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Korea-Based Daedong Metals Adds Compacted Graphite Iron Iron caster Daedong Metals Co.


Ltd., Daegu, South Korea, is installing a compacted graphite iron (CGI) pro- cess control system it expects to have in production sometime this month. The company has contracted with


SinterCast, Stockholm, Sweden, to provide the technology necessary to produce CGI. A purpose-built version of the supplier’s process control system will provide liquid metal analysis ca- pability and operator feedback results at two different locations in the metal- casting facility. Daedong will run series production


of three different CGI cylinder heads for commercial vehicle engines rang- ing from 6-L to 11-L displacement. The heads will be used for the high performance versions of the existing engines and are forecast to provide a production volume of approximately 50,000 engine equivalents in 2011. “The CGI heads are specifically used


for the high power versions of the en- gines and, as the sector continues to move toward higher power density, the CGI volume is expected to increase,” said Steve Dawson, president and chief executive officer of SinterCast. Daedong is an independent ferrous metalcaster producing components primarily for passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles and construc-


North America


Third Grede Facility Awarded Caterpillar Certification


Grede Holdings LLC, Southfield,


Mich., announced its St. Cloud, Minn., facility was awarded a bronze certifica- tion from Caterpillar Inc., just several months after the company’s New Castle, Ind., plant earned the award. The award is part of Caterpillar’s


Supplier Quality Excellence Program (SQEP). The St. Cloud plant supplies Caterpillar with stabilizer legs for its


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tion equipment. The company has a production capacity of 40,000 metric tons per year and supplies castings to customers such as Daedong In-


INDUSTRY NEWS


dustries, Doosan Infracore, Doosan Mottrol, GM Daewoo, Hyundai and Kia Motors, Hyundai Heavy Indus- tries, Kubota and Volvo.


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