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the high-speed Supermill stud and track rollforming machine, Master Bundler packaging system, patented cam rotary punch and shear technology, and more.
Visit the site, www.bkformtek.com, to view photos and videos of the equipment and read case studies describing its applications.
Shop for Tap Switches Online
RoMan Manufacturing, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, a manufacturer of AC and DC power supplies and related products for resistance welding, power generation and other applications, has launched a new website at www.tapswitches.com, showcasing its standard and special-application tap- switch product lines. Included are drawings and specifications for switches in single- or multi-phase configurations from 100 to 7500 A, with voltage rat- ings from 5 to 15,000 V.
Awards
PPG Industries Named Supplier of the Year
MetoKote Corp., Lima, OH, which operates 33 coating facilities around the world, presented its inaugu- ral Suppler of the Year Award to PPG Industries. PPG, Pittsburgh, PA, sup- plies paints, coatings and other materials from more than 140 manufacturing facilities in more than 60 countries.
MetoKote also recently hosted Ohio Governor Ted
Strickland at its Lima coating complex—Strickland toured the facility and spoke to its employees about his educa- tion-reform plan.
Fabricator One of America’s Fastest Growing Companies
Pickwick Manufacturing Services, Cedar Rapids, IA, has been named to the 2009 Inc. 5000, a list of the fastest growing compa- nies in the United States. Pickwick, a contract metal fabricator, also made the list in 2008. It operates out of a 100,000-sq.-ft. facility to fabricate sheet, plate and structural components and assemblies, performing laser cutting, forming and bending, welding, powder coating and other processes.
Agreements
Ice Industries Expanding Monterrey Operations
Deep-draw and high-ton- nage metalforming company Ice Industries, Sylvania, OH, has acquired the air-tank manufacturing assets of two U.S. companies and will move those assets to its facility in Monterrey, Mexico.
Ice purchased automated rolling and welding lines from Truck Equipment Man- ufacturing Co., Charlotte, NC, and Quest Mfg., Springfield, MO, to manu- facture steel and aluminum tanks for the heavy truck and off-highway industries. The company’s Monterrey facility currently manufac- tures HVAC-industry com- pressor components and fire-extinguisher cylinders.
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