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Superior Roll Forming, primarily serv- ing the automotive industry, provides roll- formed and welded assemblies.
Bazz Houston Adds Fabrication Capabilities
FTB & Son, was appointed vice president of metal fabrication, and Brent Clawson was appointed general manager. All for- mer FTB & Son manufacturing personnel now are part of the Precision Metal Fabri- cation Division of Bazz Houston.
and die/tooling design and manufacture. This most recent acquisition brings Bazz Houston’s overall manufacturing footprint to 140,000 sq. ft. with more than 170 employees.
Bazz Houston, Garden Grove, CA, has expanded its manufacturing operations through the acquisition of FTB & Son, a metal-fabrication specialist. Subsequent to the purchase, Skip Brown, founder of
Bazz Houston, with manufacturing facilities in the United States and Mexico, specializes in progressive-die stamping, fourslide production, CNC wire forming, spring manufacturing, low-cost assembly,
Daimler Orders Schuler Blanking Lines for German Mercedes Plant
Metalworking-machinery provider Knuth Machine Tools USA, Lincolnshire, IL, announced the appointment of Edward Zidek to the newly created position of product sales manager-Cutting Systems.
Daimler AG has ordered two laser- blanking lines from Schuler for its Mer- cedes-Benz facility in Kuppenheim, Ger- many. The two lines, with installation set for late this year, will cut blanks out of a moving sheetmetal coil. The blanks then are formed into car-body parts. Using three simultaneously operating fiber lasers to cut, no dies are required.
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Simple loading of a cutting program results in a flexible blanking method with no need for procurement and handling of blanking dies. Product changes can be made almost without any setup time, according to Schuler officials, simply by loading the corresponding cutting pro- gram. Easing installation, the lines require no basement or elaborate foundations.
Schuler’s U.S. operation, Schuler Inc., is headquartered in Canton, MI.
People
Paul Cooke has been appointed region- al president-Americas and president and chief executive officer of Bosch Rexroth Corp. U.S., Charlotte, NC. He continued as senior vice president of sales within the company’s Industrial Applications business unit in Lohr, Germany, until the end of this past June. Berend Bracht, currently region- al president-Americas and president and CEO of Bosch Rexroth Corp. U.S., is step- ping down after 24 years at the company.
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Balluff Inc., Florence, KY, has appoint- ed Tony Canonaco as president and CEO effective this past August. Kent Howard, previous president and CEO, is transition- ing into retirement and will move into the role of advisor to the president and board of directors.
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