# Thompson Friction Welding wins order for 50-tonne machine from American Friction Welding

Thompson Friction Welding won an order for a 50-tonne friction welding machine from American Friction Welding, which will use it to join components for semiconductor, defence, electrical and aerospace industries.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-01-23
- Where: Wisconsin, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: friction welding machine
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Thompson Friction Welding](https://endata.com/companies/16648.md) (supplier)
- [American Friction Welding](https://endata.com/companies/16649.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [machinery-market.co.uk](https://www.machinery-market.co.uk/news/16257/US-order-for-Thompson-Friction-Welding), 2017-01-23: "A Black Country manufacturer has won an order for a 50-tonne friction welding machine from a US engineering company."

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