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Chicago-Area Service Center Orders Coil Line
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Amtex Steel, Inc., University Park, IL, has ordered a new turret-head coil-slitting line from Braner USA, Schiller Park, IL. The line will process 60,000-lb. by 72-in.-wide hot-rolled pickled, cold-rolled and coated coils in thicknesses from 0.015 to ¼ in. at line speeds to 1000 ft./min. It includes automatic edge guides, a quick-change 150-hp slitter, and a 250-hp two-speed recoiler. Learn more at
www.braner.com. Amtex, a steel-service center serving stampers and fabricators, is online at
www.amtexsteel.com.
Greenerd Partners to Import Chinese Hydraulic Presses
Monday, June 19, 2006
Greenerd Press & Machine Co., Nashua, NH, has developed an alliance with Tianjin Tianduan Press Co., a Chinese supplier of hydraulic presses, to broaden Greenerd’s product capability to presses rated to 10,000 tons and bed sizes exceeding 240 in. Tianduan will design and build presses to ANSI B-11.2 for the North American market, to be installed and serviced by Greenerd. Learn more at
www.greenerd.com.
Metal-Spinning Companies Consolidate
Friday, June 16, 2006
Metal Spinners, Inc., Angola, IN, has acquired Texas Metal Spinning, Inc., Saginaw, TX. Olin Wiland, president and CEO of Metal Spinners, announced that Wayne Boeckman, head of Texas Metal Spinning, will serve as president of the firm’s Texas Metal Spinning Division. Metal Spinners, Inc. employs more than 200 throughout its operating divisions in Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina and Texas. Learn more at
www.metalspinners.com.
