Hot Off the Press
A Consolidation of Metalformers in Minnesota
Monday, June 25, 2007
BTD Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit Lakes, MN, has acquired Pro Engineering, Minneapolis, MN. Pro Engineering provides metal stampings and employs 29 people. BTD offers design, engineering, prototyping and short-run stamping, robotic and manual welding, finish machining, assembly, heattreating and packaging;
www.btdmfg.com.
Pressroom-Automation Provider Upgrades Website
Monday, June 25, 2007
Atlas Technologies, Fenton, MI, launched its newly redesigned website,
www.atlastechnologies.com. The site offers downloadable information on its products and services, electronic brochures, a request for quotation and contract page, news releases and career-opportunity postings. Also added to the site: e-mail quick links to Atlas’ worldwide emergency-service information. The firm provides die-change equipment, automated storage and retrieval systems, conventional and robotic destacking apparatus, in-press transfers and turnkey stamping and fabricating systems.
Buick Crossover to Boast Aluminum Hood
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Novelis Inc., Detroit, MI, has been selected by General Motors to supply aluminum sheet for the hood if the 2008 Buick Enclave, Buick’s first luxury crossover SUV. It’s a cousin to the GMC Acadia crossover, which also features an aluminum hood stamped from Novelis sheet. Aluminum sheet for the Enclave and the Acadia is supplied from Novelis manufacturing plants in Oswego, NY, and Kingston, Ontario, Canada.