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Lincoln Electric Plants Receive ISO 14001 Certification
Monday, May 17, 2004
ISO 14001 certification, for environmental management systems and procedures, has been bestowed upon The Lincoln Electric Co. manufacturing plants—welding equipment, consumables and automation equipment—in Euclid, OH. The company is the first manufacturer in the arc-welding industry to achieve ISO 14001 certification for all of its major manufacturing operations in the United States. Lincoln’s welding-wire plant in Mentor, OH, had been previously certified.
Select a Sensor Online
Friday, May 14, 2004
Banner Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, has introduced its iSelect photoelectronics sensor-selection tool to its website,
www.bannerengineering.com/iSelect. A real-time interactive electronic catalog, iSelect helps users select a product from the company’s offerings. Users can find a sensor by size, mode, range and other features, can view sensor attributes and compare models side by side. The site includes a seamless interface between information and e-commerce, using a secure shopping cart.
Machine-Tool Sales Continue to Rise
Thursday, May 13, 2004
March U.S. machine-tool consumption climbed 60.5 percent over February, and is up 56.2 percent from March 2003 sales, according to the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA) and AMT—the Association for Manufacturing Technology. Sales through March totaled $609.5 million, up 44.4 percent over 2003 sales. Year to date, the western region shows the biggest gains, up 76.4 percent over last year, with the central region a close second, up 61.4 percent. Sales in the northeast are up 59.4 percent; the midwest is up 48.1 percent. View all of the data at
www.amtda.org.
