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LVD Embarking on Global Branding Initiative
Friday, September 21, 2007
Belgium-based LVD Co. has launched a new global branding initiative designed to unite all sales subsidiaries and products under the LVD brand name. In North America, the LVD corporate brand is now LVD Strippit, and the Strippit brand will be applied globally to all punch-press products. The firm manufactures sheetmetal-working machines;
www.lvdgroup.com.
Pair of Precision Machining Companies Merge
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Integrated Manfuacturing Group, LLC (IMG), Livermore, CA, has merged two precision machining and electro-mechanical assembly companies that it has owned as separate entities since March 2005. The two companies that now are one: Niles Machine and Tool Works, LLC, Niles, MI, and Pacific Production Engineering Consulting, LLC, Palo Alto, CA. The merger aims to create a more efficient, competitive and service-oriented organization, say company officials. Niles Machine and Tool Works is online at
www.nmtw.com.
Cutting-Machine Manufacturer Quadruples Plant Size
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Cutting Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of plasma-cutting machines, has moved from its 11,000-sq.-ft. facility in Cleveland, OH, to a new 45,000-sq.-ft. plant, also in Cleveland, the largest production facility in the 37-yr.-old history of the family-owned business. Learn all about the firm at
www.cuttingsystems.com.