Industry News

News • March 10, 2020

Dallas Industries appoints William Konieczny engineering manager

Troy, Michigan-based Dallas Industries, a leading manufacturer of coil handling, press feeding equipment and controls for the stamping industry, has announced the appointment of William "Bill" Konieczny as engineering manager at its Troy facility. The announcement was made by CEO Willie Chacko.

News • March 9, 2020

MC Machinery Systems adds two fabrication machinery distributors

MC Machinery Systems Inc., Elk Grove Village, Illinois, has announced that Carlson Fabrication Solutions Inc. and Cimarron Industrial Sales are distributors for its laser and press brake machinery.

News • March 6, 2020

Manufacturers aim to improve efficiency, design of cut-to-length line systems

The manufacturing sector is experiencing a major transition worldwide due to major advancements in technology. At present, as Industry 4.0 continues to make inroads across a range of manufacturing facilities worldwide, the digitization trend has set its foot into steel production– a factor that is positively impacting the long rolling space. The demand for cut-to-length line systems is witnessing significant growth, as steel producers continue to rope in significant efforts to fulfill the consumer demand for on-time delivery and product requirements while simultaneously running a lean operation.

News • March 5, 2020

Wall Colmonoy celebrates 50 years in Wales, U.K.

Wall Colmonoy celebrates its golden anniversary of 50 years of making metals work harder in Pontardawe, Wales. Wall Colmonoy, a family-owned and operated organization with facilities throughout the U.S. and U.K., is a global leader in materials engineering the aerospace, automotive, glass, oil and gas, mining, energy and other industrial sectors.

News • March 4, 2020

Congressman and NASA administrator visit Mazak manufacturing campus

March 4, 2020 – Mazak Corp. announced that it hosted NASA's new administrator James Frederick "Jim" Bridenstine and Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky at its Florence, Kentucky, North American manufacturing headquarters. The administrator and congressman made a special trip to Mazak after attending a high-level round-table event with Mazak President Dan Janka, representatives of local aerospace manufacturers and educational leaders, and three Ohio state congressmen and other area politicians.

News • March 4, 2020 • Mats W Lundberg

Bringing the circular ecomony to the factory floor

How old is your mobile phone? If you're thinking about your current device, it's likely that you change it every couple of years following the release of a fancy new upgrade. In reality, mobile telephones as old as the brick-like, antennae inventions of the 1980s probably remain in landfills. With many of our planet's environmental issues linked to human consumption, it's time to rethink our "take-make-dispose" economy.

News • March 3, 2020

MC Machinery names Craig Barback as new regional sales representative

Elk Grove Village, Illinois-based MC Machinery Systems Inc. welcomes Craig Barbeck to the MC Machinery team as a regional sales representative for the northern Ohio territory. Barbeck will support the sales team with a focus on laser and press brake products.

News • March 3, 2020

Metalworking fluids market resurgent as regulations mandate safe disposal

The primary focus of metalworking applications revolves around maximizing efficiency of machinery and operations. Thus it is preferable to use metalworking fluids that are multifunctional in nature. Significant growth in metalworking processes worldwide have propelled demand for metalworking fluids. However, metalworking fluids used for machineries have undergone intense regulatory scrutiny in last two decades.

News • March 2, 2020

Jason Industries acquires The Matchless Metal Polish Co.

Milwaukee-based Jason Industries, a diversified corporation with Osborn and Milsco business units, has announced the planned acquisition of The Matchless Metal Polish Co., Chicago. This acquisition will offer customers access to a global leader with a single, unmatched portfolio that provides solutions for surface preparation, cutting, cleaning and finishing supported by exceptional technical expertise, delivery and quality. Matchless will be incorporated into Osborn, which is the primary business unit serving the Industrial market segment for Jason Industries.

News • March 2, 2020

Index names Iniram Precision Machine Tool as Northeast distributor

Noblesville, Indiana-based Index has named Iniram Precision Machine Tool as its distributor of record for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, western Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia. The move reflects Index's ongoing strategy of partnering with distributors who can offer standard-setting service and support to help meet the needs of a rapidly expanding customer base.

News • February 26, 2020 • John Wiborg

Prepare for the new normal in 2020

In 2020, companies in the industrial supply sector should be neither bullish nor bearish but remain status quo. Consider the mixed U.S. economic performance in 2019 that benefited from an unexpected rise in the employment labor participation rate and corresponding lower unemployment rate but from a gross domestic product standpoint saw a dip compared with 2018.

News • February 26, 2020

Stellar Industrial Supply Inc., 3M Co. save joint customers millions of dollars

Tacoma, WA — Stellar Industrial Supply, which distributes more than 35,000 MRO (maintenance, repair and operation) products and tools from more than 1,500 brands for Safety, Metalworking, Marine Supply, Aerospace, and other general manufacturing and processing organizations, and also offers customized Indirect Material Management solutions, today named partner 3M as the winner of its Documented Cost Savings "Horse Race" Winner of the Year award for 2019.