INDUSTRY news
INDUSTRY news
Tupy Receives Award From Volkswagen
Iron block and cylinder head maker
Tupy, Joinville, Brazil, received the Volk- swagen Group Award this year. It honors global suppliers that fulfi ll the expecta- tions of product development, innovation capacity, quality and eff ectiveness serving the group’s diff erent plants. Engine blocks and cylinder heads, in addition to other Tupy engineering parts supplied by the Brazil and Mexico plants, are present in Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen cars, as well as in VW (the 2014 Beetle is pictured), MAN and Scania trucks and buses around the world.
Evans Industries Purchases Meloon
Detroit-based private equity fi rm Evans Industries Inc. has purchased the assets of Meloon Foundries Inc., Syra- cuse, N.Y. Evans Industries owns other metalcasting operations in the United States, including Auburn, Ind.-based Ball Brass & Aluminum Foundry Inc. Meloon produces aluminum and copper-based castings using the nobake and green sand processes, as well as providing patternmaking and fi nishing. Its products are up to 93 x 93 in. in size, weighing from ounces to 1,000 lbs.
Clarifi cation T e “Design Details” column in
MCDP represents the opinion of consultant Jiten Shah, president, Product Development & Analysis, on unique features of components produced and designed by other companies. He does not claim to have engineered or de- signed the components. For instance, in the case of last issue’s column, “Incorpo- rating Fasteners Saves Four Hours As- sembly Time,” the design of the casting was engineered by Meritor Design, Troy, Mich., as stated in the article.
10 | METAL CASTING DESIGN & PURCHASING | Sept/Oct 2014
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