Hot Off the Press
New Online Metalworking Resource
Friday, June 04, 2004
The Tool, Die & Machining Association of Wisconsin (TDMAW) has launched its website,
www.tdmaw.org. The site features a directory of precision metalworking firms in Wisconsin, and serves as a resource for metalworking-career information. TDMAW represents 182 metalworking firms that offer expertise in custom and precision machining, design, engineering, stamping-die and mold tooling and automation.
Metform Enters Joint Venture to Broaden its Offerings
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Through a joint-venture agreement, rollforming-line supplier Metform Intl. Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, will market and sell the products of MET Intl., Bridgnorth, UK, throughout the Americas. MET will market and sell Metform products throughout the European Union, Russia and Eastern Europe. MET supplies rollforming lines, blanking lines, cut-to-length lines, press-feed lines, and piercing and notching systems. Rollforming lines from Metform can include coil-handling equipment, pre- and post-piercing equipment, length-measuring and batch-counting systems and rotary piercing and embossing equipment. Learn more at
www.metformintl.com and
www.met-intl.co.uk.
Formtek Forms Finance Group
Thursday, June 03, 2004
The Formtek Group of companies—Cooper-Weymouth, Peterson (CWP), B&K, Dahlstrom, Engel, FMI, Hill Engineering, Iowa Precision Ind., IRI, Lockformer, Rowe and Yoder—has formed Formtek Finance Group. The competitive finance programs offered by the group include conditional sales contracts, finance lease contracts, tax lease contracts with and without an early purchase option, and residual lease contracts. For more, visit
www.formtekinc.com.