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I NDUS T RY
8 MAY 2017
Ajax Tocco expands aftermarket
sales resources
AJAX Tocco Magnethermic has
appointed three new US aftermarket
sales engineers: Emil Weatherbee,
responsible for Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska; William McArthur – Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas; and
Joe Angilella – Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia and North Carolina.
Mr Weatherbee has spent several
years within the foundry industry
including a lengthy tenure as regional
sales manager for Lectrotherm in North
Canton, Ohio. He is a graduate of Kent
State University, and is based in Ajax
Tocco’s Brookfield, Wisconsin, facility.
Mr McArthur has over twenty years’
experience within the metals industry
with Emsco, Inc. He is a graduate of
Louisiana State University – Shreveport,
and later earned an MBA from Louisiana
State University. He is based in the
facility in Longview, Texas.
Mr Angilella has worked for the last
18 years in the foundry industry, as
a sales engineer with Allied Mineral
Products and most recently with Fire
Brick Engineers. He attended Purdue
University and resides in Louisville,
Kentucky.
Ajax Tocco maintains a team of
skilled technicians strategically located
throughout the world to repair and
maintain Ajax Tocco equipment as well
as competitors’ equipment.
The company also houses a
large inventory of parts for all of its
equipment, including older units, and
some competitor equipment. A 24-hour
service hotline is provided to answer
urgent requests and for emergency
assistance.
Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corp –
USA
Fax: +1 330 372 8608
Email:
Website:
New Inductotherm company in Mexico
THERMAL processing equipment
supplier Inductotherm Group has
opened a new group company in
Queretaro, Mexico – Inductotherm
Heating and Welding Mexico S de RL
de CV.
Mexican customers will benefit from
timely and direct access to Inductotherm
heating and welding brands, covering
the many active market segments in
Mexico. The company will provide
local qualified, trained service and
parts support for Inductoheat induction
heating and Thermatool welding
equipment to Mexican manufacturers,
with fast response.
The company has appointed sales
manager Cesar Tejeida, who has more
than 20 years of pipe and tube making
and HF welding experience.
Mr Tejeida is responsible for delivering
to Mexican customers the latest
technologies offered by Inductotherm
Group, including Thermatool’s latest line
of HF welders featuring HAZControl TM
technology.
Kris Livermore, director of business
ment for Thermatool, com-
, “The appointment of Mr Cesar
highlights the consistent growth
rmatool and the continuing
strategy of creating local business
relationships that will serve for
many years. In addition, two service
engineers will work out of the local
office. We recognise that excellent local
technical sales, service and support will
strengthen our customers’ business in
Mexico.”
Inductotherm Heating and Welding
Mexico S de RL de CV – Mexico
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Website:
Inductotherm’s new facility in Mexico
Rafter upgrades Yoder tube mill
RAFTER Equipment Corporation has
shipped a new RT-2500 forming and
sizing “tube mill re-top” to a North
American mechanical and sprinkler tube
producer.
The equipment will replace older Yoder
and home-made tube mill equipment
that is worn, difficult to maintain, and
has outlived its useful life.
The company worked with the
customer to ensure compatibility with
the existing mill base and HFI welding
equipment.
The new driven and idle side roll
stands are mounted on sub-plates that
will be permanently secured to the
existing mill bases. These roll stands
include many updated features to
reduce and simplify maintenance. In
addition, the roll stands will be more
robust than the ones they replace.
This project represents another mill
re-top project to add to the company’s
growing list. Information on past re-
tops can be found on the company’s
website.
Rafter Equipment Corporation is a
manufacturer of tube mills, pipe mills,
roll forming machines, cut-off machines,
and other related tube and pipe mill
machinery. Additional services include
rebuilding and upgrading mill equipment.
Originally started in 1917, the Rafter
name is known for reliable, high-quality
tube mill and roll forming equipment.
Rafter Equipment Corp – USA
Fax: +1 440 572 3703
Website: