ESAB cuts spare Hanover plant (The Evening Sun)
The parent company of ESAB Welding and Cutting Products on Tuesday announced the closure of two European plants and global workforce reductions of more than 900.
Mass walkout over foreign labour (BBC News)
Workers at an oil refinery stage a walkout claiming bosses have brought in foreign labour to work on the site.
Charter cuts jobs on falling demand (Financial Times)
Falling demand from industrial customers for welding and cutting equipment has prompted Charter International to cut 940 from its worldwide headcount.
ESAB cuts spare Hanover plant (The Evening Sun)
The parent company of ESAB Welding and Cutting Products on Tuesday announced the closure of two European plants and global workforce reductions of more than 900.
People in the news (Spooner Advocate)
Recent area WITC-Rice Lake scholarship recipients, followed by their program area and scholarship they received, include the following: Birchwood – Cody Rurup, Welding, William Heilhecker Memorial.
Austenitic Stainless Steel Electrode For High Temperature Welding (BeverageOnline)
Select-Arc, Inc. has introduced a stainless steel, metal cored electrode designed for welding when elevated temperatures are involved
Laser Welding for Bonding technical Polymers and Wood Materials (uniprotokolle)
27.01.2009 - (idw) Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. The Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) uses laser technology for bonding plastics to wood materials. This is especially interesting for the automotive and furniture industries.
Charter to beat expectations, cuts 940 jobs (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Charter expects underlying full year earnings to be slightly ahead of forecasts, but the engineer also announced that it is to cut 940 jobs at its at its welding, cutting and automation division ESAB due to lower demand.
Charter International profit to beat view but cuts jobs (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Engineer Charter International said 2008 underlying earnings will come in slightly ahead of previous expectations, but it was cutting 940 jobs at its ESAB welding unit in response to lower demand.
Safety Questions Delay Bay Bridge Construction (FOX 11 Reno)
The discovery of cracks in the welding of steel girders that support part of the Bay Bridge's eastern span is causing delays in construction.
Thousands in equipment missing from Butte welding business (KXLF Butte)
A report was made just before 4 a.m. Saturday that the front door of Valley Welders Supply had been smashed in, according to Butte Silver Bow Sheriff John Walsh.
Bay Bridge safety (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)
(AP) -- The discovery of cracks in the welding of steel girders that support part of the Bay Bridge's eastern span is causing delays in construction.
Firefighters battling blaze on Fritztown Road in Spring Township (Reading Eagle)
Firefighters are on the scene of a blaze at Kreitz Welding and Fabrication in the 700 block of Fritztown Road, Spring Township. There was no immediate information about whether anyone was injured in the fire, which was reported about 5:15.
Tanker Task Force Called to Fight Fire in Berks (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
A task force of tanker trucks was called in to help fight a fire at a welding shop in the 700 block of Fritztown Road in Spring Township, Berks County. Fritztown Road was closed in the area.
How an Immigration Raid Reignited Racism in the South (Skanner)
LAUREL, Mississippi (AP) The work has always been stupefying and hard. Hour after hour standing on the line, soldering or welding or drilling in screws.