Practical Welding Today - March/April 2009

The Fabricators & Manufacturers companies to continue to grow and be pro-
Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has gressive in today’s market.”
announced the purchase of Canadian “The merger supports FMA’s mission
Industrial Machinery (CIM) magazine. to be the principal knowledge resource to
Dedicated to Canada’s metalworking our members and customers throughout
and fabricating industry, CIM reaches North America,” said Edward Youdell,
nearly 17,000 industry professionals each FMA group publisher. “We believe we can
month. It also publishes the annual Metal help the Canadian fabricating and metal-
Manufacturers’ Purchasing Guide (MMPG). working industries be more competitive on
The magazine was founded in1986. a global stage by providing access to new

our publications and at thefabricator.com,” said Dan Davis, editor-in-chief of FMA Communications Inc. (FMAC). “Now we can serve Canadian metalworkers with a publication written specifically for them. From a larger perspective, with FABRICATOR en Español in Mexico, we are now serving the entire North American metalworking market and helping them compete more effectively against their global competitors.”

“My goal 23 years ago was to provide our markets and opportunities through our readers with the best information on ma- integrated media products. We are chine tooling and fabricating technology,” extremely pleased to have the opportunity said Tom Dillon, former publisher of CIM. to carry on Tom’s great work supporting “We want our audience to understand Canadian manufacturers.” machines so that it can help them when “This is an exciting time for The making purchasing decisions, so they can FABRICATOR and its publishing team. grow as a company. This acquisition by For the longest time, Canadian shops have FMA International will enable Canadian shown interest in the editorial content in

FMAC, the FMA publishing affiliate that will manage CIM, serves the metal forming and fabricating industry by publishing busi-ness-to-business magazines, e-newsletters, vendor directories, and Web sites.