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ty in Marshfield, MO. The rewind reel handles coils to 4000 lb. and up to 12 in. wide; rewind speed peaks at 300 ft./min. True-radius mandrel pads on the reel help to maintain consistent pressure and coil-ID shape.
Awards
Minnesota Stamper
Earns Recognition
for Restoring Jobs
E.J. Ajax, Minneapolis, MN, has been named a 2011 Small Business of the Year Blue Ribbon Award Win- ner by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The award went to only 75 small businesses throughout the country that “have shown tremendous dedication to restoring jobs and prosperity despite a challenging economy.”
E.J. Ajax provides a num- ber of ongoing training and education opportunities for its employees; 61 percent of its workers have achieved journey worker Level III status in at least one career ladder.
Internet
Online Tool Helps
Manufacturers
Manage Energy Use
Rockwell Automation, Mil- waukee, WI, has developed a free online tool allowing man- ufacturers to analyze their consumption of water, air, gas, electricity and steam, benchmark energy consump- tion against other manufac- turers and identify opportuni- ties to improve. The tool employs a 20-min. online assessment to generate a report outlining a facility’s energy-management base-
line. This allows companies to set improvement goals and implement strategic changes to their operations. Check it out at www.rock- wellenergyevaluator.com.
Online Prototyping Directory, Job Board, Forums and
Social Network
Visit Prototype Today (www.prototypetoday.com), a new information-packed inter- net portal for the prototyping and product design, to peruse an industry directory complete with photos and videos. Directory categories include 3D printers and scan- ner, coating and painting, and CAD. The site also features a job board and numerous interactive tools developed
to encourage collaboration— a forum, chat room and a media area loaded with videos, pictures and podcasts.
Agreements
Butech Bliss Partners
with UK Supplier on
New Tension-Leveler Line
Bronx Engineering Ltd., West Midlands, England, selected Butech Bliss, Salem, OH, to supply a scrap chopper to be installed on a tension- leveling line being designed and built for Hydro Aluminum Rolled Products. Butech Bliss will deliver the scrap chopper in the second quarter of 2011.
Comeq Named
Safan Distributor
The Safan line of sheet- metal-fabricating equipment— hydraulic and servo-electric press brakes and hybrid shears—now is being sold and serviced by Comeq, Inc., White Marsh, MD. Safan, of
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