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New Mazak HQ to be a Showcase for Laser Cutting
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Mazak Optonics Corp., Schaumburg, IL, has begun construction on its new $10-million North American headquarters complex in Elgin, IL, and plans to open the 50,000-sq.-ft. facility by year end. The Elgin complex, a compliment to the firm’s new 100,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing plant under construction in Minokamo, Japan, will include 20,000 sq. ft. dedicated to administrative offices and training space. A 25,000-sq.-ft. showroom, with a 37-ft. ceiling and 20-ton crane, will be able to house as many as 18 laser-cutting machines for demonstration and training. The last 5000 sq. ft. goes towards a parts-distribution center, and will house a parts inventory of $4 million. Already being considered is an expansion to the complex to house machine rebuilding and refurbishing operations and a 100-person-capacity auditorium. Learn more at
www.mazakoptonics.com.
Fabricator Makes a Pair of Acquisitions
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
The Thomas Redmer Group, LLC (TRG), Charlotte, MI, has acquired Next Door LLC, also of Charlotte, and Thomas Fabrication, Mason, MI. Randall Redmer, CEO of Redmer Industries, purchased the two companies from his former business partner Dennis Thomas. Charles Kier, Jr. was named corporate president of TRG and will handle its day-to-day operations; David Ross was appointed vice president of sales, marketing and business development for TRG’s Michigan operations—the company also operates in Vietnam. Thomas Fabrication is a sheetmetal fabricator and metal stamper that manufactures hardware, brackets and other products; Next Door LLC, a joint venture between Thomas Fabrication and Redmer Industries, provides, among other products, nuts, bolts and other metal parts, and builds cooling systems for radiators.
Fabricator Makes a Pair of Acquisitions
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
The Thomas Redmer Group, LLC (TRG), Charlotte, MI, has acquired Next Door LLC, also of Charlotte, and Thomas Fabrication, Mason, MI. Randall Redmer, CEO of Redmer Industries, purchased the two companies from his former business partner Dennis Thomas. Charles Kier, Jr. was named corporate president of TRG and will handle its day-to-day operations; David Ross was appointed vice president of sales, marketing and business development for TRG’s Michigan operations—the company also operates in Vietnam. Thomas Fabrication is a sheetmetal fabricator and metal stamper that manufactures hardware, brackets and other products; Next Door LLC, a joint venture between Thomas Fabrication and Redmer Industries, provides, among other products, nuts, bolts and other metal parts, and builds cooling systems for radiators.
