NEW CASTLE, Pa. — After months of preparation, structural steel can be seen rising where Ellwood Quality Steels is constructing a $60 million addition to its New Castle plant. At the same time, a short-line railroad nearby is moving heavy materials needed to supply the region’s industrial base. In between are pockets of industrial growth around […]
MINGO JUNCTION, Ohio – JSW Steel of India announced a proposal to invest $500 million to acquire, enhance and upgrade Acero Junction Inc., an integrated steel manufacturing plant here with a potential capacity of 3 MTPA, or million tons per year, of steel. A release by JSW, the company said the proposed investment would be […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — With the press of a button, a plasma torch swings into place. With another press, a protective screen slides down to shield the shop floor at Hickey Metal Fabrication from sparks. And, with a third touch, the torch trims the ends off 20 eye pins. At the end of the couple of […]
ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio University Innovation Center and the Lights Regional Innovation Network announced it has secured new design and product development equipment for its additive manufacturing lab. The new equipment includes 3D printers, a mill and vacuum former. The acquisition was made possible in part through an Ohio Development Services Agency Community Development […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio –Thirty-five years ago, Ed Geddes seized on a revolutionary idea while employed at a pressure-washing company in Arkansas. Instead of manufacturing and mixing large drums of cleaning solutions and shipping them to customers across the country, why not just ship the ingredients in a kit and allow the end-user to blend them by […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Youngstown State University is among the recipients of funding through the third phase of America Makes’ Maturation of Advanced Manufacturing for Low-Cost Sustainment program. The total funding for the seven projects is $9.8 million, including $6.5 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory, National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining and America […]
LORDSTOWN, Ohio – UAW Local 1112 will have a change in leadership as members voted David Green as the new local president. Green replaces Glenn Johnson, who served two terms. Green is the former president of UAW Local 1714, which earlier this year was merged with Local 1112. Calls to Green were not immediately answered. […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A consortium made up of Youngstown State University, research and academic institutions, manufacturers, and major players in the defense industry has completed the first phase of a project that uses additive manufacturing to replace parts on aging Air Force aircraft, officials announced Wednesday. Representatives of aerospace contractors such as Boeing, Raytheon and […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A new 3-D printing apprenticeship program framework developed with the assistance of America Makes sets the stage for manufacturers to develop workers’ additive manufacturing abilities. The framework, developed by the Robert C. Byrd Institute at Marshall University in conjunction with its partners, lays out a three-year course covering training from basic industrial […]