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facility in Northbrook, IL. The facility is twice the size of the previous home of the family-owned company, a supplier to metal stampers, rollformers, OEMs and other distributors. Scott Stainless stocks several alloys in all standard finishes from 10 to 28 gauge in slit coil widths from 25 to 60 in.
Contract Manufacturer
Adds Big-Bed HMC
D&S Manufacturing, Black River Falls, WI, a custom manufacturer of large-scale components, assemblies and weldments for Caterpil- lar, Oshkosh and other notable OEMs, has installed a Toyoda FH1250SX horizon- tal machining center to address recent growth in orders. The machine allows D&S to expand its machining
envelope from 60 to 94 in. and accommodate larger- scale components, and fea- tures a pallet shuttle to quicken changeovers.
New Digs for Supplier
of Stainless-Steel Strip,
Foil and Wire
Ulbrich Stainless Steels and Special Metals, Inc. has relocated its headquarters in North Haven, CT, after having sustained heavy damage to its previous location during Hurricane Irene. The firm supplies light-gauge strip, foil and wire products of stainless-steel and specialty alloys.
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SMGT, an investment group based in Singapore. The machine will be shipped to the new SMGT joint-venture company in Northern Louisiana, to support its manufacturing work related to providing LNG to undevel- oped regions of the world.
Training
California Precision Metalformer Inaugurates Tool and
Die Apprenticeship
Interplex Nascal, Tustin, CA, has launched a formal program to train new tool and die makers. The apprenticeship program combines on-the-job train- ing, work experience and classroom study. Qualified candidates have at least
two yr. of college-level technical training or five yr. of manufacturing-work experience.
Certifications
United Performance Met- als (UPM), Hamilton, OH, has been audited and approved to continue to perform laser machining and cutting for General Electric and its sup- pliers. As a result of the audit, UPM was awarded a GE Transportation Aviation Special Process Certification for Laser Machining/Cutting.
Robinson Metal, Inc., Green Bay, WI, a group of five divisions employing 320 peo- ple, has earned ISO 9001:2008 certification. Among the company’s divi- sions is Robinson Machine, which provides custom
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