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Excalibur Machine Co. has been acquired by Esmark Industrial Group
for $3.5 million. Esmark Industrial is a new subsidiary of Esmark Inc.,
a private investment group. Excalibur Machine is a precision machining
and fabricating organization that supplies parts, sub-assemblies and
material-handling equipment to OEMs in transportation,
material-handling, heavy construction and power generation markets.
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the full story here
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Four domestic manufacturers of steel drill pipe joined the United
Steelworkers union to file a trade complaint against imports of steel
drill pipe from China. News of the filing followed quickly a decision by
the U.S. International Trade Commission that domestic producers of steel
oil-country tubular goods have been hurt by Chinese exports of those
products. That ruling is expected to result in countervailing duties up
to 16% on Chinese products.
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the full story here
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Siemens PLM Software and Siemens Drive Technologies aims to show
that more linkage between product lifecycle software and production
systems/ equipment improves design and makes machining more productive.
Siemens PLM’s Virtual Machine technology is a machine tool on a PC,
with virtual controller functions and machine tool simulation, and
it’s expected to maximize productivity by eliminating the need to use
real machines for nonproduction tasks, e.g., prototyping.
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the full story here
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One machine shop has spent the past year adapting its five-axis
machining expertise for complex tooling to a range of industrial sectors
where the demands are comparable.
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the full story here
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M&M Manufacturing is a CNC machine shop producing parts, assemblies
and tooling for the energy, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors. But,
its specialty is in complex-geometry aerospace components.
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the full story here
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