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corporate News Can-Eng Machinery Opens National Announces Sale of BusinessChina New Facility informer Chairman Wally Bamford, National Machinery LLC, Tiffin, of Can-Engsaid that over 300 guests OH, USA, Furnaces, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, announced the sale attended the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new Chinese sister company and of its business to G. John Krediet and the facility in Suzhou, President, Alan its current Can-Eng China. The celVan Geyn. the founding ofremain with ebration of Bamford will NM Group the company on its advisory board. of a Technologies (Suzhou) was part The management team remains unchanged. two-day open house held in May 2007 Van the opening of withfirm’s 4000 m2 for Geyn has been the Can-Eng since 1994, in the Suzhou New District.2005. plant serving as President since VisiUnder hisJapan, India, Can-Eng will tors from leadership, Singapore and continue attended on long-termChinese Taiwan to focus as well as growth and profitability in the international thercompany reps from several provinces. mal processingon hand included Jinyao Dignitaries equipment marketplace. Moving forward,of the China Fasteners Feng, Chairman Can-Eng Furnaces will operate under the newand Eileen Wang, Industry Association, name, Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd.New DisVice Chairman of the Suzhou Established in zone. trict development1964, Can-Eng makes industrial thermal processing equipment National Machinery CEO/Owner, for ferrous and nonferrous “We are very Andrew H. Kalnow, said, metals. www.can-eng.com and only western proud to be the first General Inspection cold forming company in the business of Machine machinery to establish a manufacturing Installed in Shanghai Plant and service facility in China. We are General Inspection, LLC (Gi), committed to helping Chinese fastener Davisburg, MI, USA, recently installed companies jump forward in their technola Gi-360 high-speed laser measuring ogy and production capabilities screw system in a Shanghai, China in what perhaps part most rapid and greatest machineis the manufacturing facility. industrial revolution in history.” The company uses the Gi-360 machine In his speech, Kalnow explained, to inspect and sort a vast array of trans“Today’s global marketplace demands mission valves and other high-volume quality, not just value. This screw machine components. is particularly true in today’sa three-dimensional The Gi-360 is automotive industry. Quality and safety go hand-in-hand laser measuring system with eight lasers with style, function and price.” Citing positioned around the circumference of National The Gi-360 can measure all the parts.Machinery’s history of design innovation, he noted that tolerances at external features to printthe company’s leading 600 ppm. Standard measurerates tomachine line, called FORMAX®, is used around the world by top suppliers ments include lengths, diameters, tapers, of automotive quality precision fasteners threads and straightness. The system is also equipped with eddy-current to detect and cold formed parts. cracks and presence of heat treatment. The new facility in Suzhou is operated by NM Group Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of NM Group Global LLC, which is also the parent company for National Machinery LLC and Cleaning Technologies Group, Inc. (CTG). The Suzhou facility is The Gi-360 designed to serve as a platform for the high-speed various group companies and affiliates laser measuring of NM Group Global. system measures all external features to print tolerances at up to 600 ppm. General Inspection provides turnkey systems, and this particular machine has a 5 ft3 elevator hopper, a 36" cascading vibratory feeder system with a visionNational’s NM Group Technologies controlled automatic orientation device facility in Suzhou, a six-full/sixand sound enclosure and China. empty box automatic packaging system. Later in 2007, the Blackstone-Ney All automation has been designed with division of CTG will begin manufacgentle parts handling. ture in Suzhou of components for its www.geninsp.com units, which are ultrasonic cleaning used in the electronics, semiconductor New & Updated Websites: and medical industries. The Ransohoff division of CTG, which manufactures A new fastener industry blog has been industrial-use parts cleaning equipment, created to foster increased communicaalso within set up in Suzhou. tion plans tothe fastener industry. The The Suzhou facility Talk” and can be blog is called “Fasteneris primarily dedicated at being a key sales and service found to the website listed below. There center for the China and Asian market are no corporate sponsors of this blog and for National are no advertisements on currently there Machinery. NM Group Technologies to have a website or blog it. The goal is will maintain a permanent demonstration of the industry can go where anyone fromthe world’s leading technology in cold forming with its to exchange information freely with othhigh-precision FORMAX line of multiers from the fastener industry. Fastener die cold headers. Also, NM Group will Talk invites anyone from the industry to provide training, repair parts and service post their thoughts on the site. from this facility. National says that this www.fastenerblog.net regional servcommitment to local and 18 18 Fastener Technology International/December 2007 Fastener Technology International/August 2007 www.jdt.it http://www.can-eng.com http://www.ortitalia.com http://www.geninsp.com http://www.ortitalia.com http://www.fastenerblog.net

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Fastener Technology International - December 2007/January 2008 Contents Editorial Calendar Industry News 5S – Turbocharged Lean House Cleaning: Principles and Practices for Creating an Efficient Workspace Corporate News Mechanical Properties – Part 7: Strength & Ductility in Bending FTI Technical Achievement Awards — Class of 2007 The Heat Treatment of Fasteners — Practice Melt Shop Provides More Efficient Titanium Wire & Rod Production Spotlight On Simulation Comparing Preparation and Calibration Techniques for Ultrasonic Bolt Tension Measurement – Part 2 Future-Oriented Testing Equipment Wire Handling Roundup What’s Happening at the IFI? Product Showcases Machinery Product Showcases Quality Education & Training in 2008 Fastener Focus Quality Checks on Retaining Rings: Your Recipe for Success Straight From The Show: NIFS/WEST Spotlight on Plastic Fasteners Competence in Stainless Steel Pick More Orders in Less Time With Slotting New Fastener, Drive Systems & Insert Join a Proven Product Line ASTM Update on Fastener Test Methods – The Bolt Doctor Column Advertisers’ Index Classified Advertisements Editorial Index

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