industry news/行業新聞
Car Maker Renault to Invest More Than $120 Million in Casting Plant 汽车制造商雷诺将投资1.2亿欧元以上兴建铸造厂
Renault, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, announced it
will invest about $120.5 million in its Fonderie de Bretagne, Caudan, France, to make the facility more competitive and ensure its longevity. According to a press release issued by the company, Renault has put about $55 million in the facility in the last three years and will make the additional $120.5 million investment over the next six years. Te company said more than 400 jobs will be retained due to the investments. Renault said the money will be used to install a new
production line with a capacity of 40,000 metric tons per year to replace an existing line that currently accounts for 70% of its business. Te new line also will give the company the ability to produce ductile iron castings, including chassis parts (stub axles and arms) and powertrain parts (crankshafts and differential casings). “Tis investment project confirms Renault’s industrial
anchor in France, consistent with [our]…industrial strategy,” said Gérard Leclercq, the company’s executive vice president of manufacturing and supply chain. Renault said investments also will be made in improving
safety and working conditions (roofs, heating, extraction and gantries), quality (test systems) and environmental preserva- tion (soil, air and water protection). Te company plans to begin a study phase for the new projects in 2012, followed by substantial investment in 2013 and startup of the new line in 2014. It expects the line to be up to full capacity by 2015. ■
总部在法国Boulogne-Billancourt的雷诺公司宣 布将在该国Fonderie de Bretagne和 Caudan投资约 1.205亿欧元，用来提升工厂的竞争力，并保持生命 力。
根据公司的新闻发布资料，雷诺在过去三年已经在铸 造厂投入五千五百万欧元，并且在未来六年追加1.205 亿欧元投资。该公司说该投资将保留400个工作岗位。 雷诺说投资将用来安装一条年能力4万吨的新生产 线，以替换现有的一条生产线，该现有生产线占总业务 的70%。该新线将为公司生产球墨铸铁件，包括底盘铸 件（短轴和臂）和动力部件（曲轴和减速器壳体）。 该公司负责制造和供应链管理的执行副总裁Gérard
Leclercq说： “该投资项目将稳固法国雷诺公司在工业 中的龙头地位，符合公司的总体发展战略。 雷诺公司说该投资用来提高安全和工作条件（屋顶、 加热系统、抽风和支撑台架），质量（测试系统）和环 境保护（土地、空气和水保护）。公司计划2012年启 动新项目的调研，紧接着2013大量投资，2014年启动 新线，在2015年将实现满负荷生产。■
TKW to Reopen, Expand Shuttered Plant 6 TKW将重开和扩大6#工厂
TyssenKrupp Waupaca (TKW), Waupaca, Wis., U.S., announced it will resume production at its Plant 6 in Etowah, Tenn., U.S., in January 2012 and add approximately 20,000 sq. ft. of new manufacturing space to the facility. According to a company press release, TKW decided
to reopen and expand the plant in response to increasing market demand for gray and ductile iron castings. “Te reopening of our Etowah foundry is good news for
our customers and for the state of Tennessee, but also for the men and women we will be able to put back to work,” said Gary Gigante, TKW president and chief executive officer. “Our facility is one of the most technologically advanced in the iron castings industry, and we are proud to once again be open for business.” TKW will add the new manufacturing space, as well as
new melt, core and mill room equipment for ductile iron pro- duction, to its existing 270,000-sq.-ft. facility, which operates four high-speed vertical green sand molding machines. According to the company statement, startup of the
metalcasting facility will occur in two phases. After the new equipment is installed in the third quarter of 2011, phase one will focus on gray iron production and begin in the first quarter
总部位于威斯康辛州Waupaca的蒂森克虏伯工厂
(TKW)宣布将在2012年1月重启在田纳西州Etowah 的#6工厂的生产，增加20,000平方英尺的生产面积。 根据公司的发布会，为了提高灰铁和球墨铸铁件的市 场份额，TKW决定工厂恢复开工，并进行扩大。 TKW的总裁和首席执行官Gary Gigante说： “我们
在Etowah的铸造厂的重开不仅对我们的客户和田纳西 州是一个好消息，对我们的所有的员工回到岗位也是好 消息。该工厂的铸铁工艺是最先进的，我们也以重开而 骄傲。” TKW将在现有270,000平方英尺的基础上扩大新球 墨铸铁的生产面积，增加新的熔炼设备、制芯和混砂设 备。该工厂采用四台高速垂直分型潮模砂造型机生产。 根据公司的声明，该铸造设备将分两步应用。在 2011年第三季度进行新设备的安装。第一阶段在2012
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