For the second consecutive time, Cleveland hosted Forge Fair during the first week of April. The event was a rousing success, as forging industry executives and technical experts from around the world converged on the shores of Lake Erie for three days of exhibitions and technical sessions.

Schuler, based in Göppingen, Germany, received a major order from a U.S. automotive supplier to supply a total of 15 presses, including automation, to plants in the U.S. and Mexico.

SMS group received an order from Zhejiang Wanliyang Transmission Co. Ltd., a gear manufacturer from Hangzhou, China, for a fully automatic, closed-die forging press.

South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction installed a new 17,000-ton steel forging press at its forging plant in Changwon. The press, which replaces a 13,000-ton press, is expected to increase the Changwon plant’s forging capacity by 34%.

The Cleveland Convention Center will open its doors on April 4 to begin the first day of Forge Fair 2017, which will offer a full trade show and symposium programming.

Many of the North American forging industry’s most talented technical people recently gathered for two days of technology updates and presentations at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio.

SMS group received an order from China’s Western Superconducting Technologies Co. Ltd. for a high-speed, two-column, push-down open-die forging press.

With increasingly stringent CO₂-emission standards in the U.S., OEMs and system suppliers are seeking lightweight solutions.

A drawing press that is suitable for both cold- and hot-forming processes has been developed for the forming of titanium parts.

Through savvy management and an aggressive product-development strategy, China’s Shandong Wenling Precision Forging has grown from a private company making simple forgings into a publicly traded enterprise making sophisticated precision automotive forgings.