The Fabricator - August 2009

Plant openings, closings, expansions, acquisitions

A. Zahner Co. has announced that it is planning a $5.9 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Kansas City.

The state of Missouri is assisting the project with enhanced enterprise zone state tax credits worth $365,798 during five years. Kansas City granted the company a 50 percent property tax abatement on the expansion for a decade in conjunction with the state tax credit.

The company expects the expansion to create 45 full-time positions over the next five years.

Herman Miller Inc. plans to close its Integrated Metal Technologies manufacturing facility in Spring Lake, Mich., by spring 2010.

The plant’s operations will be moved to larger, newer facilities in the vicinity.

Metalcraft of Mayville, a precision metal fabrication company, will close down its operations in Greensboro, N.C., by next month.

The closing will put 121 people out of work.

Siemens Energy Inc. has announced plans to expand its operations in Mecklenburg County, N.C. The company recently was awarded a state job development grant that could produce almost $3 million in benefits if it meets performance goals during the next nine years. The company plans to add 226 jobs.

Supplier news (continued)

Mich., which was recognized in the indirect supplier category for Eaton’s Fluid Power Group—Hydraulics Business and Eaton’s Aerospace—Fluid Conveyance Division. The awards were organized into three supplier categories: direct, indirect, and logistics.

Lomar provides Eaton with a vari-

ety of assembly machines, testers, and tooling. Eaton is a provider of electrical components and systems.

LISSMAC GmbH, Germany, has opened its U.S. headquarters in Waterford, N. Y.

The company manufactures systems that provide deburring, grinding,

and oxide removal on metal sheets and plate, processing both sides in one pass.

MG Systems & Welding Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wis., a manufacturer of thermal machining centers, has changed its name to Messer Cutting Systems Inc.

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Bystronic and the BLM Group have announced an agreement to mutually market their sheet metal and tube processing systems. The agreement is intended to increase the market coverage of both companies and to make them more effective against competitors, BLM says.

Bystronic is a supplier of sheet metal processing systems. BLM designs and manufactures tube processing machines.

Cutting Systems Inc., Cleveland, has added a new distributor, ACI Machine Tool Sales LLC, Lawrenceburg, Ky.

The company is responsible for sales and servicing ACI precision cutting machines.

Eaton Corp. recently honored 38 of its suppliers as part of its supplier recognition program.

Among the award winners was Lomar Machine & Tool Co., Horton,

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