INDUSTRY NEWS GM Donates Aluminum to SVSU


Port City Group Plans Expansion Te Port City Group, Muskegon,


Mich., is planning an $11.3 million ex- pansion to create a specialized company, Engineered Aluminum Castings Inc., in its automotive parts manufacturing group, according to Michigan Live. Te company is an integrated


manufacturer of aluminum and zinc die castings, mechanical assemblies, and titanium and stainless steel medical devices. It provides machining, plastic injection molding, tooling, design and prototyping services. Engineered Aluminum Castings Inc.


From left: General Motors communications manager Bob Wheeler and area manager Dennis Rita present a donation of 1,000 lbs. of aluminum to Saginaw Valley State University’s Bob Tuttle, associate professor of mechanical engineering. At right is Mark Bauer, GM materials technical specialist.


will be the eighth individual company in the Port City Group. Te company also has added new equipment to Alloy Resources Corp., a producer of zinc and aluminum alloy materials for local diecasters. Te group’s Muskegon Castings Corp. is expanding by 13,500 sq. ft., as well.


New Metalcasting Facility Planned in Wisconsin


U.K.-based global mining equip- ment manufacturer Weir Minerals plans to build a 90,000-sq.-ft. metal- casting facility at its U.S. headquarters in Madison, Wis., according to the Wisconsin State Journal. If permitted by the state Department


of Natural Resources, the company will begin construction in March and is slat- ed to begin casting mining pump parts in 2015. Bringing casting operations to the U.S. would enable the company to meet domestic demand for parts.


QUALITY CERTIFICATIONS Te following metalcasting


operation has passed a recent certification audit:


A & B Foundry and Machining,


LLC, is certified to the AS9100:2009 Revision C International Quality Standard.


14 | MODERN CASTING October 2012


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