INDUSTRY NEWS Progressive Foundry Installs Linear Matchplate Molding Machine
Progressive Foundry Inc., a gray and ductile iron metalcaster in Perry, Iowa, recently installed a Hunter Foundry Machinery Corp., Scha- umburg, Ill., HLM Series molding machine. “It was the easiest to install of all
the new machines we put in,” said Pete Van Kirk, president, Progres- sive Foundry. “T e operation was as smooth as it was before, and we were making molds—good molds—the second day out.” He said the HLM- 10 produced 800 molds on the second day it was running. T e HLM-10 is the fourth Hunter machine-based mold center in opera-
AFW Sold to Holding Company
AFW Foundry Inc., Lannon, Wis., has been sold to business and real estate holding company T e Mumford Companies, Chicago, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal. AFW Foundry is a nonferrous sand
casting facility producing parts for the marine, defense, oil and gas and off - highway industries. It entered Chapter 128 receivership in March and will continue operation under Mumford. Mumford owns businesses in Wis-
consin, Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Florida, including Expert Cores, which supplies cores to metalcasting facilities.
Clinkenbeard Earns AS9100C Recertifi cation
Clinkenbeard, Rockford, Ill., an M2M Group Company and global rapid prototyping, casting and machining provider, has again completed the requirements neces- sary to achieve AS9100C certifica- tion. It is the newest and highest Quality Management System (QMS) standard for the aerospace and defense industries.
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tion at Progressive’s vertically inte- grated foundry. Founded in 1923, Progressive
Foundry produces short and long runs of iron castings at weights ranging from a few ounces to more than 100 lbs. for a wide variety of industries across the U.S. T e full service, ISO
9001 certifi ed company replaced a Hunter HMP-10 C series automatic molding machine that had been in operation for more than 30 years with this new machine. Since 1998, it has grown from 35,000 to 100,000 sq.ft., and its markets have expanded across the U.S.
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