FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago
The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology, will retur...
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LVD launches global branding initiative
LVD Co. n.v., Gullegem, Belgium, has launched a global branding initiative designed to unite all of the company’s sales subsidiaries and products under the LVD brand name and the baseline "...
MTC Software expands Asia-Pacific operation
MTC Software Inc., Lockport, N.Y., a developer of software for CNC sheet and plate cutting, has opened a sales and applications support facility in Singapore. Working closely with the company’s ...
China to allow foreign govts to issue yuan bonds
China is mulling over a decision to allow qualified foreign governments to issue yuan-denominated bonds on domestic capital market, the country’s Finance Minister Xie Xuren said Saturday. "...
China to adopt tight monetary policy
China Development and Reform Commission Minister Ma Kai said over the weekend that the country will adopt a tight monetary policy while continuing a prudent fiscal policy. Ma Kai. [Xinhua/File Photo]&...
Sanding Machine Finishes the Job
How one company solved its finishing dilemma with a portable pipe sander By Tom Carroll, Contributing Writer October 12, 2002 AAMS needed a way to polish aluminum and stainless steel handrails in two ...
Got burrs?
Making choices for deburring, graining sheet, plate By Anthony McCue and Brett Mandes Using a machine to remove burrs from and put a surface finish on sheet metal and plate, also known as deburring an...
Air cleaning, cooling system produces 360-degree air stream
Exair’s stainless steel Super Air Wipe™ system produces a 360-degree air stream that can blow off, dry, clean, and cool material passing through the center. The split design can be clamped...
Abrasive power tool suitable for heavy grinding applications
Dynabrade’s line of Dynabelter air-powered, abrasive belt tools are suitable for weld grinding, blending, and finishing on metal, stainless steel, and other materials. Using abrasive belts 1/2 i...
Flap disks feature natural hemp with polypropylene binder backing plate
CS Unitec’s new line of abrasive flap disks, which use the PLANTEX® high-tech compound, are the first in the world with a backing plate made of natural hemp with a polypropylene binder, the ...
China to allow foreign govts to issue yuan bonds
China is mulling to allow qualified foreign governments to issue yuan-denominated bonds on domestic capital market, the country’s Finance Minister Xie Xuren said Saturday. "We are actively ...
Collimator lenses for LED headlamps
Polycarbonate provides a high-performance and cost-effective alternative to glass and PMMA The “RXI” collimator lens made of Makrolon® has free-form surfaces with non-symmetrical geome...
UK automotive moulder Ecomold goes bust
Cash flow problems put 700 jobs at risk. 30 November 2007 – Major UK automotive moulder Ecomold went into administration yesterday putting 700 jobs at risk across three sites. Following a...
RPC battles competition and cost pressures
Borrowings rise to fund stock build up. 30 November 2007 – Shares in rigid plastics packaging giant RPC fell by more than 6% today after the UK group warned of intense competition in the ...
Second auction date set for MIR
Sale expected this time for defunct Italian machine maker. 30 November 2007 – MIR, the Brescia, Italy-based injection moulding machine maker, goes under the hammer on 22 January 2008. The...
TaeguTec Aiming to Grow, with Buffet’s Help
Following the recent visit of global investment guru Warren Buffett to the TaeguTec headquarters in Daegu, the profile of the Korea-based cutting-tool manufacturing company has become more prominent. ...
METAV 2008 Should Fill Düsseldorf Centre
Four months before it is due to open, METAV 2008 is right on course, according to the VDW (the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association), which organizes the manufacturing technology and automa...
Mori Seiki to Take Over Sandvik Unit
Mori Seiki, the machine tool building company headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, has reached an agreement with the Swedish-headquartered company Sandvik to take over the business of Sandvik Tobler SAS, w...
Hexagon Acquires Indian Company
Hexagon AB, the Swedish parent company of Hexagon Metrology, has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of the Indian company Elcome Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Elcome Technologies is ...
Istanbul to Host Plast Eurasia Soon
Plast Eurasia Istanbul 2007, the 17th International Istanbul Plastic Industries Fair, takes place December 5–9 at the Tuyap Fair, Convention, and Congress Centre in Beylikduzu (Istanbul), Turkey...