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The Workforce Pell Grant program expanded Pell Grant eligibility to students in high-quality, short-term workforce training programs – marking a...
Pemamek strengthened its presence in North America by acquiring Mach Machines, a robotics company specializing in robotic welding automation. The...
Engineered Material Handling (EMH) promoted Hannah Postolka to inside sales manager, where she will oversee the inside sales team in...
Fabracadabra launched its online laser cutting service, a platform that simplifies ordering custom steel parts. Users upload design files, receive...
TRUMPF Inc. was selected as the recipient of the 2026 Optica i4 Corporate Achievement Prize, recognizing the company’s contributions to...
BLM GROUP USA promoted Jarrod Gunn (left) to product specialist for flat sheet laser and automation, and Aaron Carsten to...
O’Neal Mfg. Services (OMS) promoted Joseph “Joe” Becker to general manager of its Fayette, Ala., steel fabrication facility, recognizing his...
Tulsa Welding School (TWS) announced Refrigeration School Inc. (RSI) has been renamed as Tulsa Welding School (TWS) in Arizona. The...
Hobart Brothers updated its filler metal safety data sheet (SDS) documents and made them accessible on each product page on...
Fronius USA extended its entrustment agreement with Pennsylvania College of Technology for two years, continuing support of the college’s welding...
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) named Aaron Prather director of market intelligence, a new role focused on delivering industry...
Engineered Material Handling (EMH) recently broke ground on a 24,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing expansion at its headquarters in Valley City, Ohio. The...
Vention, a digital-first industrial automation platform, and Fanuc America, announced an expanded collaboration to simplify robot deployment through AI-powered programming,...
LVD Co. announced a strategic partnership with REA Robotics Srl, an industrial automation specialist based in Veggiano, Italy. The companies...
BLM GROUP USA promoted Jarrod Gunn to product specialist – flat sheet laser and automation. Gunn joined the company in...
Kuka is expanding its education portfolio with new robotic cells, simulation software and handson training programs to support educators across...
TRUMPF Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Mate Precision Technologies. Mate will continue operating independently under its...
Lantek and Tecoi are partnering to deliver a robotic unloading and palletizing system for sheet metal cutting operations. Built on...
Steel Warehouse appointed two business unit managers to support expanding operations in the Southeast. Scott Goben (pictured) will oversee the...
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has announced a variety of resources for steel fabricators to take advantage of,...
Ocean Machinery developed the Gladiator Beam Laser as a compact structural steel beam processing machine that combines cutting, drilling, coping,...
Hyster introduced the E45-70XN2, a 4,500-lb. to 7,000-lb. capacity cushion tire electric lift truck series building on its established XN...
Scotchman Industries developed the HB-88 horizontal bending and straightening press, a universal hydraulic press delivering 88 U.S. tons of force...
Engineers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, created the world’s first large, flexible piece of RHEA metal, an alloy twice...
Bull Moose Tube Co. announced an agreement to acquire Hanna Steel Corp., a producer of structural and mechanical steel tubing...
Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, a North Haven, Conn.-based precision strip producer, commissioned Burghardt + Schmidt GmbH to build...
The North American Steel Alliance (NASA) added CloudForge AI as its newest operational supplier. CloudForge is a sales and revenue...
Voortman expanded its U.S. presence with the addition of a new production facility in Monee, Ill. The 27-acre site includes...
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) is accepting submissions for the 2027 IDEAS Awards, recognizing design achievement in structural...
Larson Tool & Stamping named William “Bill” Larson president, succeeding Charles “Chuck” Cederberg, who is retiring after more than four...
The Bradbury School of Manufacturing and Innovation (BSMI) will launch this fall at Central Christian College of Kansas in McPherson...
Aida-America is celebrating the retirement of two longtime regional sales managers: George Munschauer, East Coast and Canada territories, served the...
Wilson Tool International marks 60 years in business, having grown from a small St. Paul, Minn. shop founded in 1966...
TRUMPF Inc.’s new X-Blast 2.0 cutting nozzleand process solution boosts the efficient laser cutting of hot-formed parts for safety-critical body...
SafanDarley North America promoted Christopher Brand to regional sales manager, where he will oversee distributor development and sales activities across...
MC Machinery Systems strengthened its regional distribution network through expanded partnerships with Cimarron Industrial Sales and Fabcor Machineryfor its fiber...
KMT Group expanded to include Shape Waterblast Group (SWG) and its flagship brand Advanced Pressure Systems (APS), alongside SWG’s Aqua-Dyne...
Comau and Omron Robotics signed a strategic collaboration agreement to accelerate the adoption and deployment of advanced industrial automation solutions....
Zekelman Industries appointed Jason Nofziger vice president of supply chain. Nofziger has more than two decades of executive leadership in...
IPG Photonics, PPG and Whirlpool Corp. received the 2026 Innovation Research Interchange (IRI) Open Innovation Award. The IRI Innovation Excellence...








































