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20,000 suppliers worldwide), achieved three consecutive years of zero defective parts per million; three years of 100-percent on time delivery; and three years of cost improvements.
of Cimatron mold- and die- design and development soft- ware, at the firm’s new online resource center. Among the latest information there: the “2013 North America Tool Shop Benchmark Survey,” and “Doing More with Less: Six Keys to Tool Shop Survival in Tough Economic Times.” See it all at http://resources.cima- tron.com.
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Quality Products Acquires Fenn LLC
Trio of Fastener Brands Earn GM Quality Awards
Adding to its machine-tool business segment, Quality Products Inc. (QPI), Columbus, OH, has acquired Fenn LLC, Newington, CT, a manufactur- er of engineered metalforming machinery for wire flattening and shaping and other appli- cations. The QPI machine-tool operation also comprises Mul- tipress (hydraulic and electric presses) and Pacific Press (hydraulic press brakes, press- es and shears).
Three brands of Stanley Engineered Fastening, Shel- ton, CT, have earned General Motors Supplier Quality Excel- lence Awards: Dodge threaded inserts and compression lim- iters, Pop rivets and Gripco internally threaded nuts and assemblies.
Tube Supplier Earns GM Quality Award
Montana Metal Products Acquired
The New Jersey Manufac- turing Extension Program, Inc. (NJMEP) has partnered with NJBIZ to launch the New Jer- sey Manufacturing Awards, to be presented as part of annu- al Manufacturing Day activi- ties. Among the awards is the Raymond Hopp Award for Excellence, in memory of Ray- mond Hopp, former owner and CEO of metalformer HK Metal- craft Mfg. Corp., Lodi, NJ. Hopp, who passed away Janu- ary 14, 2014, also served as Chairman of the Precision Metalforming Association (in 1996) and played a leader- ship role in numerous PMA activities. The inaugural Ray- mond Hopp Award for Excel- lence was presented to Hopp’s family—his wife Nancy and sons Charlie and Josh, president of Metalcraft.
Metalformer EJ Ajax & Sons, Fridley, MN, has taken delivery of a pair of 220-ton Aida single-point servo gap- frame presses (model DSF-C1- 2000), and is working to get the presses installed and up to speed. Follow the progress of their installation and test runs on the company’s blog, http://metalformingblog.com.
Private investment and management company The Mifsud Group, Cleveland, OH, has acquired precision metal fabricator Montana Metal Products, Des Plaines, IL. From its 98,000-sq.-ft. shop, Montana Metal supplies sheetmetal parts and assem- blies and machined compo- nents to the aviation and med- ical industries.
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Coil-Fed Laser-Cutting Line Headed to Automotive Toll Processor
Excellence in Manufacturing Award Named for
Raymond Hopp
Associated Tube Group (ATG), a supplier of stainless- steel and high-nickel-alloy tubular products in straight lengths and coils, has earned a 2014 GM Supplier Quality Excellence Award. The award, ATG’s third in a row dating back to 2012 when General Motors established the pro- gram, recognizes excellence in quality, on-time delivery, cus- tomer support and other crite- ria. ATG supplies GM with direct injection drawn-over- mandrel tubing for its Gen 5 truck and SUV engines.
Delivered: Two 220-Ton Servo Presses
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Herr-Voss Stamco, Callery, PA, a manufacturer of coil-pro- cessing equipment including tension levelers, slitters and cut-to-length and multiblank- ing lines, has launched a new website. Added features include a .pdf option on prod- uct pages, for easy printing; an installation map that shows its equipment installa- tions around the world; and a link to its new mobile app; www.herr-voss.com.
Worthington Specialty Pro- cessing (WSP) has ordered a coil-fed laser-blanking system from LaserCoil Technologies LLC, Perrysburg, OH, for its facility in Jackson, MI. The 2100-mm-wide dual-head line features a pair of 6-kW lasers, and will boost the firm’s capacity to blank advanced high-strength steels. Also included is leveling equipment provided by Automatic Feed Co., Napoleon, OH.
FIneblanker Recognizes Material Supplier with Performance Award
Precision Resource, Shel- ton, CT, a fineblanking compa- ny supplying the automotive, electronics, medical and other industries, presented its inaugural Supplier Perform- ance Award to Samuel Mid- west and Samuel Automotive. Samuel, which supplies Preci- sion Resource with carbon- steel products, operates serv- ice centers throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as in China and Australia.
Sun Microstamping Named a Premier Supplier
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Power-management tech- nology company Eaton present- ed Sun Microstamping Tech- nologies, Clearwater, FL, with its Premier Supplier Award, dur- ing its recent annual Supplier Summit in Reynosa, Mexico. Sun, one of six suppliers to earn the award (among Eaton’s
Cimatron Launches New Online Resource Center
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Cygnet Stamping & Fabri- cating, Glendale, CA, a full- service metalformer offering high-volume and short-run
New Herr-Voss Stamco Website
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