DCT Welding and Assembly

Surging economy gives tool makers reason to smile; But automakers, suppliers still want reduced prices.(Suppliers)
Automotive News; 1/12/2004; 1094 words; ...suppliers. Big orders for assembly line equipment, welding systems and other large...equipment suppliers such as DCT. Inc., Brothers Industries...advantage of lower labor assembly costs and lower steel...and architect work for assembly plants, such as Ford...

Tooling orders up, but prices falling.(Automotive parts industry)
Crain's Detroit Business; 1/5/2004; 1074 words; ...the downturn. Big orders for assembly-line equipment, welding systems and other large tools...equipment suppliers such as DCT. Inc., Brothers Industries...factories. Body-shop and assembly-line tool purchases especially...

This Just In.(multiple briefs)
Crain's Detroit Business; 9/8/2003; 2061 words; ...of Lamb Body & Assembly Utica Enterprises Inc...the Lamb Body & Assembly Systems division of Lamb...of defunct toolmaker DCT Inc. last year for...division. Lamb Body & Assembly Systems designs and builds...equipment, including robotic welding machines and hemming...

Defunct Sterling Heights, Mich., Supplier Sues DaimlerChrysler.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 3/29/2003; 811 words; ...to pay. The suit says DCT made equipment for DaimlerChrysler...plant, Sterling Heights assembly plant, Windsor assembly...plants in St. Louis. DCT was a manufacturer of welding systems and assembly...unpaid medical claims. DCT's trade creditors were...

Comau PICO CEO: Merger kept us running steady in tough times.(News)(new president/CEO Don Hemberg)
Crain's Detroit Business; 12/9/2002; 1289 words; ...competitors, such as DCT Inc. and Brothers Industries...which specializes in assembly-line equipment, avoid...equipment for body-welding lines. The power-train...business is in body-assembly equipment, and one...40 percent in body-assembly equipment, 20 percent...