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TKW Receives State Award for Environmental Excellence ThyssenKrupp Waupaca Inc.’s
(TKW) Plant 1, Waupaca, Wis., re- cently was awarded the Wisconsin Governor’s Award for Excellence in Environmental Performance. The award was presented to three companies in the state and recognizes Wisconsin businesses and institutions for their leadership in environmental performance. Award finalists were selected based on reduction of waste toxicity, economic performance, trans- ferability of the processes for use by others, and commitment by the ap- plicant to helping other industries, organizations or institutions. Plant 1 was recognized by the
state for its closed loop heat recovery system. The system provides approxi- mately 70% of the plant heating re-
Canadian Research Group Opens New Casting Facility
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and development casting facility. The new facility, with more than
1,000 lbs. of aluminum and magne- sium melting capacity across four furnaces, was inaugurated on April 23 in the presence of 50 academic and industrial partners. The newly acquired industrial building also houses a 2-ton capacity bridge crane. The plant offers a range of mold-
ing processes, including nobake sand, investment, lost foam, low pressure permanent mold and cold chamber pressure diecasting. The new research center also houses a 3,000-sq.-ft. metallurgical laboratory and heat treating capabilities. The Centre de Métallurgie du
Québec, an annex to the Collège de Trois-Rivières, will be staffed by 10 full-time technical personnel assisted by professors from the college’s met- allurgy department. The center will provide technical assistance and tech- nology transfer to the metallurgical industry at large.
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quirements for a typical winter, as well as the hot water needs of the facility. TKW produces gray and ductile
iron castings for the automotive, truck, agriculture, construction, hy-
draulics and other specialty markets. The company employs 2,900 in three plants in Waupaca and one in Mari- nette, Wis., as well as plants in Tell City, Ind., and Etowah, Tenn. METAL
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