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Navistar Adds Foam in Waukesha, Recalls Workers to Indianapolis Navistar International Corp.,


Warrenville, Ill., announced it will recall 150 workers to its Indianapolis metalcasting facility by June 2011 and hire 100 additional workers by 2014. Te company also plans to begin using the ductile iron lost foam casting pro- cess in its Waukesha, Wis., metalcast- ing facility this year. According to a company press


release, the recall was planned in response to the growth of Pure Power Technologies LLC, Columbia, S.C., the truck maker’s newly created engine components business. One of the few remaining U.S.


block and head casting facilities, the Indianapolis plant has capacity avail- able to serve outside diesel engine manufacturers, in addition to respond- ing to the needs of its parent company. “Te Indianapolis [facility] is a vital


part of our efforts to maintain manu- facturing capabilities and technical skills in the U.S.,” said Eric Tech, pres- ident of the Navistar Engine Group. “As a result of our investment to make the Indianapolis [facility] state-of- the-art, we will make the company more competitive to meet the global demands of the diesel engine industry.” Navistar said the recall is part of its


strategy to improve the capabilities of Pure Power, which vertically integrates research and development, engineer- ing, manufacturing and metalcasting capabilities to produce diesel power


Navistar’s metalcasting facility in Waukesha, Wis., recently was transitioned to serve as a job shop after being designed to cast long runs of high-volume truck parts. The facility now is adding lost foam casting capabilities.


systems, advanced emissions control systems and industrial castings. Te division operates several research and development centers and the metal- casting facility in Waukesha, in addi- tion to Indianapolis. Navistar expects the addition of


lost foam capabilities at the Waukesha plant to give it the ability to produce near-net-shape castings without cores


and save its customers machining costs, time and money. “Adding this capability to the Pure


Power portfolio will further enable growth and success,” said Rick Bacon, the company’s director of metalcasting operations. “We are excited to bring this opportunity to simultaneously reduce costs while increasing value for the customer.”


ARI to Restart Ohio Castings Joint Venture American Railcar Industries Inc.


(ARI), St. Charles, Mo., announced the board of directors of its Ohio Castings joint venture has approved a plan to restart production at the Alli- ance, Ohio, metalcasting facility. “We are very excited to announce the plan to resume production at Ohio Castings,” ARI President and Chief Executive Officer James Cowan said. “Te decision to restart production was based primarily on strengthening demand for new railcars. We expect


this decision will prove beneficial as we ramp up railcar production in the second half of 2011.” Ohio Castings was temporarily


idled in June 2009 due to weak de- mand in the new railcar market. ARI said in a press release it has seen an increase in new railcar quotes, orders and backlog over the past several months. Ohio Castings is expected to begin shipping castings during the third quarter of 2011. ARI is a one-third owner of Ohio


Castings, which provides the com- pany and its partners access to railcar castings at a favorable price. Railcar castings, which historically have been subject to supply constraints, are a critical railcar component. ARI is a designer and manufac-


turer of hopper and tank railcars. Te company also leases, repairs and refurbishes railcars, provides fleet management services and designs and manufactures certain railcar and industrial components.


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