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North America Harvey Industries Buys Former Hayes Lemmerz Plant
Harvey Industries, Westland, Mich., announced it has purchased a former subsidiary of Hayes Lemmerz Interna- tional, Northville, Mich. The subsidiary, Hayes Lemmerz In-
ternational–Laredo Inc., Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, produced cast aluminum and polymer components for the automo- tive and heavy truck industry. About
350 were employed at the facility. “This acquisition is strategic for
Harvey Industries,” said President Jerome Harvey. “Combining Nuevo Laredo with our Wabash, Ind., opera- tions will better position the combined company to grow and compete in the global market.” Harvey Industries is a components
Federal-Mogul Buys Piston Ring Caster Daros
Automotive supplier Federal-Mogul, Southfield, Mich., announced it has acquired the Daros Group, Sweden, a supplier of cast piston rings for large- bore engines used in industrial energy generation and commercial shipping. Federal-Mogul said the acquisition
(the terms of which were not disclosed) would enhance its offerings by adding two-stroke and four-stroke piston ring products to its portfolio. “The market for industrial engine pis-
ton rings is growing,” said José Maria Ala- pont, Federal-Mogul president and chief
Around the World Tupy Wins CGI Block Contract From Land Rover
Land Rover, Gaydon, U.K., has contracted Tupy, Joinville, Brazil, to produce compacted graphite iron (CGI) cylinder blocks for its new 4.4-liter V-8 turbodiesel engine. The CGI engine, the fourth for the combined auto group of Jaguar and Land Rover, has achieved improve- ments in horsepower and torque over its 3.6-liter CGI predecessor. It is produced with the help of technology
from SinterCast, Stockholm, Sweden. “We are pleased that Jaguar Land
Rover’s positive experience with the 2.7-, 3.0- and 3.6-liter engines since 2003 has established CGI as the mate- rial of choice for this new engine,” said Steve Dawson, president and chief executive officer of SinterCast. According to a SinterCast press
release, Jaguar Land Rover was the first auto company to introduce a high
Olazabal y Huarte Adding Large Casting Capability Olazabal y Huarte SA, Vitoria, Spain,
has purchased a new 20-ton melting furnace and simulation software in an effort to add larger casting weights to its capabilities. The furnace is Olazabal’s third melt-
ing unit. The mid-sized gray and ductile iron caster also has purchased NovaCast Foundry Solutions’ NovaFlow & Solid
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volume engine based on a CGI block. Tupy is a ferrous metalcasting com-
pany producing components for the automotive and agricultural sectors. The company also manufactures iron and steel shot and grit and continuous cast bars. It employs more than 8,000 and has an annual production capacity of 500,000 metric tons of cast iron parts in two plants, one in Joinville and one in Mauá, Brazil.
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executive officer. “Federal-Mogul and Daros have a strong, complementary product portfolio and global footprint.” Industrial piston rings are used
mainly in large engines with a power output up to more than 100,000 kW (continued on page 11)
supplier specializing in aluminum sand castings, machining, assembly and testing for the transportation and industrial markets. In the past month, the company has won an award of excellence from customer Ford Motor Co. and named a new vice president of sales and business development.
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and Nova Stress simulation software. According to its managing director, Olazabal expects the investment to allow it to pour ductile iron castings up to 50 tons and steel castings up to 15 tons. “[We will] simulate heavy castings
with dimensions up to seven meters in diameter,” said Managing Director
Gurutz Franco Leiza. “The software will increase the efficiency of the whole technological process in our [facility].” Olazabal has an annual capacity of
approximately 10,000 tons and cur- rently pours ductile iron castings up to 30 tons. The company serves the wind energy, mining and cement, valve and pump, and tool and die industries. MC
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