Lodge’s new automatic molding machine can pro- duce four 12-in. skillets in a mold, twice as much as its older, smaller machines.


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doubled since 2009 and customers are clamoring for more. To feed this hunger, the metalcasting facility in South


Pittsburg, embarked on a significant expansion with long-term plans for adding even more capacity in the coming years. In 2013-2014, an at-capacity Lodge Manufacturing replaced its melt center and installed an additional sand system and verti- cally parted molding machine—basically a greenfield metalcast- ing facility attached to the existing plant. Te expansion added 40% more production capability to the operation. Now, at the end of 2015, Lodge is at 100% capacity again. Te world loves cast iron cookware.


Recipe for Growth Cast iron cookware has been a fairly stable market for


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。量фङך更加增ӄ年ә来未֨，Ӧઋ期长ङԴ造 年，2UJMKӲ造有限Ҹ՛实施дфਈ扩


फָչ统系理ה砂д增新、心И炼熔д换更，ऩ项ङҭ 一д建新ՁЇॅׂङԴ造铸有现֨й当ब，机型造型ӣ ％ д加增Їॅׂ有Խ֨ਈф增新。Դ造铸砂型湿З 年底，2UJMKҸ՛ङ生фિਾӇ дӱ，֨现。ך 。Ӏ炊铁铸欢֔都ћыङउ世Ҷ。％ 次达ӱфਈङ


Two 10-ton furnaces in the new melt center at Lodge Manufacturing Co. service its three automated molding lines, running two shifts per day.


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