Visit MODERN CASTING’s Late-Breaking Metalcasting News at
www.moderncasting.com Personals Mark Stevens, was named vice
president, sales and business devel- opment by Harvey Industries, West- land, Mich.
ThyssenKrupp Waupaca, Waupaca,
Wis., announced the promotion of two employees. Rick Scherkenbach was made director of sales in the Light Vehicle Group, and John Wiesbrock was appointed director of global supply chain management.
Don Weaver joined Weaver Material
Service, Jamestown, N.Y., as technical sales representative.
The Federal Metal Co., Bedford,
Ohio, promoted Peter Nagusky to president. David Nagusky, his father, assumed the positions of chairman and chief executive officer.
Industry Faces
Robert Joyce Heads Newly Formed Conglomeration of Wheelabrator, DISA Robert Joyce had to sell Wheelabra-
tor Corp., LaGrange, Ga., before he could join it. Joyce was serving as chief operating
officer of USFilter when it was acquired by Vivendi SA in 1999. As a result of the transaction, Joyce was responsible for divesting several assets of the water company from 1999 to 2003 to help pay down the acquisition debt. Wheelabra- tor was the last unit to go. As part of the negotiations with
the Wheelabrator buyer, Joyce was brought on in 2003 as the unit’s new president. Several years later, he would become president and chief executive officer of an even larger collection of metalcasting industry suppliers. In 2007, DISA, Herlev, Denmark, came
up for sale. Joyce and the Wheelabrator primary shareholder Mid Europa Partners believed the company would be a fit for their strategy. Accordingly, DISA was purchased in Sept. 2008, and on May 1, 2009, the newly formed Norican Group was given legal clearance by the German government to merge the two companies. Today, Norican Group maintains both the DISA and Wheelabrator brand names.
MODERN CASTING / July 2010 Obituaries Paul Carey Sr., Detroit, died May 1. He
was 72. Carey began his career in 1955 at Gulf Oil R&D. He worked for numerous companies over the years, including Durez Division of Hooker Chemical, Westing- house Research and Development and Georgia Pacific. In 1978, he joined Ash- land Chemical Co.
Paul Carey Sr. Powerit Solutions, Seattle, elected
Claes Olsson, its chief executive officer and president, to the additional position of chairman of the board.
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as automotive sales manager and was named director of training and applied technology in 1990, the position he held until his retirement from the company. A member of the American Foundry Society (AFS) since 1967, Carey served in the Director Class of 1996, was ac- tive in several AFS technical committees and was a longtime Cast Metals Institute (CMI) instructor. He authored numerous technical papers and had several patents under his name. He was also active in the Foundry Educational Foundation, where he served as secretary from 1988- 2003. In 1985, Carey received the CMI Directors Award. He was awarded the AFS Service Citation in 1989 and was the recipient of the 1993 AFS Award of Scientific Merit. In 1999, he was the Pangborn Gold Medalist.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Norican Group CEO Robert Joyce speaks at the opening of a plant in Poland.
DISA encapsulates the company’s parts forming technology group, and Wheelabra- tor represents the segment of the business that deals with parts preparation technology (cleaning, strengthening and polishing). “There are two major strategic thrusts
for our combined group,” Joyce said. “We want to continue to bring innovation to our existing installed base and help our customers grow in the emerging markets.” According to Joyce, Norican’s clients
benefit from its international structure, technological expertise and century long application history. “Our customers in the metalcasting
industry constantly need to drive down their costs per part produced,” Joyce said. “Therefore, the key emphasis of all of our lines of business is to bring technology and services to these cus- tomers that demonstrably lower their overall lifecycle costs.”
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