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See You at the 2016 AHR Expo
What: The International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration Exposition When: January 25, 26 & 27, 2016 Where: Orlando, FL Who: Formtek, Roto-Die... and You! (hopefully) Attending this...
Congrats to Mike Roy, Formtek’s new Regional Sales Manager
Formtek is pleased to announce the promotion of Mike Roy to the position of Southeastern Regional Sales Manager, effective December 1st. Mike has 17 years of experience with Formtek’s broad array...
Q: How do you avoid HUGE future capital costs?
A: Invest in the right high production machine today. When demand suddenly booms for your production, you're going to have to make an investment. Here's how one manufacturer dodged buying an entire...
Bright Minds Shine Light on the Manufacturing Floor
A couple of weeks ago on October 2, Manufacturing Day, Formtek had lines of students from local technical and vocational schools in the Cleveland, OH area visit our plant in Warrensville Heights to...
Jack Pennuto, Jr. Welcomed as Senior Vice President
ANNOUNCEMENT It is with great pleasure that we announce the promotion of Jack Pennuto, Jr. to Senior Vice President of Formtek, Inc. Since joining Formtek in 2006, Jack began as a member of our...
AISTECH Cleveland 2015 – Booth 2146
Forming Machine Drives
The OEM will determine the correct amount of horsepower required to form the section. The horsepower takes into account four critical items. They are: Material Thickness Total number of forming...
Machine Effects on a Formed Section
The capability of any given machine with regard to height or depth of the section is measured mainly by the vertical distance available between spindles. This, together with the distance from the...