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Industry News
15 March/April 2007
designed to cut hardened materials for
hydraulics applications.
Sales manager Mr Dave Abernethy
explains, “The purpose of the reorganisation
in Middlesbrough was to boost customer
service in the north of England and
Scotland. One result has been a substantial
growth in our customer base in the north-
east which we have responded to by
creating a local commercial presence.”
Van Leeuwen Wheeler Ltd – UK
Fax: +44 1384 487619
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AddisonMckee Canada
acquires Mechtron’s bend
tooling product line
AddisonMckee Canada ULC has reached
an exclusive agreement to purchase the
bend tooling product line of Mechtron
Innovations.
Mechtron Innovations, located in
Cambridge, Ontario, has been providing
the Canadian market with quality precision
machining and custom tooling since 1998.
The company specialises in the design and
manufacture of high-quality tooling used on
CNC tube bending equipment.
Through this acquisition, AddisonMckee
will acquire the assets of Mechtron’s
bend tooling production. Mechtron Bend
Tooling™, a division of AddisonMckee
Canada ULC, will continue to manufacture,
sell, and support Mechtron’s current
performance bend tooling product line. This
line includes mandrels, wiper dies, bend
dies, bend die insert clamps, pressure/
follower dies, and collets.
AddisonMckee Canada is a division of
tube bending and end-forming technology
specialists, AddisonMckee. The company
is equipped with the latest computer-aided
manufacturing techniques and is renowned
for the design, manufacture and supply of
CNC tube manipulation solutions. These
machines are used for the increasingly
complex manufacturing requirements
across the global automotive, aviation,
truck, and shipbuilding sectors.
“We are convinced that AddisonMckee’s
commitment to innovation, speed-to-market,
and exceptional manufacturing capabilities
will significantly benefit our customers,”
states Mr Aaron Reimann, owner and
president of Mechtron Innovations. “The
company has an enviable reputation for
the quality of its products and a willingness
to provide the finest tube manipulation
solutions to organisations of all sizes.”
Mr Jim Sabine, vice president and general
manager of AddisonMckee Canada,
says, “Through the recent launch of our
Brantford operations and this acquisition,
AddisonMckee has demonstrated its
commitment to the Canadian market. We
are fully committed to Mechtron customers
and feel fortunate to add Aaron Reimann
and members of his staff to our team.”
From its state-of-the-art manufacturing
centres in the USA, UK, Canada and China,
AddisonMckee is committed to providing
rapid solutions to market. The company is
principally owned by WHI Capital Partners.
AddisonMckee – Canada
Fax: +1 513 228 7226
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