small metal-stamping, machining and fabricating company. Tora Group’s three divisions—TG Mfg., TG Technologies Tool Alliance, and TG Renewable Energy Technologies--formed in 2008. It plans to use the 20,000-sq.-ft. Dorr facility to serve its tooling and renewable-energy divisions in addition to serving customers in the aerospace, HVAC, furniture, appliance and construction sectors. Learn more at
www.thetoragroup.com.
