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Roll-Kraft receives safety award from Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation. Mentor, OH. (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Roll-Kraft recently accepted a special safety award from the Lake County Safety Council in conjunction with the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation. The company was honored for its 581,584 hours of production time without a work-related, lost-time injury. The event was held at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites LaMalfa in Mentor, OH., and the award was received by...

Local students tour Roll-Kraft’s Mentor facility to learn about careers in manufacturing. Mentor, OH. (PRWEB) April 29, 2013 Roll-Kraft recently hosted a group of middle school students from nearby Madison, OH. The group of seventh- and eighth-grade students toured the Roll-Kraft facility in small groups, to allow more personal attention to the student during the visit. Each group toured the factory, the engineering department, and the offices. For many, this was their first visit to...

Roll-Kraft continues a legacy that began in 1963. Mentor, OH. (PRWEB) April 16, 2013 Roll-Kraft is pleased to commemorate its 50-year anniversary of designing and manufacturing tooling for the tube & pipe and roll forming industry. Founded in 1963 by George F. Gehrisch, the company’s goal has always been to be the most reliable supplier of custom-designed roll tooling to every producer who uses welded tube or pipe products or roll forms open shapes. The modest original facility in...

Roll-Kraft Ltd. has successfully completed ISO audit Mentor, OH. (PRWEB) March 25, 2013 Roll-Kraft, a leading producer of tube and pipe tooling and roll forming tooling, is pleased to announce that Roll-Kraft Ltd., its factory in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada, has successfully completed its latest audit according to the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standard. The factory is certified to ISO 9001:2008. The certificate is available on the Roll-Kraft website at...

Ron Tucker joins the Outside Sales team at Roll-Kraft. Mentor, OH. (PRWEB) August 28, 2012 Roll-Kraft is pleased to announce the promotion of Ron Tucker to the Outside Sales department. Mr. Tucker came to Roll-Kraft in 1988, and his experience within the company includes manufacturing, CNC Programmer, MasterCam Programming, Lean Manufacturing, Inside Sales, and now Outside Sales. He will be able to leverage these years of experience and first-hand knowledge of Roll-Kraft’s tooling...

Roll-Kraft joins with local high school in student Capstone Project. Mentor, OH (PRWEB) July 31, 2012 Roll-Kraft recently joined with Mentor High School’s Capstone Project to introduce students to manufacturing. The project participants visited Roll-Kraft and went through a simulated transaction of entering an order and taking it through each step of the process to completion. They followed the order from sales to engineering, then to the factory floor for several processes, including...

The addition of a Faro Edge Measuring Arm provides critically accurate data for roll design and production of tube & pipe and roll form tooling. Mentor, OH. (PRWEB) July 23, 2012 Roll-Kraft is pleased to announce the addition of a Faro Edge measuring arm to its inspection area. The unit will aid in providing more accurate and efficient service to Roll-Kraft customers. Roll-Kraft is a manufacturer of roll tooling used by tube & pipe and roll forming companies to produce a large...

Summary: Mentor Chamber of Commerce names Roll-Kraft as Business of the Year for 2012 Mentor, OH. (PRWEB) June 28, 2012 Roll-Kraft is pleased and honored to be selected by the Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce as the 2012 Business of the Year. The Chamber announced its 2012 award winners at the May meeting of the group, which represents nearly 700 business members in the area. The Chamber has a history of honoring outstanding leaders and businesses since 1965. Their decisions are based...

Roll-Kraft’s team takes third place in robo competition at local college. Mentor, OH (PRWEB) May 29, 2012 Roll-Kraft and a team of students from Kirtland High School recently participated in this year’s RoboBot competition at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, OH. The event was sponsored by Alliance for Working Together (AWT), a consortium working with the Auburn Career Center and local companies to promote careers in manufacturing. The RoboBot competition has become an annual...

Roll-Kraft and the Alliance for Working Together promote manufacturing careers to students Mentor, OH (PRWEB) April 12, 2012 Roll-Kraft recently hosted its latest student-focused educational event to promote manufacturing careers within the local community. The company opened its doors and offered high school students the opportunity to tour the Roll-Kraft facility and learn first-hand about the manufacturing environment. Nearly sixty students were involved in tours over a two-day...