Ajax News & Events

Ajax Metal Forming Solutions is expanding its operations again, this time in Arizona. Ajax ownership has purchased 30,162 square feet of space at 4646 S. Overland Drive in Tucson. The full expansion over five years will add 20 jobs, primarily in operations and...

Ajax is proud to announce that our quality management systems have demonstrated the ability to provide medical device OEMs with metal forming solutions that consistently meet or exceed quality and regulatory requirements. In recognition of this achievement, Ajax is...

You are invited to MD&M West In Anaheim! For the first time in our company's history, Ajax Metal Forming Solutions will be an exhibitor at MD&M West, America's largest medical device trade show. Meet Ajax sales engineers Don Wellman and Jayson Marcott at the...

Ajax blends traditional QA methods with new measurement technologies that customers have come to appreciate. Quality is the backbone of successful manufacturing. We know that, and our customers certainly know that. At Ajax we understand the importance of delivering...

You are invited to AHR Expo In Chicago! Ajax Metal Forming Solutions will be exhibiting at AHR Expo 2024 at McCormick Place in Chicago, January 22-24.  Meet Ajax Vice President of Sales & Marketing Don Wellman, along with Sales Engineer Jason Marcott in the South...

The photo on the left shows a stamping press being installed at the Ajax Minneapolis plant around 1983. The photo on the right shows another new press brake being installed yesterday, September 6, 2023, at an Ajax plant in Wilson, North Carolina. Metal forming...

Ajax Metal Forming Solutions has one again been name a Star Tribune Top Workplace. This is the eighth straight year we have received this prestigious award. Our thanks go out to our hard-working colleagues, vendors, and their families for helping to make Ajax Metal...

This narrated explainer video goes deep into the features and benefits associated with the newest robotic welding tech. Get a close-up, slow-motion view of the actual welding process.

You are invited to AHR Expo! Meet the sales engineers from Ajax Metal Forming Solutions at AHR Expo 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 6, 7 & 8, 2023 at the Georgia World Congress Center.  This is the biggest HVACR event of the year. The Ajax team will be in...

To all our colleagues, customers, friends, and their families, we at Ajax hope you will enjoy a safe and prosperous new year. At Ajax, we're off to a great start!

Design2Part Greenville is your chance to meet with Ajax sales engineers this fall. Join us in booth 217  in Greenville, South Carolina, and get the latest Ajax buzz about new machinery and new capabilities.  On hand will be examples of stamped and fabricated parts...

The Manufacturers Alliance has awarded Ajax Metal Forming Solutions as a Manufacturer of the Year.  This award recognizes companies that demonstrate outstanding performance in continuous improvement, workforce training, and quality management.

Ajax has once again exceeded the national benchmark to become qualified as a Top Workplace.  That's eight in a row!

Our thanks to all who visited Ajax at Design2Part Minneapolis.  LOTS of folks turned out to meet & greet the Ajax team of Sales Engineer Jayson Marcott and Plant Manager Brandon Holmes. The Medical Device & Manufacturing (MD&M) show in Minneapolis is set...

Industrial Robotic Welding Cell at AjaxFrom prototyping to short-run to high-volume, super-efficient lines, robots can handle an extremely broad spectrum of production assignments. Ajax recently installed a Yaskawa AR1440 robot with a welding effector.This new welding...

Ajax On Display At Atlanta Design2Part ShowJoin the Ajax customer service team in Atlanta on March 30 and 31 at Design2Part.  Meet us in booth #212, meet the guys, and take a look at our showcase of stamped and fabricated parts.  See you in Atlanta!Design2Part is The...

Ajax Metal Forming Solutions and Sales Engineer Jayson Marcott have again joined the robotics team at Providence Academy of Plymouth, Minnesota, to create a new entry for the FIRST® Robotics Competition. FIRST® is the world's leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing...

Ajax At AHR Ajax Sales Engineer Jayson Marcott and Ajax Vice President of Sales and Marketing Don Wellman welcomed dozens of booth visitors at the three-day AHR Expo in Las Vegas, which ended Wednesday, February 2, 2022. Thanks to all the HVACR folks who stopped by to...

Mike Rowe's S.W.E.A.T. Pledge is born of Mike's personal experiences with entrepreneurs and hardworking people across the country. Here at Ajax, we've been sharing Mike's stories with friends and colleagues. We understand the importance of the skilled trades, and we...

Metalforming Magazine asks Kent Djubek, president of Ajax Metal Forming Solutions, to share the insights gained from his 30-plus years in the metalforming business. Djubek took the company’s reins from the Ajax family 4 years ago, having worked his way up through the...

Download The Latest Ajax Newsletter You're invited to download the latest Ajax newsletter.  Inside, you'll find a must-read article on the importance of logistics, some great leadership thoughts from Ajax President Kent Djubek, and more.  Here's a snippet: "Getting...

Minneapolis-based Ajax Metal Forming Solutions has been named the Minnesota Manufacturer of the Year (Medium category) by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Another great team effort!  If you are a Bizjournals.com subscriber, the article is here.

Sheet Metal Fabrication In North Carolina Ajax Metal Forming Solutions now provides sheet metal fabrication in North Carolina.  The new facility will be the company's second location and will serve new and existing customers along the Atlantic Coast. "We did our...

Ajax Metal Forming Solutions has joined with the Precision Metalforming Association and more than 30 other associations in their effort to convince the Biden administration to terminate Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs. These tariffs are causing supply...

The Governor's Safety Award winners were announced during the Virtual Minnesota Safety & Health Conference on May 4 & 5, 2021. Ajax Metal Forming Solutions is very honored to receive the Meritorious Achievement in Occupational Safety award.  We've assembled a...

Providence Academy's FIRST Robotics Team - #4511 - Power Amplified - successfully concluded their 2021 season!  Although challenged by the pandemic, the 2021 team produced a very advanced robot. Here's the online recap: https://bit.ly/3tZeWkY. A little background:...

Download the most recent issue of the Ajax Innovator and find out what’s new at Ajax Metal Forming Solutions. This special issue contains a great article about takeover dies, a relevant case study, and a great message from Ajax President Kent Djubek.

“There are plenty of well-run companies here in Minnesota that are really good places to work.  Our Top 150 Workplaces recognition places us among them. We’re honored.”

Back in mid-February 2020, Ajax hosted members of the Minnesota OSHA Workplace Safety Consultation (WSC) unit to renew the Ajax MNSHARP Worksite status.  As with previous years, the WSC visit focused on the type of improvements that make the Ajax workplace as safe as...

Add this to your vernacular: “Diaper Desert”.

As in, “there are no diapers on store shelves in my neighborhood”.

Globe Life Field, the new Texas Rangers Major League Baseball park in Arlington, Texas, is complete and ready for play. Ajax Metal Forming Solutions provided high-strength low-alloy fabricated structural parts for the huge retractable roof atop the $1.1 billion...

Great news! The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued emergency use authorization (EUA) for the "Coventor" ventilator prototype developed by the Bakken Medical Devices Center at the University of Minnesota.  Ajax worked directly with the project leaders at...

Minneapolis, March 30, 2020 – When it comes to COVID-19 illness, ventilators can save lives. But there's too few to go around. That's why University of Minnesota Anesthesiologist Stephen Richardson came up with a ventilator design that uses low-cost, off-the-shelf...