For over 90 years, TWG Inc., a Dover company, has been a global leader in manufacturing winches, hoists, slewing ring bearings, swing drives, electronic monitoring systems, and more – bringing industry the power to push, pull, lift, rotate, and control it all electronically.For over 90 years, TWG Inc., a Dover company, has been a global leader in manufacturing winches, hoists, slewing ring bearings, swing drives, electronic monitoring systems, and more – bringing industry the power to push, pull, lift, rotate, and control it all electronically.

The Adhesives & Bonding Expo is set for March 24 to 26, 2020 at the Suburban Collection Showplace convention center in Novi, Michigan, near Detroit. The first-of-its-kind event will be co-located with the popular Foam Expo North America so attendees can take in two conferences at the same time.

Attendees of Foam Expo North America will be able to take in presentations, panel discussions, networking opportunities, exhibitions, and a business-to-business (B2B) ‘matchmaking’ service. The largest conference and exhibition of its kind, Foam Expo North America takes place Tuesday, March 24 to Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Halls A, B, and C of the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan, near Detroit.

Coherix, Inc., of Ann Arbor, Michigan gives sight to machines. The company’s 3D vision systems monitor robotic manufacturing operations to ensure that consistency, quality and precision are maintained. Led by a veteran of the high-tech industrial solutions world, Coherix has been earning kudos and has just secured a partnership that could result in huge growth.

In 2020, Comer Industries, Inc. will mark its fiftieth anniversary. It is a huge achievement, given the sometimes-volatile nature of the manufacturing sector, but the company has no intention of resting on its laurels. Instead, it plans to continue growing its market reach, product lineup, and client base of global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Among other initiatives, the company is looking to add a new level of technology to its existing products.

Anyone working in the field of power transmission, fluid control, and motion control would be wise to attend the International Fluid Power Exposition (IFPE), slated for March 10 to 14, 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Staged only once every three years, the exposition is considered the premier fluid power industry event in North America.

Spudnik Equipment Company, LLC, the leading potato equipment manufacturer in North America, is about to get even bigger. Headquartered in Blackfoot, Idaho, the self-proclaimed potato capital of the world, this company is in the middle of a massive expansion that will add another 160,000 square feet of space to its operations. This construction project, coming on the heels of a previous expansion in 2018, involves additions to its fabrication, paint, and assembly facilities.

Osborne Industries, Inc. is on a mission. That mission involves more than just doing excellent custom molding work, although that is certainly central to the company’s operations. Osborne’s broader mission is to provide good manufacturing jobs in a rural area with limited work prospects. Based in Osborne, Kansas, the company, named for its hometown, is now completely employee owned and proud of its products, services, and heritage.

Internationally recognized contract manufacturer Auer Precision Company of Mesa, Arizona specializes in high-precision tooling design and fabrication, stamped products, and close-tolerance machining.

It has been a good year for GROB. The company has won a series of prestigious awards from automotive manufacturers and debuted cutting-edge machine tools and related equipment. The family-owned company, based in Mindelheim, Germany, designs and builds machine tools, manufacturing systems, and industrial software, and offers extensive customer support and training.

Voortman USA LLC is preparing for a huge product launch. The Monee, Illinois-based company is a subsidiary of Dutch firm Voortman Steel Machinery and sells computer numerical control (CNC) machines and related software programs for clients in the plate processing and steel fabrication sectors, among other markets.

‘Speed Wins’ is the slogan of Clinkenbeard, a fast-rising firm that specializes in the rapid production and prototyping of complex machined parts and metal castings. Headquartered in South Beloit, Illinois, this company is known for more than just fast turnaround times. It has also been recognized for the quality of its work and its expertise in making mock-ups, among other items.

Industrial Magnetics, Inc. (IMI) of Boyne City, Michigan, designs, engineers and custom manufactures magnetic separation devices and magnetic assemblies. The company also provides standardized products and a slew of ancillary services for clients, including testing and preventative maintenance.

Warehouse pallet racking systems used for product storage are sometimes seen as an afterthought. Once in place, they are expected to serve their purpose without much care, as storage locations for a company’s inventory. Unfortunately, the reality is much different, says Eric Naaman, president of Damotech, North America’s largest rack safety solutions specialty firm.

Wine has been celebrated for thousands of years; it is a staple in restaurants and homes and at weddings, certain religious ceremonies and special events. Often ignored in any discussion about wine, however, is the importance of closures – the industry term for the stopper that seals a bottle.

Nanotechnology has the potential to make airplanes, cars, and consumer goods lighter, stronger, and more durable. It is a safe bet that this extremely small-scale technology will have a huge impact on manufacturing, among other sectors.

Kitchener, Ontario-based Angstrom Engineering, Inc. has built a strong international reputation providing equipment and services to support the growing market of thin film nanotechnology. Angstrom designs and assembles equipment used to make thin films via physical vapour deposition (PVD) or a chemical vapour deposition (CVD) process. Angstrom also offers thin film coating as a service for clients that prefer this option over owning and operating their own thin film deposition equipment. These microscopically thin layers of material have many uses.

Founded in the early 1980s, G&L Tubing has since grown by focusing on custom tubing and consistent but cautious expansion. This approach has helped the company grow from a tiny outfit with a single tube mill in the founder’s basement to one that employs roughly 180 people and counts Fortune 500 companies as clients.

Leamington, Ontario is an agricultural epicentre, world famous for its tomatoes. This small city in the southern part of the province is also home to Uni-Fab, a rapidly-growing, family-owned custom metal fabricator that has done work for Airbus, Boeing, and Blue Origin, the space-launch firm founded by Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos.