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cious metals, copper and brass, each with varying thick- nesses. This flexibility is instru- mental for developing LLNL’s extensive range of parts.
Associations
The Spring Manufacturers Institute (SMI), Oak Brook, IL, a professional association for suppliers and manufacturers in the spring industry, has joined the Manufacturing Institute’s Dream It. Do It. program, which works to educate young people about opportunities and careers in manufacturing. SMI and its members now will have access to the Manufacturing Institute’s data and materials as they seek to reach the next generation of spring-manufac- turing workers.
Spring Manufacturers Institute Joins Dream It. Do It. Network
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types protected. The website also offers news updates and related brochures.
Awards
ing, fabricating or machining between January 1, 2012, and August 1, 2017. Applica- tions must be submitted by August 1, and the award will be presented on September 28 at the PMA-hosted Sourc- ing Solutions procurement program in Milwaukee, WI.
“We are honored to receive such a prestigious award from Bechtel,” says Josh Dixon, Beckwood’s director of sales and marketing. “Providing technologically advanced machinery to our country’s national labs, including Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge, has provided a lasting and positive impact on defense and sustainability initiatives.”
BTD Acquires South Carolina Metal Products
Metal-stampings and assemblies supplier Batesville Tool & Die, Batesville, IN, a subsidiary of BTD Manufactur- ing Inc., announced that it has acquired the assets of South Carolina Metal Products, Aiken, SC. With the acquisi- tion, BTD seeks to expand its reach into the southeast region of the United States. The South Carolina facility will supply metal-stamping and robotic gas-metal-arc and resistance welding services for the automotive and lawn- and-garden industries.
American Punch Wins Large-Business Award
Training
Internet
Reshoring Initiative and PMA Launch National Reshoring Award
Beckwood Press Co., St. Louis, MO, has been recog- nized by Bechtel’s Nuclear, Security & Environmental global business unit for out- standing work at Lawrence Livermore National Laborato- ry (LLNL). The unit’s Supply Chain Recognition Awards honor subcontractors and suppliers who supported Bechtel‘s work in nuclear power, environmental clean- up, defense, and nuclear security and operations proj- ects during 2016.
Brazing- and soldering- materials supplier Lucas-Mil- haupt, Milwaukee, WI, will offer its Fundamentals of Braz- ing seminar October 3-5 at the Wyndham Hotel in Philadel- phia, PA. The two-and-a-half- day seminar, open to all levels of brazing experience, will cover the latest brazing tech- niques and offer insights on lowering the overall cost of metal joining.
Cortec Launches Additives Website
Corrosion-inhibitor manu- facturer Cortec Corp., St. Paul, MN, launched a new website, www.cortecadditives.com, devoted to its VpCI brand of additives. The new website divides VpCI corrosion- inhibitor additives into applica- tion categories to allow for simple navigation. Each cate- gory offers an overview of additive options and includes charts to guide selection based on additive characteris- tics such as transport mecha- nism, solubility and metal
The Reshoring Initiative, an organization that encourages companies to bring manufac- turing jobs back to the United States, and the Precision Met- alforming Association (PMA), a trade association representing the metalforming industry in North America, have launched the National Reshoring Award for 2017.
Facilities
Punch, die and shear-blade manufacturer American Punch Co., Euclid, OH, was named “Large Business of the Year” by the Euclid Chamber of Commerce at its Annual Chamber Awards Dinner on May 4. The award recognizes Euclid businesses, organiza- tions and individuals that have made a contribution to the economic growth and welfare of the Euclid business com- munity within the past year.
Beckwood Awarded
for Press at Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Lucas-Milhaupt to Offer Brazing Seminar
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The award will honor com- panies—one buyer and one supplier—that have success- fully reshored parts or tooling made primarily by metalform-
In June, officials cut the rib- bon to officially open Tower International’s $75 million 264,000-square-foot plant in Fountain Inn, SC, slated to pro- duce metal components and assemblies for BMW. The plant is anchored by two Aida 2000- ton presses, with product des- tined for BMW’s South Caroli- na assembly plant. By 2019, the new Tower International
Prior to installing Beck- wood’s Triform model 20-10- 10BD deep-draw sheet- hydro- forming press, LLNL relied on decades-old equipment to research, develop and make hydroformed parts. Since upgrading to the Triform, LLNL has increased its forming capabilities—it now can form parts from a variety of materi- als including high-strength alloys, carbon steel, alu- minum, stainless steel, pre-
New SC Stamping Plant to Supply BMW