North Carolina Nov 16, 2009
Major Industries: Furniture, Tobacco, Brick, Textile Products, Metalworking, Chemicals, Paper, Tobacco, Corn, Cotton, Hay, Peanuts, Truck and Vegetable Crops, Mica, Lithium Military Parks, Carl Sandburg's home near Hendersonville, and the Old Salem Restoration in Winston-Salem. Points of Interest: The Great Smoky Mountains, the Blue Ridge National Parkway, and the Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores. (CBS News -- US)
Italy's iconic homeware design firms try to tough it out through recession business analysis Nov 8, 2009
In the nearby mountain village of Forno, whose name recalls the metalworking furnaces, 87-year-old Giuseppina Tonoli remembers when she went to work for Alfonso Bialetti as a housekeeper. "I was 14," she says. (Business Report, South Africa)
Anvils Fall from Sky (No Cartoon Coyotes) Nov 3, 2009
I always wanted to try some metalworking. I also like guns (target shooting). (CBS News)
Dynamic Materials shows big earnings drop Oct 31, 2009
Dynamic Materials is an international metalworking company. Its products include explosion-welded clad metal plates and other metal fabrication used in oil and gas, petrochemicals, alternative energy, hydrometallurgy, aluminum production, shipbuilding, power generation, industrial refrigeration and other industries. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
EPA finds manganese threat at 2 schools in Ohio and West Virginia Oct 29, 2009
Manganese is often emitted by metalworking plants, Solomon says. If monitoring continues to show problems, she says, the "priority is figuring out where it's coming from" and reducing the emissions. (USA Today)
Bode Miller rejoins US Ski Team Sep 25, 2009
Used and rebuilt industrial metalworking machinery and new and used air compressor filter sales. Specializing in Blanchard grinders. (Yahoo News)
Welding works of art at Art Prize Sep 20, 2009
His tools are a mix of the old and new metalworking essentials ... I make (metalworking) affordable, Jackson said ... Art and metalworking have always been a part of Jackson's life, though not always together. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
Berkshire Hathaway's Wertheimer Wants Warren Buffett to Take Trip to Japan Sep 12, 2009
In 2006, Berkshire for an 80 percent stake in Israels Iscar Metalworking Cos. the company Wertheimers father started in 1952. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Siemens bought two Chinese metal companies Aug 27, 2009
One is Yangtze Delta Manufacturing, a metalworking company, and the other is aluminum foundry GIS Steel&Aluminum Products, according to local media reports. Siemens said the two companies had a total workforce of 600 employees, with combined revenue of 65 million euros (about 93 million U.S. dollars) in 2008, but it did not release how much it paid to bought these two companies. (Xinhuanet, China)
History comes to life in UC Aug 12, 2009
Festivities that day include a chicken barbecue, demonstrations of rural metalworking, woodworking, domestic textile production and farming. For more information, or directions to the Dale/Engle/Walker House, visit. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
Vendors, singers and parade marchers prepare for Billericas biggest celebration of the year Aug 8, 2009
Along with demonstrations of sewing, metalworking and other jobs which the Colonials did, they will conduct a reenactment of a battle with British soldiers. This will take place on the field behind Billerica Memorial High School. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
Word on the street: Economy creates demand for used saws in Fresno Jul 20, 2009
Sales also slowed to a crawl at Ideal Saw Works, the 55-year-old supplier of commercial-grade woodworking and metalworking equipment and supplies in downtown Fresno. "Nobody was buying new equipment," said Ideal owner Kirk Wethey. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Tomes tooling along Jul 12, 2009
Tomes Industries, along U.S. 34 on the north edge of Utica, specializes in precision-machined products, using computerized and manual metalworking equipment. In an earlier Journal Star feature, Tomes said his company s job is to find ways for its customers to become more efficient: helping a client automate a manufacturing process so each piece takes less time and money to produce, or developing an ergonomic tool that reduces the amount of lifting the client's employees must do, reducing back... (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Stocks Fall for Sixth Day as Yen Gains, Bank Lending, Machine Orders Slow Jul 8, 2009
a maker of metalworking equipment, tumbled 4. 1 percent, as machinery orders unexpectedly fell 3 percent in May. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Customers Design Reid Supply's New Web Site Jul 7, 2009
- Manual Controls: Knobs, Handles, and Hand Wheels - Clamps and Workholding - Tooling Components - Fasteners and Hardware - Leveling Devices and Vibration Control - Material Handling - Bearings and Power Transmission - Metalworking - Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) - Pneumatics and Hydraulics - Structural Systems - Safety. "We are always looking toward the future for our Customers," says Carrier. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
* SUNDAY PROFILE: The flute doctor Jul 5, 2009
His two-story studio resembles a small factory, cluttered with machinery and what appear to be metalworking tools, though its difficult to immediately discern what exactly is made here. Its only when Wong and his assistant pick up the tools and begin bending and hammering thin silver pipes that the object of Wongs affections becomes clear. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
PBGC asks to terminate Milacron pension plan Jun 17, 2009
Its Cimcool metalworking fluids business is based in Oakley. The company was founded in Cincinnati in 1885, and by the middle of the 20th century had grown to be the world s largest manufacturer of machine tools. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Piedmont teen - from traffic signs to furniture May 28, 2009
He was introduced to a wide variety of metalworking options two years ago in a design and technology class taught by David Clifford, instructor in the technical arts department ... David sees another side to his metalworking efforts: the chance to nurture an idea from concept to completion. (San Francisco Chronicle)
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- May 20, 2009 May 25, 2009
Scientists in Ohio are reporting a long-awaited advance toward making the workplace safer for more than one million machinists in the United States who may be exposed to disease-causing bacteria in contaminated metalworking fluids ... At HP outbreak sites, M. immunogenum is known to colonize metalworking fluids, used to cool the cutting tools that grind metals. (EurekAlert!)
On a quest for Plano’s lost time capsules May 23, 2009
He has found several objects that pertain to the long history of the park, including auto upholstery tools, metalworking tools, dining utensils, keys, jewelry and coins. There is a lot of history here, and all the knickknacks I ve found so far make sense if you know [the history], he said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
JOURNEY TO CHINA: Orangeburg group experiences history, culture and entertainment May 17, 2009
Next, we walked through one of the 13 Ming emperors' tombs and took pictures, then headed for the Cloisonne Factory, where we learned about the ancient metalworking technique used for making cloisonne containers and jewelry. Some of us bought items there, too. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Across the area May 12, 2009
Hephzibah High School has received donations for its metalworking program and wood shop. Rothenberger Tools donated tools worth almost $1,000 for the metalworking program, Principal Walter Reeves said in an e-mail. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Kennametal Completes Acquisition of ROMICRON(R); Continues Strategic Growth May 8, 2009
"The addition of ROMICRON's(R) high precision boring systems to the Kennametal portfolio will expand our capabilities to offer holemaking solutions from roughing to fine finishing," commented Paul DeMand, Kennametal Vice President and President of the company's Metalworking Solutions and Services Group. "We believe that together Kennametal and ROMICRON(R) can capitalize on unique world-class technologies to deliver value, service and solutions to our customers worldwide.". (PR Newswire)
Milacron inks deal to sell assets Apr 29, 2009
Milacron (Pink Sheets:MZIAQ) is a global manufacturer of plastics processing machinery and related technologies and Cimcool metalworking fluids. Reader Comments. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
A tiny town is hit hard as its main employer cuts back Apr 19, 2009
" Some of them found jobs at Caldwell Corp., still another homegrown business that sprang up as Sylvania geared down. Joe Caldwell was a young Sylvania employee when he noticed the company's growth products, such as color television tubes, were being made in plants far from Emporium. With a loan and the money he'd have used for his son's college education, he bought a $70,000 metalworking machine and set up on his own, eventually putting Caldwell Corp. inside part of the empty Sylvania plant.... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
AP&T Supplies Multi-Station Press to High End Dutch Metalworking Company Apr 6, 2009
AP&T Supplies Multi-Station Press to High End Dutch Metalworking Company ... AP&T Supplies Multi-Station Press to High End Dutch Metalworking Company ... AP&T - Automation, Presses and Tooling, Swedish supplier of superior quality industrial metalworking machinery, was recently chosen to supply a metal press to Geerts Metal Goods Ltd, a Holland-based company creating specialized metal products. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Credit freeze even holding back development of energy industry Apr 5, 2009
This sculpture is dedicated to the men and women who built the metalworking industry in the United States and the vital role that sector played in the growth of America. It uses steel on a scale that's rarely been attempted and with precision that's rarely been considered. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Lowell is no run-of-the-mill film festival Mar 30, 2009
They kicked around ideas for a theme for this year, and "wondering about what sorts of basic things were important to people today," said Forrant, author of a new book, "Metal Fatigue," about the demise of metalworking in the Connecticut River Valley. "We came up with food and clothing in a global economy.". (Boston Globe)
Workers ditching old careers for new ones Mar 25, 2009
D. in organizational management and leadership, shutter the metalworking shop he has run for 20 years and, if things go according to plan, take a teaching job. The change in careers will be the culmination of years of schooling that began in 2001, after Swank started to see stiffer competition from Chinese manufacturers. (MSNBC -- Business)
New Thru-Beam Sensing Technology from Balluff Mar 25, 2009
Balluff products for OEM and factory floor solutions are used to control, regulate, automate, assemble, position, and monitor manufacturing, assembly, and packaging sequences for industries including metalworking, automotive, plastics, material handling, wood processing, aerospace, electrical, and electronics. Editors: Please contact Vestal Simms or Kelly Panko at 1-800-543-8390 for clarifications and additional information, or e-mail vestal. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Warren Buffett's U.S. Takeover Test Passed by Sysco, VF, Danaher, Marathon Mar 20, 2009
9 billion in stock-market value and had more than 246,000 employees on Dec. 31, owns 10 insurers including Geico and 67 other companies ranging from grocery- store supplier McLane Co. and clothing-maker Fruit of the Loom Inc. to toolmaker Iscar Metalworking Cos. and electric utility MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.. (Bloomberg)
Registration taken for Tarble workshops Mar 11, 2009
The workshop is an introduction to metalworking, focusing on the use of simple hand tools and cold connections (no heat required) to create a piece of commemorative jewelry, such as a locket, brooch or pendant. Both workshops are designed for all skill levels. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Video Glasses Boost Relaxation in Spa Resorts Mar 10, 2009
Cortec Corporation specializes in innovative corrosion protection solutions for packaging, concrete, surfaces, metalworking, electronics and more. Featured. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Dow scores small gain after dismal week Mar 7, 2009
The metalworking company Friday reported a fourth-quarter 2008 earnings decline and said it anticipates sales declines in the first quarter of 2009. Other Colorado decliners. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Reid Supply Poised for Alternative Energy Boom Mar 4, 2009
Reid's product offering features 12 color-coded categories as follows: * Manual Controls: Knobs, Handles, Hand Wheels * Clamps and Workholding * Tooling Components * Fasteners and Hardware * Leveling Devices and Vibration Control * Material Handling * Bearings and Power Transmission * Metalworking * Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) * Pneumatics and Hydraulics * Structural Systems * Safety. After investing in new data management, higher internet speed connections, and a new improved... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Troop 89 learns metalworking from the pros Mar 4, 2009
The scouts from Troop 89 included Brian Ailinger, Joey McKinney, James Callahan, Rob Passas, Criss Bennotti, Matt Murby, Ethan Murby, Christian Honan, Nick Sauro, Patrick Dalton, Conner Gaffney, Aaron Thole, Jason Hooker, Conan Bowen, Alex Carpino, Ben Wilson, Matt Woodard, Evan Mayer, and Eric Lundstrom. The Worcester Troop 9 scouts present were Nick Day, Ryan Mahan, and Ryan Ingellis. (Medfield Press, MA)
Fairfield Museum and History Center invites you to play with their toys Feb 27, 2009
In the last two centuries the state was host to burgeoning clock making and metalworking industries. Men such as Edward Ives utilized the skills of these industries to manufacture toys. (Fairfield Minuteman, CT)
Origins of Pompeii-style artifacts examined at ISIS Feb 25, 2009
Our experiments will hopefully aid us in characterising different Roman metalworking practices and perhaps recognising the distinction between imported south Italian goods and high standard copies produced by skilled local craftsman. These artefacts represent a time of great change in Britain - they appear shortly after the Romans arrived in this country, and may represent locals taking on cultural practices of these 'newcomers," Dana Goodburn-Brown said. Dr Andrew Taylor, ISIS Director said:... (EurekAlert!)
Showing their metal Feb 13, 2009
The College of Southern Idaho's metalworking programs in particular are building talent, he said. "I know there's a lot of really fantastic metalworkers in the valley.". (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
County lands fish farming biz Feb 13, 2009
It s currently used by Kaz and Columbia Memorial Hospital for storage and by Atlas Metalworking for manufacturing. Local Ocean will use 40,000 square feet in the building, then possibly more as the business expands. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Fast Facts: Mexico Feb 12, 2009
Imports - commodities: metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts. Imports - partners: US 61. (CBS News -- World)
