Historically a tool and die manufacturer for the converting industry, IMPACT makes a collection of tools and systems that complete the cutting, creasing, or folding processes of production.
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Uniting Six Tool and Die Manufacturers Under One Brand
Where Precision Meets ProductionTechnical Metals Inc.
Technical Metals Inc. (TMI), a privately owned company based in Fairbury, Illinois, is a metal fabrication company which has been providing quality manufacturing solutions since 1970.
Infrastructure for the Automation EraConductix-Wampfler
With 30 sales offices and 13 production facilities worldwide, Conductix-Wampfler boasts a truly global network with a reach that spans the industrialized world. The company’s rich history, comprising a series of once-separate companies who now operate as part of the internationally recognized Delachaux Group, began at the turn of the 20th century and continues bravely and confidently into the 21st.
Power to the People: Building QUALITY GeneratorsHIPOWER SYSTEMS
HIPOWER SYSTEMS harnesses the power of its international parent companies while remaining small enough to give customers a level of personal service and American-made quality that are hard to come by in standby and portable power generation manufacturing.
Creating the Cranes that Clients have Always WantedG.W. Becker, Inc.
Don’t think “cranes,” think “overhead lifting solutions.” That small difference in approach, says G.W. Becker, Inc., is what has made the company into one of North America’s most recognized and admired “providers of innovative overhead lifting solutions.”
Sustainable Manufacturing & MaterialsEcological Alternatives of the Future
As countless global initiatives attempt to combat the environmental impacts of waste and introduce more eco-friendly ways of life, sustainable manufacturing is an emerging practice that is quickly becoming recognized by global organizations as a new method of production.
The XX FactorBridging the Gender Gap in Manufacturing
It’s a potentially lucrative career path with ample room to learn and advance, but the manufacturing industry has consistently failed to attract women to its burgeoning ranks:
Wartime WomenHow Joining the Manufacturing Sector Aided in the War Effort
“Work should be, for all of us, a word as honourable and appealing as patriotism.” – Dwight Eisenhower
At the Forefront for Over 50 YearsSwiss Automation
Illinois-based machining manufacturer Swiss Automation has over half a century of experience in precision machining for a variety of industries including medical, defense, aerospace, and more. Feeling drawn to the automation behind cam-operated screw machines, Ken Malo decided to start his own business in 1965 and take on the market in his own way. Then located on Ohio Street in Chicago, the new business began manufacturing cam switches for the 1965 Ford Thunderbird, among other projects, before moving to the Barrington area of Illinois in 1970, where the main office has remained to this day.
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