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Newscast East Jordan Iron Works
Inc., East Jordan, Mich., and its affi liated companies announced that beginning on Jan. 6 they have all begun doing business using the name and brand EJ.
T e Quality Castings Co.,
Orville, Ohio, has ordered a new core machine in response to increased customer demand. T e company will add the new coldbox core capacity to its existing coldbox and shell core production. T e machine was provided by LaempeReich Corp., Trussville, Ala.
Investment casters Richwood
Investment Castings Inc., Huntington, W.V., and Advanced Aerofoil Technologies, Bayreuth,
Bremen Castings Inc., Bremen,
Ind., and Ryobi Die Casting USA, Shelbyville, Ind., were two of seven companies to receive grant funding from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) for equipment to start or expand recycling in their operations. T e seven companies received a total of $500,000 for projects of varying scales.
Mid-City Foundry Co., Milwaukee, has ordered a compacted
Germany, and ferrous job shops Donsco Inc., Wrightsville, Pa., and Prospect Foundry LLC, Minneapolis, have installed enterprise resource planning software from Guardian Software Systems, Oconomowoc, Wis.
graphite iron process control system to bring its CGI production in-house.
Rapid prototyping (RP) and
casting supplier Clinkenbeard, Rockford, Ill., has been acquired by Generation Growth Capital Inc., Milwaukee. According to a press release, Clinkenbeard’s current management team will stay in position. Clinkenbeard employs 18 people in its two locations in Rockford. T e fi nancial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Grede Holdings LLC,
Southfi eld, Mich., was named a 2011 Hire a Veteran Month Business of the Year by Michigan Works! for its commitment to hiring U.S. military veterans.
T yssenKrupp Waupaca,
Waupaca, Wis., has launched a new website intended to better display the company’s full range of capabiltiies.
Personnel from Premier
Aluminum LLC, Racine, Wis., and Hodge Foundry, Greenville, Pa., have earned Certifi ed Magmasoft User status, the highest certifi cation available.
Rising Chinese wages, higher
U.S. productivity and a weaker dollar will close the gap in pricing between U.S. and China for many goods consumed in North America within fi ve years, according to “Made in America, Again,” a report issued by the Boston Consulting Group, Boston.
Correction In the news item “Bronze Statues
Cast for Canadian Icon” (November- December, p. 15), it is indicated Stephen Harman’s art casting facility is called Red Deer. T e small, unnamed art production facility is in fact located in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
14 | METAL CASTING DESIGN & PURCHASING | Jan/Feb 2012
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