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Helping the Reshoring Effort
In November 2013, Columbus Castings, Columbus, Ohio, reached a major business agreement with Nippon Sharyo USA Inc., Arlington Heights, Ill., for steel Amtrak railcar undercarriages. For Columbus CEO and President Rick Ruebusch, it was an unquestionable highlight of his two years at the helm of the steel casting facility.
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If Nippon Sharyo exercises all options in the contract, the green sand facility is scheduled to be at full capacity through 2021. With that kind of success, Ruebusch has good reason to be optimistic, about both his business and the American met- alcasting industry in general. “The renaissance of manufac- turing in the U.S. is underway,” Ruebusch said. “We [at Columbus Castings] are well positioned to once again be the point of the spear for this and look forward to the rapid recovery of the nation’s manufactur- ing base.”
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According to manufacturing industry statistics, 100,000 manufac- turing jobs have been reshored by about 500 OEMs and thousands of their suppliers since the manufactur- ing employment low of January 2010. “We are closer to customers, which lessens transportation costs, and allows for more visibility and stronger relationships,” Ruebusch said. “The skilled labor is here, and the workforce is hungry for it.” Considering a number of worldwide economic factors, including steadily increasing labor costs in developing economies, U.S.-based metalcasters can provide benefi ts not available to overseas suppliers. Ruebusch, after signing the biggest contract in his company’s 110-year history, expects the future to be bright. —Nicholas Leider, Associate Editor
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