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The hand-guided TRUMPF power nibbler is celebrating its
50th birthday. The first tool, based on technical principles developed by Berthold Leibinger, came to market in 1959, when the company introduced the "THN100".
The THN100 was a tool with a punch that pushed through the fixed die plate with ...
11/20/09
TRUMPF Inc. presented a 2009 award of sales achievement to ICON Machine Tool Inc. at its annual distributor meeting held in July at the company's North American headquarters in Farmington, Conn.
ICON, of St. Louis, Mo., received the Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its consistent perf...
9/9/09
Wilson Tool International, an independent manufacturer of tooling systems for punch presses, press brakes, and punch and die components for the stamping industry, announced today it has opened a new office in Johannesburg, South Africa. The new office will serve Wilson Tool customers in South Afric...
7/15/09
On April 22 and 23, 2009, more than 80 fabricators from across the Midwest attended seminars in St. Louis and Olathe, Kan., to discuss advancements in TRUMPF punching and press brake bending technologies. The event was hosted by Icon Machine Tool Inc. of St. Louis, the exclusive distributor for TRUM...
7/14/09
TEKFAB Inc., Albany, Ore., a machine design and manufacturing company specializing in punching, cutting, and material handling, has hired David Hendry as sales and marketing manager. He has more than 10 years of experience in industrial sales and marketing.
Hendry is responsible for managing th...
7/14/09
Mate Precision Tooling has announced the opening of its new and expanded European headquarters and manufacturing facilities. Centrally located in Frankfurt Germany, the new facilities culminate a major investment by the company in the latest manufacturing technologies including best practices from i...
6/29/09
Peddinghaus Corp. has announced the promotions of two senior engineers at its facility in Bradley, Ill.
James Magnuson was named as vice president of R&D. He is responsible for the development of new machine concepts.
Jim Sutliffe was named as vice president of engineering. He manages all dail...
6/9/09
BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc., a supplier of high-precision tooling systems, has announced the groundbreaking of a new corporate headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The company and all of its employees, along with Hoffman Estates Village Officials, celebrated the beginning of construction with...
5/20/09
Anoka, Minn.-based Mate Precision Tooling, a global manufacturer of original and replacement tooling for CNC punch presses, was named "2009 Manufacturer of the Year" by the Manufacturers Alliance.
In making the award, the Manufacturer's Alliance said Mate was selected for exemplifying the true mean...
4/16/09
Larry Johnson has been named a district sales representative for TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn. In this role, he is responsible for sales activity on the West Coast, specifically in Southern California and Nevada.
Johnson has 33 years of experience in the sheet metal industry and began his career...
4/14/09
LVD Company n.v. and Hubei Tri-Ring Metalforming Equipment Co., Ltd. (HD) have formed a joint venture company in Huangshi City, Hubei Province, China.
The joint venture company will produce LVD sheet metalworking equipment, including turret punch presses, laser cutting systems, and CNC press bra...
4/1/09
The TRUMPF Group is redesigning its business in Taiwan. In addition to marketing machine tools and lasers, the company is strengthening its electronics division by expanding the service and maintenance efforts where, within just two years, the number of service employees has increased from two to 10...
3/10/09
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has announced a new certification program for precision sheet metal operators for testing and validating their skills in sheet metal forming and fabricating.
The new Precision Sheet Metal Operator (PSMO) Level I Certificati...
12/16/08
Peddinghaus Corp. has announced plans to open its facility in Bradley, Ill., from Sept. 24-27 for its Oktoberfest 2008 event. The event celebrates technological innovations and industry partnerships from around the world. Peddinghaus says it also hosts the recurring event to revisit its German roots...
8/12/08
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has appointed James Rogowski as managing director of TRUMPF Canada.
The company recently acquired the remaining shares of Advanced Fabricating Machinery, which serves the Canadian market as a sales and spare parts facility for TRUMPF products. Rogowski is responsib...
8/12/08
Salvagnini, Italy, opened Salvagnini do Brasil Ltda., an operating company based in José dos Campos (SP), in March. The Brazilian subsidiary provides technical support, customer service, and spare parts.
Salvagnini has installed many stand-alone machines, as well as automated sheet metal processi...
6/17/08
TRUMPF, Germany, recently broke ground on a new production building in Taicang, China.
The building will bring the company's three existing production operations into one facility, starting in July 2009. In addition to combining machine tool and operating table production, the facility also will ...
6/17/08
Tekfab has added Dave Zaragoza as an engineer.
Zaragoza, who has more than 10 years of experience in the metal framing industry, is responsible for companywide sales of all Tekfab products, as well as developing new marketing and distribution channels. He served most recently as a regional sales ...
5/15/08
Wilson Tool International®, White Bear Lake, Minn., a manufacturer of tooling for sheet metal fabrication, has appointed Jay Dienst as vice president of sales for North and Latin America.
Dienst is responsible for planning and directing all of the company's sales operations in the Americas a...
3/11/08
The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show at McCormick Place in Chicago hosted more exhibiting companies and covered more exhibit space than any previous FABTECH. Filling 461,627 sq. ft. of booth space, the show attracted nearly 31,000 visitors from more than 75 countries, a 27 percent...
1/15/08
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., recently named Claudio Schutz as director of spare parts in North America. Based in the Farmington headquarters, Schutz leads the spare parts team, including customer service representatives, buyers and planners, stock room, and return authorization groups, in all Nor...
1/15/08
The Bradbury Co., Moundridge, Kan., a manufacturer of metal roll forming and processing equipment, has promoted COO David Cox to president.
Cox, who joined the company in 1997, also has served as general manager and operations manager. In addition to his responsibilities as president, he continue...
12/11/07
TRUMPF, Farmington, Conn., has completed its 500th TruPunch 2020 machine. The model, which was built in 2001, was a design concept of Peter Leibinger, TRUMPF vice president of the management board and head of the Laser Technology and Electronics division. The company plans to export the 500th TruPun...
12/11/07
12/11/07
General Sheet Metal Works, South Bend, Ind., has increased the size of its Tomah, Wis., plant from 22,500 sq. ft. to 45,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space.
The company says the additional capacity allows it to gain production efficiencies for current work and accommodate new business. The project...
12/11/07
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 Australian operation, the new office supports MTC Software products in the Asia-Pacific region.
The com...
11/6/07
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 return to McCormick Place in Chicago Nov. 11 to Nov. 14.
Cosponsored by the American Welding Society (AWS...
10/9/07
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 "Sheet Metalworking: Our Passion, Your Solution."
The initiative is designed to achieve a consistent brand im...
10/9/07
Sept. 6, 2007, TRUMPF Inc. acquired 100 percent of Advanced Fabricating Machinery (AFM), Canada. AFM was formed July 1, 1997 by TRUMPF Inc. and Robert Watson as an equal joint venture.
AFM, under the continued leadership of Robert Watson, will serve the Canadian market as a sales and spare part...
10/3/07
W.A. Whitney, a division of MegaFab, Rockford, Ill., has appointed Weller Machinery Co. as exclusive distributor for its fabricating machines in Wisconsin and named Capital Machine Technologies as its exclusive distributor in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, an...
9/11/07
The Bradbury Co. Inc., Moundridge, Kan., has announced two appointments to its engineering staff. The company has hired Mark McFetridge as a senior project engineering manager and Rex Stutterheim as a technical assistant.
McFetridge is part of a management team responsible for translating custome...
9/11/07
Cardinal MetalWorks, Burgaw, N.C., has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification.
The company, which employs 42 workers, manufactures formed sheet metal components using autoload CNC punching machines, lasers, and press brakes.
8/7/07
TRUMPF officially opened its company headquarters in the TRUTEC building in Seoul, South Korea, June 12, 2007. The new offices are located in "Digital Media City," a business hub in Seoul.
Four of the building's twelve stories are used by TRUMPF Korea. They house the sales and service departments...
7/10/07
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named its machine tool distributors for Louisiana and Michigan.
The Hampton Co., Plano, Texas, represents the company's line of fabricating machines in Louisiana, and BGI, Grand Blanc, Mich., serves as distributor for Michigan in the counties of Bay, Saginaw, T...
6/12/07
Dean A. Sundquist, chairman and CEO of Mate Precision Tooling, has announced the appointment of Jack Schneider to the newly created position of vice chairman and Kevin Nicholson to the position of president.
"In the new position of vice chairman, Jack Schneider will focus on strategic and corpora...
6/5/07
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., is supporting an innovative new exhibit at the Connecticut Science Center. Now under construction in Hartford and set to open in fall 1008, the center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing science education.
The company is donating $100,000 to help bui...
5/8/07
Wilson Tool Intl., White Bear Lake, Minn., an independent tooling manufacturer for sheet metal fabrication, has been named Manufacturer of the Year by the Manufacturers Alliance. The award is given annually to companies that best exemplify lean manufacturing practices, while also sharing their knowl...
4/18/07
TRUMPF has opened a new sales, service, demonstration, and production facility in Monterrey, Mexico. The 6,400-sq.-meter production building uses the company's state-of-the-art equipment and manufacturing techniques to produce frames for its machinery.
The company has invested more than $10 milli...
4/10/07
TRUMPF Inc. has received a Connecticut Quality Improvement Award silver level Innovation Prize. The award recognizes the company for its SYNCHRO production of the TruLaser 2025, an blend of laser resonator, cutting machine, and automated material handling.
The company was lauded for its ability t...
3/22/07
Strippit/LVD, a manufacturer of metal forming equipment, including turret punch presses, laser cutting machines, press brakes, shears, automated systems and programming software, has promoted Neil Campbell to the position of sales manager-Canada for.
In this newly created position, Campbell mana...
3/13/07
Mate Precision Tooling, Anoka, Minn., has promoted Paul Sandberg to the position of vice president international sales. Sandberg assumed the position from Chet Ferger, who will continue on with the company in a newly created position of vice president of key account sales for North America.
Sandb...
2/13/07
W. A. Whitney is celebrating its centennial anniversary during its 2007 Open House, April 25 and 26, 2007, in the Whitney Technology Center in Rockford, Ill.
For the past two years, Whitney has been a member of the MegaFab family, which also includes Piranha and Bertsch products. Equipment from a...
2/13/07
Leonard (Len) Stock has been named as a sales engineer for Strippit, Inc., a manufacturer of metalforming equipment, including turret punch presses, laser cutting systems, press brakes, shears, and programming software.
Based in Commerce Township, Mich., Stock is responsible for selling the company...
2/13/07
Fabricating Equipment Co. has been named as a machine tool distributor in southern Texas for TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn.
Lynn Moore continues as TRUMPF's regional manager serving Texas.
12/12/06
Mate Precision Tooling, Anoka, Minn., has appointed Joseph Schneider as vice president of marketing.
Most recently Schneider was Mate's product engineering manager. He was the company's e-business manager before that. Schneider will apply his 10 years of experience in manufacturing and product des...
10/10/06
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named new machine tool distributors in Nebraska, western Iowa, and Florida.
Hegman Machine Tool now distributes TRUMPF equipment in Nebraska and western Iowa. The company continues its distribution efforts in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and some coun...
10/10/06
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., presented its 2006 sales achievement awards to Advanced Fabricating Machinery, Hart Machine Tool Inc., and TECSA at its annual distributor meeting.
Advanced Fabricating Machinery, Mississauga, Ont., received the outstanding distributor performance award in recognit...
9/12/06
MegaFab, Hutchinson, Kan., has appointed Hugh D. Barron as sales manager for Latin America.
Barron is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. He is working to establish additional representation in areas needed within Latin America, enhance sales efforts, and support the sales and service channels for ...
8/8/06
Acrotech Inc., Lake City, Minn., has acquired the Di-Acro product line and moved production back to Lake City, where the line was originally designed and built.
The product line includes finger brakes, shears, rod and tube benders, notchers, single-punch units, and all the related tooling....
7/11/06
Roll-Kraft, Mentor, Ohio, has added several personnel in a variety of positions.
Joe Korzen and Jarred Esborn have been added to the engineering staff. Other new hires are Kevin Myers, John Dowler, and Stephan Betts as machinists; Tom Turk as polisher; and Scott Bickel as equipment assembler. The...
7/11/06
Strippit/LVD, Akron, N.Y., has named Don Grochocki as customer service manager-punch presses and Dan Caprio as product specialist-punching machinery.
Grochocki oversees field service efforts, addressing customer service requirements and working with field service support staff. He has been with t...
6/13/06
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has appointed Dan Hoff and Carl Freehauf as regional managers.
Hoff is responsible for Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, western Wisconsin, and western Iowa, while Freehauf oversees northern Illinois, eastern Iowa, and eastern Wisconsin. Both men man...
6/13/06
TRUMPF Inc. brought 80 people from 60 companies representing 23 states, Mexico, and Canada to its INTECH North America 2006 in-house "tradeshow" and educational conference, held May 2-4 at its Farmington, Conn., North American headquarters.
In addition to product demonstrations and seminars, the ...
6/13/06
Strippit/LVD, Akron, N.Y., has promoted J. Matt Keever to product specialist-lasers.
Keever advises and trains customers and sales representatives in the use and application of laser cutting equipment and conducts on-site customer application training. He joined the company in 2005 as a laser fie...
5/9/06
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named Hart Machine Tool as its exclusive distributor for machine tools in Georgia. The company continues to supply TRUMPF fabricating machinery in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and the Florida Panhandle.
Hart has been a TRUMPF distributor since 1997. It is a...
5/9/06
Daylen Solutions LLC, Indiana, Pa., has added Larry Rarig to its sales force for eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Rarig assists customers looking to increase productivity, accuracy, and safety by offering technology from Finn-Power; Virtek Laser Inspection Systems; ISB Safety Products; Pat Moon...
4/11/06
T-Drill Industries Inc., Norcross, Ga., has awarded George Yardley Co., Fountain Valley, Calif., the No. 1 in sales award for 2005.
George Yardley Co. represents plumbing, HVAC, filtration, instrumentation, and pumps product lines.
4/11/06
Whitney, Rockford, Ill., a division of MegaFab, has appointed Cliff Ankersen as regional sales manager representing the Whitney and Bertsch product lines.
Ankersen is responsible for the western U.S., including Colorado, Wyoming, western Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Ari...
4/11/06
Strippit/LVD, Akron, N.Y., has named Roskelley Machinery Corp., Salt Lake City, as its marketing representative in Utah and Idaho.
Roskelley represents all Strippit/LVD equipment, including high-performance mechanical and hydraulic CNC turret punch presses, laser cutting systems, CNC hydraulic pr...
3/7/06
W.A. Whitney Co., Rockford, Ill., will host an open house at its facility April 19 and 20 to showcase its equipment and new products from all MegaFab divisions.
Educational seminars, equipment demonstrations, and interaction with product development engineers will be offered. Planned demonstratio...
3/7/06
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has named Icon Machine Tool as its exclusive distributor for machine tools in Illinois and eastern Iowa. The company continues to represent TRUMPF products in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
Icon recently was presented with TRUMPF’s Most Improved Distribu...
12/13/05
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has announced it has produced its 100th TCF 1 laser resonator, two years after the product’s introduction. Originally intended for use on the TC L 2510 laser cutting machine, it now is utilized on the TC 3000 L combination machine and is sold for integration into asse...
11/8/05
The Minnesota Council For Quality announced today that it has presented Anoka, Minn.-based Mate Precision Tooling, a manufacturer of punch press tooling, with the 2005 Minnesota Quality Award.
Brian Lassiter, president, Minnesota Council For Quality, made the announcement and stated, "Mate was r...
10/27/05
Bill Bossard, vice president marketing and sales of Salvagnini America, has been named president of the company's North American unit, announced CEO Eugenio Bassan. In addition to continuing in his role as chief marketing officer, Bossard will perform a variety of executive duties for the manufactur...
10/24/05
Mega Fabrication Inc., Hutchinson, Kan., has announced several organizational changes within its merged companies of Piranha, Bertsch, and W.A. Whitney. The company also announced the establishment of a corporatewide engineering center.
Dave Barber, former president of W.A. Whitney, has been name...
10/11/05
Mid Atlantic Machinery, Harrisburg, Pa., has announced it has launched a new Web site.
The site promotes the company’s product lines as well as used and stock machinery. It highlights management and staff and provides the latest news and information....
10/11/05
Wilson Tool International® has launched its Xtra™ parts and accessories division.
Available products include replacement clamp assemblies, turret keys, tooling cabinets, alignment tools, hand tools, and punch and die grinders.
6/14/05
Pullmax Inc. has redesigned and updated its Web site. The new site features machine specifications and videos of the company's CNC punching systems.
The site is designed to be a sales tool for the company's distributors and a research tool for its customers. It also offers online ordering of spar...
10/12/04
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