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Aluminum-Boat Manufacturing Plant Headed to North Carolina
industrial coatings at its plant in Statesville, NC.
CT. The bar-fed automatic lathe uses single-point tooling to produce intricately finished parts requiring little or no sec- ondary finishing. CSS expects to employ the machine to manufacture invasive surgical instruments, as well as in aerospace and firearms applications.
burr reduction of slit materi- al. Capacity: 0.012 to 1⁄4- in. material thickness, with incoming coil capacity to 50,000 lb. by 72 in. wide.
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Armstrong Marine, Inc. announced plans to build a manufacturing plant in Onslow, NC, to fabricate weld- ed aluminum boats. The $8.4 million project will create 200 jobs, and support the compa- ny’s expansion efforts outside of its headquarters plant in Port Angeles, WA.
The NC Statesville facility, opened in 2008, has recently undergone extensive expan- sion and welcomed new equipment.
Keco Coatings Gains Second DuPont License As one of only 26 U.S. com-
Cascadia Metals, a net- work of steel service centers operating in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States, has ordered a new Strand Exten- sioner slitting line from Herr- Voss Stamco.
panies carrying the DuPont Licensed Industrial Applica- tors title, Keco Coatings, Indi- anapolis, IN, announced that it has been granted a second license by DuPont. Keco now can apply DuPont Teflon
Connecticut Spring
& Stamping Expands Machining Capabilities
The new line, for the Cas- cadia facility in Manitoba, Canada, will provide rewound coils and offer leveling and
Robot Integrator Genesis Expands
Welding Tables and Accessories Star on New Website
Genesis Systems Group, Davenport, IA, has announced a $4.6 million expansion. The robotic-system integrator will renovate an additional 61,000-sq.-ft. building to add capacity, and plans to hire an additional nine employees.
Manitoba Service Center to Welcome New Slitting Line
Forster America, Alpharet- ta, GA, a manufacturer of welding tables and acces- sories, has launched a new website featuring an exten- sive catalog and product specifications. Included are descriptions and photos of the firm’s 3D welding tables, grey cast tables designed to repel spatter, AlCu tables for welding of stainless steels, and much more; www.forster- america.com.
A multiaxis CNC Swiss lathe has landed on the plant floor of Connecticut Spring & Stamping (CSS), Farmington,
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