INDUSTRY NEWS Shelco Foundries Growing in AL
Engine component maker Gnutti Carlo USA has an- nounced plans to expand Shelco Foundries, Jacksonville, Ala., and double its workforce to approximately 200 people by the end of next year. A new 65,000-sq.-ft. machine shop will be built onsite at the iron casting plant. Te company purchased the metalcaster in 2012 and has invested more than $250,000 in equipment and facility improvements since then. Te com- pany will close its machine shop in New Jersey at the end of this year in a move to centralize its operations in Alabama.
Chris Erhart Foundry and Machine Celebrates Anniversary
The Chris Erhart Foundry & Machine Co., Cincin-
nati, is celebrating its 160th anniversary this year. Established in 1854 in Indiana, the company moved
to its present location in 1874, after the Civil War. The gray and ductile iron jobbing foundry is one of the oldest ongoing family owned metalcasters in the country.
Superior Industries Expanding in Mexico
Superior Industries, Van Nuys, Calif., is expanding with an- other plant in Chihuahua, Mexico, to produce aluminum wheels for the automotive market. LPM, Italy, will install 42 low pres- sure casting machines and furnaces, as well as a tool shop for dies. Project lead Jorge Caballero will assume responsibility
as general manager once the facility is operational, accord- ing to the company. It is anticipated that the facility will be operational in early 2015.
One of the world’s largest OEM suppliers of cast alu-
minum road wheels for the automotive industry, Superior Industries International Inc. operates five manufacturing facilities employing approximately 4,000 people in the U.S. and Mexico. Tey produce aluminum wheels for the major vehicle platforms of automobile and light truck manufac- turers including Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, BMW, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Toyota and Volkswagen.
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