LAS VEGAS — The sheet metal industry continues to struggle, but SMACNA doesn’t want its members sitting idly by waiting for a turnaround.

LAS VEGAS — If manufacturing executives were depressed over Mitt Romney’s loss in the presidential election a week earlier, it didn’t show at Fabtech. 

Mestek Machinery held an open house Oct. 5, 2012, at its Cedar Rapids, Iowa, facility to mark Manufacturing Day.

Metalcon International returned to the Chicago area Oct. 9-11, 2012, with a new look and format. 

The Michigan Construction Hall of Fame has inducted former SMACNA President Richard J. Cramer Sr. of Holly, Mich.

A rule that required residential ductwork to be made from 28-gauge sheet metal has been removed from the 2015 International Mechanical Code. 

The space shuttle Endeavour has earned its retirement. 

AHR Expo organizers are hitching up and bringing the show back to Dallas this month. 

Lean is about learning and improving. While we can read and study what has been written, many learn quicker by collaborating with others.

Here are some ways to accomplish that.

Aeroseal LLC has expanded into Canada with two new licensed distributors now offering the company’s services in the Toronto area.