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Pepperl+Fuchs Unveils Mobile Showroom
Thursday, March 04, 2004
Pepperl+Fuchs, Twinsburg, OH, a designer and manufacturer of factory and process automation products and services, has unveiled a mobile showroom. It travels to manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada and accommodates as many as 15 visitors at one time, displaying automation technologies such as inductive and photoelectric sensors, encoders, sensor bus systems and ID systems.
For more, visit
www.am.pepperl-fuchs.com.
Allegheny Technologies to Acquire J&L
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, will acquire the assets of J&L Specialty Steel, Coraopolis, PA, with plants in Midland, PA, and Louisville, OH. J&L, a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Arcelor, provides flat-rolled stainless-steel products. Allegheny is making the acquisition, targeted to close May 3, 2004, through its wholly owned ATI subsidiary, which makes sheet, plate and strip specialty materials, including stainless steel, nickel-based alloys and titanium-based alloys.
Robot and Assembly Shows
to Run Side-by-Side in 2005
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
The International Robots and Vision Show (produced by the Robotic Industries Association and the Automated Imaging Association) and the Assembly Technology Expo (produced by Reed Exhibitions) will be co-located in 2005, slated for September 27-29 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. The two shows put, under one roof, more than 850 suppliers of automation technology, including robotics, machine vision and assembly equipment.