August 2019 Volume 1

INDUSTRY NEWS & CALENDAR

Gasbarre Announces New TeamMember

Gasbarre is pleased to announce that Tom Spicer has joined the organization as a Field Service Technician for Gasbarre Industrial Furnace Systems (OEM of J.L. Becker brand equipment), located in Plymouth, MI. Tom brings over 20 years of industry experience to Gasbarre; having previously worked with OEMs assembling and servicing

Tom Spicer can be reached by telephone at 734.656.2000 or via email at tspicer@gasbarre.com. About Gasbarre Gasbarre is a full-service international OEM offering industry best equipment and services for powder compaction, thermal processing, and design and manufacturing technologies. GasbarreThermal Processing Systems provides top quality industrial heat treating equipment, engineering, and service to customers around the world. Gasbarre’s product offering, which includes the product lines of Sinterite, C.I. Hayes, and Industrial Furnace Systems, offers batch, continuous, atmosphere, and vacuum furnace systems, as well as a wide range of auxiliary equipment. Gasbarre can solve any application challenge with expertise and passion, and can deliver the right equipment to make any process consistently productive and profitable. For more information, contact: Donna Spillane, Marketing Coordinator

equipment and in maintenance at a commercial heat treat facility. During his time in commercial heat treating, Tom gained extensive knowledge in processing and maintaining equipment for nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburizing applications. Says Ben Gasbarre, President of Industrial Furnace Systems, “With the addition of Tom, we gain yet another team member with many years of industry experience. Tom’s work as an equipment manufacturer and commercial heat treater gives him a perspective that will create more value for our customers. We are excited to have him on board!”

Gasbarre Products, Inc. 814.371.3015 ext. 260 dspillane@gasbarre.com

been closed-die forging,” says Jeff Jones, vice president of FRG. As an ISO 2015 certified organization, Star is predominantly a supplier to the agriculture industry, with additional markets including railroad, oil and gas, mining, construction and firearms. FRG is based in Dekalb, Ill., and operates production facilities in several Illinois locations—Dekalb, Rochelle, Rock Falls, Rockford, and now Freeport.The company also has a facility in Lansing, Mich.

On July 1, Forge Resources Group acquired Star Manufacturing, Freeport, Ill. Star will operate as a division of Forge Resources Group. Its new name will be Star Freeport Co. Star Manufacturing was founded in 1864 in Carpentersville, Ill., when John Carpenter, a blacksmith, built a forge on the banks of the Fox River for the manufacture and repair of plow parts. In 1873, Star was officially instated as the third company to be chartered under Illinois law. In summer 1977, Star moved its production to Freeport. The original Freeport facility was 40,000 square feet. Throughout the years, and as new equipment was acquired, the facility grew to well over 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Primary processes today include hot-forming, fabrication, impression-die and upset forging. “The addition of Star broadens our capabilities in fabrication and upset work, complementing our overall business, which has mainly

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