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MW Industries, the Charlotte-based precision component manufacturer, recently announced that it has brought together 21 of its businesses under a single umbrella: MW Components.

The new division is on a mission to help manufacturers accelerate and simplify the entire process of creating, buying, and managing the often-complex task of getting the precision parts they need.

MW Components will be led byChris Fillmore, an industry veteran with over 15 years’ experience in delivering highprecision components for demanding industries including aerospace, medical, and oil and gas. The combined business has more than 100 highly skilled engineers on hand to provide feedback on design for manufacturability, cost, and performance. Specialist production capabilities span a wide variety of precision components, including high-performance springs, fasteners, bellows, wireforms, and virtually any custom-designed parts manufacturers require.

MW Components brings together experts from industry leaders including Century Spring, Accurate Screw Machine, and Servometer into a single expanded team. It will enable the business to take a more holistic view of customer needs, giving valuable access to greater knowledge, expertise, and innovations from across the division’s 20 plus facilities.

The intention, according to MW Components, is that the entire process of designing, ordering, and managing the multitude of components engineers need to meet customers’ design objectives will be streamlined. This offers a tangible speed advantage, regardless of whether a customer is developing a new product to dominate their market or racing against the clock to repair a missioncritical piece of equipment.

Commenting on the creation of the new division, MW Industries CEOSimon Newman said, “Our individual businesses have always had a well-deserved reputation of delivering a great product at high speed. Now, with the creation of MW Components, we’re looking forward to unlocking a step-change in how manufacturers get the precision parts they need to thrive. We believe MW Components offers demanding businesses a powerful new partner to help them succeed in today’s challenging markets.”

The division’s new website is now live at mwcomponents.com with many of the existing brands already under the new umbrella. Additional brands will join MW Components in a staged process over the next 12 months.

Also at MW Industries, the company announced in March 2021 the acquisition of Duer Carolina Coil, Inc., a leading manufacturer of hot and cold wound springs.

The acquisition increases MW Industries’ existing portfolio of businesses offering engineered spring solutions for the automotive, heavy truck, defense, valve, and agricultural markets. The combined company will offer expanded hot and cold wound spring manufacturing capabilities and serve customers in more than 75 countries.

“We are excited to welcome our new Duer Carolina Coil colleagues to MW Industries. During a period when businesses are under greater pressure to produce quality products quickly and at affordable costs, we offer expansive U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities and in-house expertise that can provide the components our customers need, when they need them,” said CEO Simon Newman. “We are thrilled to be able to provide even greater capacity with the addition of Duer Carolina Coil to the MW Industries portfolio.”

Duer Carolina Coil will join MW Industries’ existing family of companies, which includes more than 30 locations worldwide.

Betts Company has acquired Rite-Way Axle and Suspension of Sun Valley, Calif., from owners Kelly and Nancy Virchow.

Founded by Clarence and Dick Virchow in 1964, Rite-Way is a third-generation family business. Rite-Way Axle will join Betts Company as a truck parts and repair service center under the Betts Truck Parts & Service division.

“On behalf of Betts Company and Betts Truck Parts & Service, we are excited to welcome the Rite-Way team as Betts team members,” addsBill Betts, president, Betts Company. “The Virchow family has developed a great reputation in the Southern California market. We are excited to have their team join us and continue their tradition of excellent customer service. Rite-Way has a fantastic brand reputation, and we look forward to learning from them as well as bringing some of our strengths to their team.”

Bill Shockey ofBT Machinery Sales, LLC has retired, effective December 31, 2020. The business has been closed by Shockey, who said that after 40-plus years of working in the spring and wireforming industries, he believed it was time. “It’s been a great ride and I have had the opportunity to meet and work with many wonderful people,” said Shockey.

Shockey said it is difficult to summarize more than 40 years of change. “From the mechanical coilers and hand forming that was done when I started to today’s fully automated CNC processing machinery; from the ‘mom and pop’ companies with one spring coiler that was operated

on evenings and weekends as a startup company to the large conglomerates we have today, what hasn’t changed?”

He said the one thing that hasn’t changed are customer friendships. “I’ve had the good luck to meet and become friends with many people at all levels throughout the industry. What has made them stand out has been their honesty and their desire to do the right thing. Hopefully, those that continue in the industry will follow their lead!”

Shockey retired from active sales as a manufacturers’ representative for NIMSCO. He is keeping his BT Machinery telephone and email active until the end of 2021 in case any questions or inquiries come in that need to be forwarded on to Jerry Ashdown and NIMSCO. You can reach Shockey at 563-271-6146 or email: bill@btmachinery.com.

Stanley Spring and Stamping, a leading supplier of custom metal parts and springs, has acquiredPrecision Forming and Stamping, located at 2419 West George Street in Chicago.

Established in 1963 by the lateRobert F. Lewis, Precision Forming and Stamping is a supplier of fourslide, multislide and other small stampings and flat springs to the automotive, electrical, HVAC and medical industries. The company has been at its current location since 1980 and under the leadership of secondgeneration ownersKathy and Brian Hill.

“We are excited to welcome the employees of Precision Forming and Stamping to the Stanley Spring family,” said Reb Banas, president of Stanley Spring and Stamping. “As a small, family-owned business with more than 50 years of experience, Precision Forming is a strategic and complementary fit to bolster our stamping capabilities. Like us, they share a strong commitment to quality parts, customer service and on time delivery.”

Banas said existing Precision Forming customers will have a seamless transition in delivered products from Stanley Spring’s 85,000 sq. ft. facility at 5050 West Foster Avenue in Chicago. Shockey said it is difficult to summarize more than 40 years of change. “From the mechanical coilers and hand forming that was done when I started to today’s fully automated CNC processing machinery; from the ‘mom and pop’ companies with one spring coiler that was operated on evenings and weekends as a startup company to the large conglomerates we have today, what hasn’t changed?”

For more information on Stanley Spring and Stamping, visit www.stanleyspring.com.

The Wire Association International (WAI),Inc. announces the participation of 20 company sponsors that support Interwire 2021 and the Wire Association International’s 91st Annual Convention, which will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia. The new show dates are October 26-27, 2021. Guests will be able to explore the technologies associated with Industry 4.0— the theme for the event—by visiting the Industry 4.0 pavilion, various exhibits, presentations and briefings on the topic.

Interwire sponsors at the platinum level include Encore Wire Corp.; Gem Gravure Co. Inc.;Insteel Wire Products; James Monroe Wire & Cable Corp.;SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS; Sonoco Reels & Spools; Southwire Co. LLC; and Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp.

TheWire and Cable Industry Suppliers Association (WCISA) is an industry partner with WAI.

Interwire 2021 registration is now open at: www.interwire21.com. Since all activities will be held on the exhibit floor, registration includes the Industry 4.0 sessions, exhibits, keynote, production solutions, and welcome reception. Advance registration pricing is as follows: WAI member: $75 USD; New WAI member: $140 USD; Nonmember: $175. Registration for the hybrid Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing course is separate with advance rates as follows: WAI member: $295 USD; New WAI member: $395 USD; Nonmember: $445.

The 2021 staging of Interwire will mark 40 years since its inception. Hosted biennially, Interwire is an international trade event that includes exhibiting companies, speakers, and visitors from more than 50 countries. See developing details at www.interwire21.com.

International

Due to the effects and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic,Messe Düsseldorf India has rescheduled the combined staging of the wire India, Tube India, METEC India andIndia Essen Cutting & Welding trade fairs. Originally scheduled for September 2021, the four events will now take place from November 23–25, 2022 at the Bombay Exhibition Center in Mumbai.

For further information on visiting or exhibiting at wire India, Tube India or METEC India 2022, visit www.wireindia.com; www.tube-india.com; www. metec-india.com; www.iewc.in and www. mdna.com or contact Messe Düsseldorf North America at 312-781-5180, email: info@mdna.com; or follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/mdnachicago. n