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www.moderncasting.com Industry News Recently Sold Grede to Combine With Citation Corp. Grede Foundries Inc., Milwaukee, will be combined with Citation Corp., Novi,
Mich., during the fi rst quarter of 2010 to form a new company operating under the Grede name. The announcement of the business consolidation came a day after the sale of Grede to Wayzata Investment Partners LLC, Wayzata, Minn., was approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
L A Aluminum Wins New Contracts, Adds Equipment
L A Aluminum Casting Co., Hayden, Idaho, recently fi nalized two military con- tracts worth more than $5 million and has installed new casting and machining equipment to keep up with the growing demand. According to Michelle Richter, L A Aluminum’s sales and marketing manager, the company has won a contract for $2.15 million to produce fi ttings for towable tanks that are used to transport water and fuel to military soldiers in the fi eld. Richter declined to disclose the details of the second contract but said all the parts would be delivered in 2010.
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• Table of Contents: Web-only article on welding aluminum castings.
• “RIA Undergoes Military-Style Makeover”: Additional photos of the manufacturing facility.
• “SDI Holds Concrete With Castings”: Audiocast with casting supplier to post tensioning systems manufacturer Schwager Davis.
Metalcasting Blog MODERN CASTING staff report
on another casting supporter in congress, beating bad lawsuits and more castings in musical instruments.
Question of the Month The December web poll asked: When do you expect the economy to recover?
L A Aluminum won a contract for castings that go on the ends of collapsible towable tanks used to deliver liquids to troops.
,” . Product Innovations
New Simulation Model Predicts Core Gas—Flow Science, Santa Fe, N.M., has in- cluded a core gas model in the newest version of its Flow-3D casting process modeling software.
Simulation Aids in Impeller Redesign—J. Walter Miller Co., Lancaster, Pa., turned to the QuikCast software from ESI Group, Farmington Hills, Mich., to perform solidifi cation modeling on a tricky impeller part when it converted from manual to automatic molding.
“The Rock Island Arsenal metalcasting facility enables us to be versatile and more benefi cial to the war fi ghter.”—Colonel Craig Cotter, Rock Isand Arsenal
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