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Screw Press Oil Extraction Performance Trial Video
French Oil Mill Machinery Company released a new video showing an oil press extraction performance trial conducted on one of our laboratory screw presses. The short video was filmed in our Piqua, Ohio Innovation Center development lab where we offer lab testing for customers to test various oil bearing materials and full press (hexane free)…
Read MoreFrench Releases Automated 180 Ton Hydraulic Press Video
French Oil Mill Machinery Company released a new automated hydraulic press video. The video features a unique 180-ton multi station sideplate press design with six double-acting hydraulic clamping cylinders demonstrating the press’ closed-loop hydraulic motion control by doing The Wave. The short video was filmed during a test run off in French’s Piqua, Ohio manufacturing…
Read MoreFrench Wins Manufacturing Award for Exporting
French Oil Mill Machinery Company is pleased to be honored as the first place winner in the Exporting Category of the second annual Dayton Business Journal Manufacturing Awards held at the Schuster Center on October 9, 2014 in downtown Dayton. Though not new to exporting, a recent surge in export sales has allowed us to…
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Jason P. McDaniel promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer, succeeding Daniel Phelps French who served 31 years as President. Mr. French continued with the business as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Also at the French annual stockholders meeting, Tayte French Lutz was elected to serve on the company’s Board of Directors.
Read More300 Ton Hydraulic Press Precision Forms Grinding Wheels
Hydraulic Press for Precision-Form Diamond Abrasives Low deflection, 4-Post hydraulic compression press is designed to precision form diamond grinding wheels. The self-contained, 300-ton hydraulic compression press features hardened stainless steel heated and cooled platens for high temperature heating up to 1000ºF. To aid in temperature uniformity the platens are fitted with multiple zones and a special…
Read MoreFrench Hosts Ohio Supreme Court Judge
French Oil Mill Machinery Company was honored to host Ohio Supreme Court judge, Justice Judith L. French, on June 12, 2013 for a meeting with our Chairman of the Board and CEO, Daniel P. French, and for a tour of our corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility. The Piqua Daily Call published the following story covering…
Read MoreHydraulic Press Manufacturer Discovers Hydraulic Press from 1925
Very rarely do people think about what is behind the walls that surround them. Partly because, frankly, there usually isn’t much more than wall studs, electrical wires and some dust. Every now and then, though, people discover some pretty amazing items when they open up their walls. French received a call from American Heat Treating…
Read MoreFrench Employees, Shell and Archey, Graduate from Leadership Piqua Program
French employees, Tanya Shell, Assistant Vice President – Finance, and Mark Archey, Sales Engineer – Polymer, were among 12 members of Piqua’s business community that completed the Leadership Piqua Program and were honored at the program’s graduation banquet held on May 7, 2013, at the Piqua Country Club. Leadership Piqua aspires to increase the quality…
Read More350 Ton Custom Automatic Composite Molding Press System Cuts Costs
French recently custom designed a 350 ton automatic composite molding system with a series of four hydraulic presses for heating and cooling, integrated with a central hydraulic and electrical system that operates all presses independently. A sophisticated, custom designed automation press system moves the customer’s mold through the press system, increasing their production rates and…
Read MoreFrench Contributes to STEM Education at Wilder
Students at the Wilder Intermediate School in Piqua, Ohio, are benefiting from new science equipment, funded by the French Oil Mill Machinery Company. Every year, French, Wilder’s business partner, makes a contribution to the school to help grow their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education program. With the 2013 donation, Wilder purchased three Twist…
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