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ware to support the quote-to- cash cycle of its increasingly complex products as it “moves away from being a commodity business and uses more advanced production-schedul- ing techniques,” says a com- pany representative. The new solution provides sales, finance, production, CRM, manufacturing and supply- chain support.
Numalliance FRX04 CNC wire- bending machine, for wire 0.8- to 4.0-mm dia. And, to support its growing tool-build operations, it added an AgieCharmilles Cut 300 Sp high-speed wire- EDM machine.
by 1250-mm bed. Also on the plant floor are robotic welding and assembly cells, and a Mitutoyo CMM.
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The registration applies to all of the company’s custom-roll- forming facilities—its head- quarters, as well as plants in Pierceton, IN, and Phoenix, AZ.
Varsteel to Retrofit Stamco’s Enhanced Leveling Technology
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Clips & Clamps Adds Wire Bender, Wire-EDM Machine
The voestalpine Group has commenced operations at its new body-in-white (BIW) met- alforming facility—Automotive Body Parts Inc.—in Cartersville, GA. The 4000-sq.- m plant, a subsidiary of the firm’s Metal Forming Division, will manufacture ultra-high- strength components for pre- mium car manufacturers. Fea- tured equipment includes an 1100-ton Fagor servo transfer press with 5000- by 2000-mm bed, and a 220-ton Seyi pro- gressive-die press with 2400-
Metalformer Clips & Clamps Industries (stamping, wire forming, slideforming, welding, assembly and tool design and build), Plymouth, MI, has added two new pieces of capital equipment to its pro- duction floor. To expand its wire-forming capacity, the company invested in a
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Trumpf Inc., Farmington, CT, appointed Alberto Pan- cardo managing director of Trumpf Mexico. He will over- see sales and service for the firm’s machine tools and power tools in Mexico, and production of machine-tool components for Trumpf Inc.
Georgia Welcomes BIW-Stamping Facility
To produce “stay-flat” material for laser, waterjet and plasma cutting, the Varsteel service-center location in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada will soon retrofit a Herr-Voss Stamco enhanced leveling technology (ELT) leveler to an existing cut-to-length line. The ELT retrofit will process materi- al to 96 in. wide and 0.5 in. thick.
Mazak Optonics Corp., Elgin, IL, named Mark Dilling general manager of customer service. In his newly estab- lished position at the compa- ny, DIlling will expand the cus- tomer-support team with additional staff and phone- support staff.
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