NEWS SNIPPETS
New CEO for Joining Technologies Connecticut-based Joining Technologies, Inc., a supplier of laser manufacturing services and systems, has announced the promotion of company President, Dave Hudson, to the position of Chief Executive Officer. The news was announced by the company’s founder and former CEO, Michael Francoeur, who will act as Chairman. Francoeur will steer the company’s investment strategy while Hudson directs its four major divisions. Joining Technologies is an innovator in precision fusion processes, including laser and electron beam welding, laser additive manufacturing and weld system design and integration.
Dave Hudson, new CEO of Joining Technologies, Inc.
Victor Technologies acquires Gas-Arc Group Ltd Victor Technologies has acquired Gas-Arc Group Ltd, a privately-held manufacturer of gas control equipment based in the UK, for approximately US$ 40 million in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments. Gas-Arc’s portfolio includes branded gas control products that meet specialty gas application requirements as well as cutting and welding equipment for the industrial, laboratory and medical gas control markets. Gas-Arc will continue to operate under its own name.
EB welding quality TWI has developed BeamAssure™, a quality assurance tool which helps to analyse electron beam parameters, giving an effective fingerprint of the beam and an independent monitor of beam characteristics. “Electron beams are challenging to measure and calibrate due to their
nature but BeamAssure is able to capture relevant data, giving assurance of beam power, profile consistency and quality every time. This tool enables monitoring of beam consistency and the detection of human error and thus leads to reduced scrap or rework rates. It provides a QA record for each assembly and has visual and numeric presentation of key process variables,” TWI explained. For further details, see
www.twi.co.uk/technologies/welding-surface- engineering-and-material-processing/electron-beam-welding/beamassure/
Lincoln Electric to acquire RobolutionGmbH Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Robolution GmbH, a leading European provider of robotic arc welding systems. Based outside Frankfurt, Germany, the company serves a number of leading automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. “Robolution expands the geographic reach of our growing automation business,” said Christopher L. Mapes, Chief Executive Officer, Lincoln Electric. “With our recent acquisitions of Wayne Trail and Tennessee Rand, and our new greenfield facility in Brazil, Robolution will enable us to seamlessly support customers across three continents.” “We are pleased to partner with Lincoln Electric,” added Wolfgang
Koenig, Managing Director, Robolution. “Lincoln's financial strength and worldwide reach will enable us to better serve new and existing customers across our growing business.” See
www.lincolnelectric.com
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