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News Fronts
Market Outlook
Fabtech Shatters
Attendance Record
A record 35,457 people attended Fabtech 2011, held November 14-17 in Chicago, a 35-percent increase over the previous Chicago-held show in 2009. Several exhibitors received record lead counts, one noting that, “The results from this show should prove to skeptics that manufactur- ing is alive and well in North America.” Says first-time exhibitor Jim Gillespie, of Fast- Rite Intl., a distributor of stampings and fasteners: “We received more than 500 leads, and already have begun receiving orders (generated by our exhibit at Fabtech).” Plan now to attend Fabtech 2012 in Las Vegas—learn more at www.fabtechexpo.com.
Agreements
Distributor to Offer Jet Edge Cutting Systems in Mexico
Mercado Machinery, a machine-tool distributor with sales offices in Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara, has begun to distribute waterjet-cutting systems from Jet Edge, Inc., St. Michael, MN. Jet Edge manufactures cutting machines from 30 by 30 in. to 30 by 100 ft., with pumps from 36 to 90 KSI.
Prima Industrie Absorbs Former Convergent Laser
Division of Prima NA
Chicopee, MA is the home of Prima Industrie Electro North America, a new organi- zation encompassing the for-
mer Convergent Laser divi- sion of Prima North America. Prima Electro will continue to design, manufacture, sell and service the Convergent brand of high-power laser sources for industrial appli- cations worldwide, and the OSAI brand of CNC and gen- eral motion-control products, according to company presi- dent Terry L. VanderWert.
Facilities
Esab Opens New
Welding-Automation
Showroom
An appearance by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, along with a couple of state senators, highlighted the recent opening of a new 5000-sq.-ft. showroom at the Florence, SC, facility of Esab
Welding and Cutting Prod- ucts. The showroom includes a demonstration area, train- ing room and meeting facili- ties, all focused on the firm’s welding-automation products. Products on display include side-beam welders, welding gantries, robotic-welding sys- tems and a fully functional hybrid laser/arc-welding system.
Silicon Valley Fabricator
Expands into Food Cart
and Trailer Markets
Precision sheetmetal fab- ricator Airtronics Metal Prod- ucts, Inc., San Jose, CA, has begun accepting orders for specialty mobile food trailers and other light- to medium- duty trailers. The firm also has launched Metal Gour- met, a subsidiary devoted to design, assembly and distri-
New Press Blank Feeder/Coater System
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