Cincinnati Machine, the Oakley unit of Unova Co., has won a $4 million order for nine of its horizontal machining centers from an Indiana manufacturer.

        Fairfield Manufacturing Co. of Lafayette is acquiring the HPC-500 horizontal machining centers to fulfill a multiyear contract to produce differential cases and housings. The machines will be installed in Fairfield's 600,000-square- foot plant in a high-volume cell setup to allow round-the- clock machining operations.
       

AK Steel receives safety award again

        AK Steel's Middletown coke plant has again won the Max Eward Safety Award from the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute. It's the third time in four years the Middletown facility has won the award for the industry's best safety record.

        The Middletown coke plant didn't have an OSHA-recordable injury in 2000, believed be a first among institute members. AK's Ashland, Ky., coke plant had just one recordable injury in 2000. The OSHA-recordable injury rate is the number of medical treatment, lost time and restricted-work injuries per 200,000 employee-hours in a year.
       

Leyman reaches deal with Italian company

        Leyman Manufacturing Corp., Blue Ash maker of hydraulic truck lift gates, has established a partnership with a large European lift-gate manufacturer.

        Leyman said the agreement with Anteo, based in Bologna, Italy, will give it access to a broader range of lift gates, particularly for nonstandard-design loading docks. It's the second international agreement for Leyman, which has been producing lift gates for 40 years.

Milacron unit uses unique design

        Milacron Inc.'s Uniloy Industrial Blow Molding unit has delivered a first. The Batavia-based business has delivered to Europe its first U.S.-built system featuring a unique dual-clamp design.

        The unidentified customer will use the Tracker T1600 dual-clamp system to produce modular, snap-together plastic storage sheds, popular in the United States.

        Milacron said the dual clamp system can produce the roof and walls for one shed simultaneously, saving time and money.
       

Free round table session offered

        Midwest Manufacturing Solutions, the Cincinnati manufacturing improvement firm, will hold a free executive round table from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday at Kenwood Country Club. The session is aimed at managers interested in developing front-line leadership. For information contact Sherri McDonald at 381-7200, Ext. 120.

        Midwest also has signed DocuStar, a Woodlawn digital printing company, as a client.
       

TechSolve to hold breakfast briefings

        TechSolve, the Bond Hill manufacturing and technology assistance organization, is holding four free executive breakfast briefings about its services at its Kettering, Ohio, facility.Ù The schedule: June 26, hands-on simulations; July 31, value stream mapping, a system to visualize manufacturing processes; Sept. 5, aligning lean techniques with human behavior and organizational design; and Oct. 9, electronic business opportunities. For information call (800) 345-4482.

        Mike Boyer covers manufacturing for the Enquirer. Have news? Call him at 768-8494, e-mail at mboyer@enquirer.com or fax 564-6991.
       

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