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ThyssenKrupp Waupaca Earns Supplier Quality Award ThyssenKrupp Waupaca Inc. (TKW),
Waupaca, Wis., has been awarded Bronze Level Supplier Quality Excel- lence Process certification from Cater- pillar Inc., Peoria, Ill. According to a company press
release, TKW received the award for providing the highest levels of prod- ucts, quality and service to Caterpillar.
Under the Supplier Quality Excellence Process established by Caterpillar in March 2007, nominees for the award undergo a review of process manage- ment requirements and must exceed expected capability and performance. Award recipients are chosen by experts in the fields of engineering, manufac- turing, logistics and purchasing.
TKW produces gray and ductile
iron castings for the automotive, truck, agriculture, construction and hydraulics markets, among others. With three plants in Waupaca and one in Marinette, Wis., as well as plants in Tell City, Ind., and Etowah, Tenn., the metalcaster has approximately 2,780 employees.
METAL Jencast Installation Helps Earn Energy Award Jencast, South Coffeyville, Okla.,
recently received a national award for achieving significant energy savings. Jencast, the ferrous metalcasting
division of Jensen International, Cof- feyville, Kan., began updating its core- less electric induction furnaces in 2009, and the upgrade helped the plant win a Save Energy Now Energy Champion Plant award from the U.S. Depart- ment of Energy. The award is given to
companies that attain annual energy reductions of more than 250,000 mil- lion BTUs, or 15% total energy savings. “The upgrade involved installing
a new cooling tower, new water pip- ing, a new transformer and electric power lines and other modifications,” said metalcasting engineer Gerald Robertson. Jencast was among 140 U.S. plants to receive the award. The company
used a grant and loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, together with its own resources, to fi- nance the transition of its two 3.5-ton/ hour furnaces from single-phase melt- ing to three-phase melting. Save Energy Now is a national initia-
tive to reduce industrial energy intensity by 25% or more in 10 years. To partici- pate, Jencast completed a Save Energy Now energy assessment.
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