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Mr Nelson, who served as sales manager
of commercial products and secretary of the
corporation, will be succeeded by his friend
of twenty-four years, Jarno Syrenius.
Mr Syrenius has been with T-Drill since
2000 and has spent time in the international
and North American divisions in both
engineering and sales capacities.
T-Drill Industries Inc – USA
Fax: +1 770 925 3912
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T-Drill’s
Dick Nelson
to retire
ON 31 December Dick Nelson will retire
from T-Drill Industries, Inc. Of his thirty-four
years in the industry, Mr Nelson has spent
thirty of those years at T-Drill.
ELT reveals
Tube Form
Solutions
ON 30 June 2010, Paul Howard, president
of Eaton Leonard Tooling (ELT) announced
that the company had developed a new
company called Tube Form Solutions, LLC
(TFS).
This new company will be dedicated
to sales and service of tube bending and
related auxiliary equipment, and is a joint
effort between ELT and Midwest Benders
Services (MBS).
Located in Elkhart, Indiana, MBS
was founded by Mike Thomas in 2001.
Mr Thomas has more than 15 years’
experience in the tube bending industry,
and the company specialises in servicing,
rebuilding and retrofitting various
manufacturers’ bending and end-forming
equipment.
MBS has signed an agreement with Soco
Machinery Company to be its preferred sales
agent in the United States for its line of tube
bending and laser cutting equipment.
This new relationship with Soco will
allow MBS to expand into companies
that require new equipment to meet their
growing demands.
Soco is a leader in providing bending
machines to various manufacturing
industries, including automotive, aerospace,
furniture, job shops and ship building.
Soco’s manufacturing facilities are located
in Taichung, Taiwan, and it has offices
in Taiwan, Europe, China, and Southeast
Asia.
Eaton Leonard Tooling – USA
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Midwest Benders Services – USA
Fax: +1 574 266 5276
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The Bend-it is a bender that was specifically designed
by ELT to bend automotive exhaust tail pipes