Imagine a time when machine operators needed to wear a rain slicker and equipment needed to sit on a 3” deep collection pan full of lubricant. It was 1997 and the typical mandrel tube bending shop. That was the tube bending universe before IRMCO invented the worlds first Gel bending lubricant. 20 years has passed…
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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is an incredibly important and expansive undertaking. Simply put, it’s a governmentally directed effort to improve the water quality of the Great Lakes and to curtail and/or eliminate invasive plant and animal species. This plan is an effort to address over a century of intentional and unintentional contamination of the…
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Metalforming Magazine March 2017 page 14: Environmentally Friendly Large-Diameter Tube-Bending Gel
With new regulations restricting or eliminating chlorinated paraffin as an ingredient in metal-forming fluids, the challenge has been to develop products safer for the environment and for worker exposure. To that end, IRMCO has developed Gel 986-00D, its first product in a new line of tube-bending products to address the changing regulations and markets that…
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2016 William O. Jeffery III Award of Excellence
We are proud to announce the William O. Jeffery III Award of Excellence goes to Anna Jurczyk. This prestigious honor annually recognizes the IRMCO Associate whom best represents the qualities set forth in the IRMCO’s Mission. Heart Beat, Business Concept, and Business Strategy. This award is named in honor of IRMCO’s third generation owner and…
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