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ME Global to Spend $23.4 Million on Two Expansions
ME Global Inc., Minneapolis, has announced a $23.4 million expansion at its metalcasting facilities in Duluth, Minn., and Tempe, Ariz. The company said the investment,
which has been authorized by its board of directors, will result in a 20% capacity increase at the production facilities. Construction on the expan- sions is expected to begin in March and completed this fall. ME Global produces impact and
abrasion resistant castings for crushing and milling applications. The Duluth and Tempe metalcasting facilities sup- port mining activities primarily in North and South America. The company also produces parts for customers in Asia, Africa, Australia, Indonesia and Russia. “Increases in domestic and for-
eign demand...have ME Global ap- proaching its current capacity,” said
ARI to Restart Ohio
Castings Joint Venture American Railcar Industries Inc.
(ARI), St. Charles, Mo., announced the board of its Ohio Castings joint venture has approved a plan to restart the Alliance, Ohio, casting facility. “We are excited to announce the
plan to resume production at Ohio Castings,” ARI President and Chief Executive Officer James Cowan said. “The decision to restart was based primarily on strengthening demand for new railcars.” Ohio Castings was temporarily idled
in June 2009 due to weak demand in the new railcar market. ARI said it has seen an increase in new railcar quotes, orders and backlog over the past sev- eral months. Ohio Castings is expected to begin shipping castings in late 2011. ARI is a one-third owner of Ohio
Castings, which provides the com- pany and its partners access to a variety of railcar castings. ARI is a designer and manufac-
turer of hopper and tank railcars. The company also leases, repairs and refurbishes railcars, provides fleet management services and designs and manufactures certain railcar and industrial components.
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ME Global President Andy Fulton. ME Global is owned by Compañía
Electro Metalúrgica S.A. (Elecmetal), Santiago, Chile. In addition to its casting plants in Duluth and Tempe, the corporation has a licensee in Mexico and two additional metalcast- ing facilities in Santiago, Chile, that
serve the Latin American market. “This is the largest single capital invest-
ment in the [Duluth and Tempe] facilities since Elecmetal purchased the business in 2001,” Fulton said. “The expansions will not only allow for increased capacity and process optimization, but also maintain environmental compliance.”
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