INDUSTRY NEWS/行業新聞


Wescast to Expand Global Capabilities WESCAST增强全球生产能力


Wescast Industries Inc., Brantford, Ontario, Canada, re-


cently announced it will expand the turbocharger production capabilities at its Asian and European facilities. According to a company press release, the planned expan-


sions will enable Westcast’s facility in Wuhan, China, to produce stainless steel castings and its facility in Oroszlany, Hungary, to produce Ni-Resist and stainless steel castings, in addition to the multiple alloys already produced at each of the facilities. Te company expects the upgrades to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2011. “Market trends of increased turbocharger usage were the


impetus for these investments,” said Ed Frackowiak, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer. “We are very pleased to have booked more than $100 million in aver- age annualized new and replacement business year-to-date across all of our business units, of which more than 35% is related to turbochargers.” Wescast is a leading supplier of cast exhaust manifolds for


passenger cars and light trucks. Te company employs ap- proximately 1,800 people in seven production facilities and five sales and design centers in Canada, Hungary, the U.S., Germany, Japan and China, and it has sales and technical design representation in the U.K. and France. Te company indicated the recent expansions are intended to build on its existing strategy of maintaining a presence in all the geo- graphic regions supported by its business units. ■


加拿大安大略省布兰特福德Wescast工业公司最近 宣布将扩大其在亚洲和欧洲工厂的涡轮增压器的生产能 力。根据该公司公布的新闻，规划拓展将使得West- cast在中国武汉工厂可以生产不锈钢铸件及其在匈牙 利Oroszlany的工厂可以生产耐蚀高镍铸铁和不锈钢铸 件，此外还有在每个厂已生产的多种合金。该公司预计 将在2011年第二季度末完成升级。


“涡轮增压器的使用增加趋势是这些市场投资的动 力，”该公司董事长兼首席执行官Ed Frackowiak说， “我们很高兴能够在最新财政年度所有业务完成了1亿 美元，其中有35％以上是涡轮增压器 贡献的。” Wescast是乘用车和轻型卡车排气管的顶尖供应 商。目前公司在加拿大、匈牙利、美国、德国、日本和 中国的七个生产厂和五个销售和设计中心拥有员工约 1800人，并在英国和法国设有销售和技术设计代表。 该公司表示，近期扩张是为了巩固在所有业务存在的地 理区域的持续发展战略。 ■


CMF Announces U.K. Component, Caster of the Year Awards 英国铸造金属联合会宣布年度铸件和铸造商奖


Te Cast Metals Federation (CMF), West Bromwich,


U.K., announced that Grainger & Worrall Ltd., Shrop- shire, U.K., won its Component of the Year award for a V8 cylinder block made for General Motors’ first purpose-built NASCAR racing engine. CastAlum, Powys, U.K., was given the federation’s Company Achievement Award. CMF announced the awards, along with its Supplier of


the Year award, at a ceremony held in late 2010. “Te judges recognized [the] Grainger & Worrall [cast-


ing] had managed to achieve the exacting standards they regularly achieve in the development of Formula 1 cylinder blocks...in iron, an astounding technical achievement,” CMF awards organizer John Parker said. “Built using the Sinter- Cast process, the success of this casting is the culmination of investment, commitment and development by the company in all stages of production.” Cast in compacted graphite iron (CGI), the thin-walled,


complex and strong casting won for a combination of tech- nical achievement, including +/- 0.75 bore concentricity and the ability to withstand thermal loading on the core, which is 0.094 in. (2.4 mm) from the cylinder bores, and the role the component has played in the company’s succes as the major-


在英国西布罗姆维奇市的铸造金属联合会(CMF) 最近宣布，英国什罗普郡的格兰杰和沃勒尔有限公司 （Grainger & Worrall）以V8引擎缸体赢得了年度最 佳部件，这个缸体是为通用汽车公司的第一个专用纳斯 卡赛车引擎制造的。英国波伊斯的CastAlum被赋予了 联合会的公司成就奖。2010年底举行的仪式还宣布了 年度供应商奖。


“评审委认为格兰杰和沃勒尔公司（Grainger &


Worrall）的铸件已成功地达到了一级方程式对缸体的 苛刻标准。在铸铁方面这是一个惊人的技术成就。” CMF评奖委会的约翰派克说， “建成使用SinterCast 过程中，该铸件的成功是公司各生产阶段的投资、协同 和发展的结果。”


薄壁、复杂和高强的蠕墨铸铁（CGI）铸件赢得了奖 项，是因为它是一个技术成果结晶，包括+ /- 0.75孔 同轴度和离汽缸内壁0.094英寸（2.4毫米）的砂芯承受 热负载的能力。此外该部件在使公司成功成为纳斯卡主


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