Industry News

Glebar Co., Ramsey, New Jersey, named Josh Wendrickx strategic account manager. He will cover the Midwestern U.S.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.