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classroom provides additional space for training, taking cus- tomers step-by-step through the process of making
training manager works one- on-one with a customer to determine the best training focus for meeting a specific production requirement.
Facilities
Factory Pipe Relocates to Larger Facility
Factory Pipe LLC, Ukiah, CA, announced that it has moved into a newly renovated 140,000-sq.-ft. facility from the company’s previous 40,000-sq.-ft. facility. The move was driven by increased demand for motorsports exhaust systems, Factory Pipe’s sole focus for more than 35 years, according to company officials. Factory Pipe LLC, as a manufacturer of these systems, is a Tier One supplier to several OEMS.
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ground on a $45-million, 495,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility and global headquar- ters in Monaghan, Ireland. The multi-function facility will include a dedicated R&D building, purpose-built testing area and adjoining adminis- tration offices.
parts. In the equipment-train- ing lab, customers receive hands-on experience in how to operate and maintain waterjet machines.
To complement its onsite training, Omax offers several eLearning opportunities that include certified instructors hosting live and on-demand webinars, software and main- tenance training videos, and tutorials available through the company’s online support site and Omax and Maxiem machine control units.
Linear Transfer Automation to Move
Entron Controls Announces Mexico Joint Venture
The company also offers software, operation and maintenance training at cus- tomer locations. This includes fee-based cus- tomized training where a
Linear Transfer Automa- tion, Barrie, Ontario, Canada, has purchased a new facility at 61 Rawson Ave., also in Barrie, and will move to this location in early 2016. The new building, to total 45,000 sq. ft. on 10 acres, provides Linear with more space for its expanding business, accord- ing to company officials. Lin- ear supplies stamping-press transfer automation, blank- feed systems and press-to- press automation.
Combilift Breaks Ground for Ireland HQ, Manufacturing Facility
Entron Controls, LLC, Greer, SC, has announced a joint venture to manufacture and support resistance-weld- ing controls for the Mexican automotive and industrial metalforming markets. The company, Entron de México S.A. de C.V., will be based in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
Combilift, a specialist man- ufacturer of four-way forklifts and other material-handling equipment, has broken
“Entron Controls and its sister company B.F. Entron Ltd. (formerly British Federal
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