04/23/2008
Stocker Announces Premium Express Guaranteed (PEG) Program
Stocker introduces a new super-fast manufacturing program. The PEG backbone is an inventory of 56 eight foot long unfinished hinges in a wide variety of leaf thicknesses and open widths, in steel, 304 stainless and aluminum. Contact your Stocker representative or our Customer Service Department for a menu of available PEG inventory.

A work cell of four presses has also been dedicated to performing standard operations on the PEG inventory, including cutting to length, perforating, forming, swaging and staking the hinges to customers' specifications.

The promise is that custom hinges produced from PEG inventory and requiring up to three standard operations will ship in 5-7 working days after receipt of order. Those requiring four or more standard operations will ship within 7-12 working days. Products requiring base hinges which are not included in the PEG inventory and/or those requiring finishing, degreasing, spring-loading, special packaging or other non-standard operations will be shipped as quoted.

If you need your hinges in a hurry, the PEG program is for you. Contact your representative or the Stocker Customer Service Department for program limitations. Especially for new customers, we accept and recommend Visa, American Express or MasterCard. And we promise super-fast quote turnaround and product shipment.

Give us a try the next time you're in a bind!

06/27/2007
Exciting New Product Line introduced!
Stocker hinges, a business unit of E. R. Wagner Manufacturing Company, is proud to introduce a new line of constant torque friction hinges. Designed to provide constant torque throughout full range of motion, this family of twelve series is ideally suited to a wide variety of applications requiring the ability to hold objects at various positions. In addition, they provide smooth movement for a quality “feel”.

Applications include office equipment, cabinets, tool boxes, flat screen monitors, medical and computer peripherals, access panels, equipment guards, store display fixtures, boat hatches, toy boxes, coolers and much, much more. Torques are available from 0.18 N-m (1.59 lb-in) to 8.00 N-m (70.81 lb-in) with configurations ranging from typical “door” type hinges to inserts intended for over-molding into plastic parts.

Contact Stocker at (800)631-2600 for more information or your local Stocker representative for a demonstration of the product line in person.

04/25/2007
Stocker Hinges Receives Safety Awards
The Workers’ Compensation Trust of Illinois today presented Stocker Hinges with both the No Lost Time Accidents Safety Award, in recognition for maintaining a safe and healthy work environment and achieving no lost time accidents in 2006, and the Award for Safety Excellence, in recognition for the management of an outstanding safety program. An additional safety award was presented to Stocker Hinges today by the Tooling & Manufacturing Association for having achieved an outstanding safety record during 2006.

Stocker Hinges places a strong emphasis on the safety and health of its employees and has currently achieved over 2000 days with no lost time accidents.

10/03/2006
5 Years No Lost Time at Stocker Hinges!
Stocker Hinges, a business unit of E.R. Wagner Mfg. Co., today reached 5 years with no lost time accidents, a notable achievement for a manufacturing company. Stocker Hinges is committed to maintaining a progressive safety program with the belief that our employees are our greatest asset.

Hinges and Stampings Division President Bill Hayes stated, “Our safety record is a reflection of our commitment and desire to maintain a safe environment in all areas of the business. We are all very proud and excited to attain a level of 5 years with no lost time, which has been achieved through a great team effort from everyone.”

08/15/2006
Join Stocker Hinges in Atlanta for IWF 2006 Aug. 23rd - Aug. 26th
Stocker Hinges / E. R. Wagner Mfg. will be displaying at the International Woodworking Machinery and Furniture Supply Fair at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta August 23rd through August 26th. We'll be occupying booth 2730 along with Haydock Casters / E.R. Wagner Mfg. Held every other year, IWF is a "must visit" for the woodworking industry, and over 40,000 people are expected to visit the show this year from over 79 different countries. For information on the show, please vist www.iwf2006.com

07/19/2006
New Representative Northeast Indiana
We’re pleased to announce the addition of Doug Dowling of J. E. Shireling , Inc. to serve customers in the northeast corner of Indiana. Please reference our representative list and visit with a Stocker representative in your area. Other recent additions include PAR Associates in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; J. E. Shireling Inc. in Michigan; Espey and Associates in Ohio and West Virginia; and Jim Fike of SE Regional in Florida. Complete contact information for your area can be found on our contact page.

05/05/2006
LifeLube™ Pins
Stocker Engineering recognized the problems associated with the lack of lubricity in parts requiring outside finishing and created LifeLube ™ wire to economically eliminate binding and galling issues with parts that are plated, painted, anodized, passivated or degreased. Anodized aluminum and passivated stainless steel parts in particular tend to bind after finishing operations, but adding LifeLube ™ wire solves this problem. Parts rotate easily, with a very smooth feel! Until now, parts had to be lubricated after finishing to achieve free operation, a sometimes messy and unattractive process that adds cost. Stocker coats the wire with a unique coating and binder that adheres to the wire even after harsh finishing, eliminating costly post process treatment of the pins as well as assembly work. LifeLube ™ pins are also RoHS compliant.