INDUSTRY NEWS
NEWSCAST Vassar Foundry, part of the network
of companies operated by Revstone Industries LLC, Lexington, Ky., has been awarded a Progressive Manu- facturing 100 award by Managing Automation magazine.
According to local news reports,
Maritime Steel & Foundries, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada, is in the process of being sold to a bidder, following being put into receivership by its parent company.
Magna Electro Castings Ltd.,
Tamilnadu, India, announced it has added a new grinding and fettling cen- ter from Maus SpA, Padua, Italy.
Chromalloy, Orangeburg, N.Y.,
which manufactures and repairs cast turbine parts, announced it is develop- ing a new technology center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., dedicated to the research and development of services for gas turbine engines, including re- pairs, parts and coatings. As part of the new facility, the company also intends to move its corporate headquarters to the new technology center from the current headquarters operation in Orangeburg. Chromalloy announced the move on the heels of completing a new investment casting facility in Tampa and breaking ground on a new core room at the same location. Te technology center will be constructed
in a leased 30,000 sq. ft. facility and include labs, office space and a 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse. Te facility will house up to 52 technical, executive and administrative staff. Development of the facility will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2011.
According to local news reports,
Fundiciones Wind Energy Casting, Gipuzkoa, Spain, is preparing to con- struct a more than $40-million ductile iron metalcasting facility in Hutchin- son, Kan., primarily to sell castings to Siemens Wind Power, which has a nearby presence.
Manufacturer’s Brass & Alu- minum Foundry Inc., Blue Island, Ill., has contracted the services of Ecreativeworks to help the company develop a new website.
Concast Metal Products Co.,
Mars, Pa., a producer of cast copper alloys, announced several new public relations ventures, including the release of an online metals reference guide and five informational videos to support its North American cus- tomer base.
Palmer Wahl Instrumentation
Group, Asheville, N.C., announced the opening of an international sales office in Monterrey, Mexico, that will focus on serving the needs of Mexican and South American industry.
Optima Group LLC, Calvert
City, Ky., has acquired 100% of the membership interest of the ferroal- loys producer CC Metals & Alloys LLC, Amherst, N.Y., from CCA Acquisition & Holding Inc. and other investors. Optima said in a press release it intends to continue to operate CC Metals & Alloys as usual, providing ferrosilicon to cus- tomers in the metalcasting industry, among others.
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