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Faro Set to Open China Sales, Support Office
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL, is expected to open Faro China in Shanghai by September of this year. Faro China will serve as the company’s Chinese sales, service, support and marketing headquarters. Oscar Meza, Faro’s director of sales for Asia-Pacific, will oversee the new division.
The company designs, develops and markets software and portable coordinate measuring machines. For more, visit
www.faro.com.
Alfe Plant Gains Quality Certification
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
The Wadsworth, OH, plant of Alfe Heat Treating has achieved quality assurance certification from Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., Savannah, GA. The certification indicates that the plant has procedures in place to control product and service quality.
Alfe, headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN, serves automotive, industrial and aerospace customers with plants in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
For more, visit
www.al-fe.com.
Formtek Opens Equipment-Rebuild Company
Monday, June 02, 2003
Formtek Inc. has opened a new company, FMI, South Elgin, IL, with the capability to recondition or rebuild rollforming, coil-processing and flexible fabrication machines and systems. FMI will work with other Formtek business whose customers look to refit or rebuild older equipment.
The new company can remanufacture and recondition equipment, supply related new tooling or equipment, custom engineer and install systems, and supply new controls for complete systems.
For more, visit
www.formtek.com.