INDUSTRY news
INDUSTRY news
Newscast ATEK Companies, Eden Prairie,
Minn., has renamed ATEK Preci- sion Castings as ATEK Metal Technologies, New Hampton, Iowa, reflecting its expertise in cast aluminium parts and assemblies. As part of the rebranding initiative, ATEK Metal Technologies has a new tag line, “State of the art in the art of metal,” and a new website,
www.atekmetaltechnologies.com.
The Sun Herald reports Rolls-
Royce North America is clos- ing the foundry at its Pascagoula, Miss., ship propeller manufacturing plant and expects to lose 24 skilled workers of the 47 employees there. The downsizing in the metalcast- ing side will take place over the next 18 months, company officials said, with plans to reduce as many of the jobs as possible by attrition. Joel P. Reuter with Rolls-Royce North America called the move a restructuring in response to market conditions. He noted the Rolls- Royce Pascagoula plant is the only privately owned foundry in the U.S. capable of casting and finishing large fixed-pitch propellers to Navy quality standards. The propel- lers for today’s aircraft carriers are 26 feet in diameter and made of a nickel-aluminum-manganese- bronze alloy.
During the Cummins U.S. Sup-
plier Conference held in Indianap- olis this spring, Cummins recog- nized iron casting producer Teksid Hierro de Mexico, Frontera, Mexico, with the “Environmental Leadership Award” in recognition of the installation of a new sand reclamation system to recover waste foundry silica sand through a me- chanical and thermal process in its plant located in Frontera, Mexico, in the state of Coahuila, with a total investment of $7.3 million. Teksid produces castings for the automotive and heavy duty indus- try with operations spread out in Europe, North and South America and Asia.
10 | METAL CASTING DESIGN & PURCHASING | Jul/Aug 2014
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