Machinery Assembly

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Roughnecks (a term widely used in the oil and gas industry to describe oil-field workers) demand tough materials for equipment that must work around the clock in hostile environments. Delays

Cost often takes a back seat to quality, reliability and robustness.

Finding and using new technology has been a constant guiding principle for Twin City Fan and Blower (TCFB) throughout its nearly 40-year history.

SLATER, MO—GE has opened a new, $3 million assembly plant here to manufacture air filters for natural gas turbines. The facility employs 115 people.

BYNUM, MT—Yates Constructors is building an assembly plant here to make equipment for processing Canadian oil sands. The facility will hire 75 to 100 workers beginning in April.

POCASSET, MA—Hydroid Inc., a maker of autonomous underwater vehicles, has begun constructing a new assembly plant and research facility here. The company will hire at least 21 new workers next year.

VALLEY CITY, ND—Deere & Co. has begun construction of a $20 million expansion of its assembly plant here. Up to 100 new jobs are expected with the expansion.

MONTREAL—Bombardier is bracing for what could be a lengthy strike at its Quebec railcar assembly plant after workers rejected what the company characterized as a generous offer that raises wages and pension benefits and contained a commitment to invest in new technology.

DAVIS, CA—Japanese machine tool manufacturer Mori Seiki Co. Ltd. has opened a new assembly plant here.

ELIZABETH CITY, NC—Hoffer Flow Controls Inc., a manufacturer of industrial flowmeters and electronics, has added 8,000 square feet to its assembly plant here.