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spacers, sleeves and custom parts for the automotive and heavy truck markets, has moved to a new facility in Cleveland, OH. The new loca- tion allows the firm to expand its production foot- print by 30 percent and offers the flexibility to lease additional space as need- ed. “We are anxious to take advantage of a large, open- floor plant layout and upgrade crane capacities to improve workflow efficien- cies,” says president Bill Adler.
PA Service Center Adds 4th Waterjet Machine
The Pottstown, PA metal- service center operated by Jacquet Mid Atlantic has added its fourth Jet Edge waterjet-cutting machine. The new machine can handle sheet and plate to 13 by 21 ft., and features a pair of abrasive-jet cutting heads, a 100-hp 60-KSI pump, inde- pendent programmable z car- riages, programmable height sensing, closed-loop water fil- tration and a garnet-removal system. Jacquet operates five metal-service centers in North America stocking
19 grades of stainless-steel and nickel-alloy plates.
Stamper Supplying Motor Laminations for GE Locomotives
General Electric has deliv- ered the first two of 100 new C30ACi locomotives it’s building for South Africa. The locomotives feature stamped AC motor laminations pro- duced by The McGregor Met- alworking Companies, Spring- field, OH. Ten of the locomotives will be manufac- tured in Erie and Grove City, PA, and 90 will be assem-
bled locally at Transnet Rail Engineering’s site in South Africa.
AutoForm Opens Brazilian Office
AutoForm Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland (and Troy, MI), has opened a new sub- sidiary in Brazil, and appoint- ed Fabio Henrique Vieira the office’s general manager. The firm also named a new gener- al manager for its office in Germany—Christof Stech, who replaces Dr. Bart Carleer, promoted to corporate techni- cal director. AutoForm pro- vides die-making and metal- forming software for product manufacturability, cost calcu- lation, die-face design and vir- tual process optimization.
Die Builder/Stamper Adds Robotic- Welding Cell
New Bremen Machine & Tool Co., Inc., New Bremen, OH, has added a robotic arc- welding cell to its shop floor. The cell features an Almega AX-V6 six-axis robot from OTC Daihen, Charlotte, NC—6-kg payload, 1400-mm work envelope—with a 60-in. turntable positioner.
Esab to Open New Wire-Manufacturing Plant
Esab Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, SC, announced plans to open a new facility in Union County, SC, to manufacture its line of gas-metal-arc- and sub- merged-arc-welding wire, products currently manufac- tured at its plant in Ashtabu- la, OH. The firm expects its new 250,000-sq.-ft. plant to employ more than 100, and enter production by the end of 2011.
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