Increased reinvestment since the Hitachi Metals acquisition has meant revamped operations across Waupaca Foundry’s U.S. facilities.


• Exploring expansion into Mexico. “We are very happy to have Hitachi Metals as a long-


term, strategic owner,” said Gary Gigante, recently retired CEO, Waupaca Foundry. “Hitachi Metals started out as an iron foundry. Tey own iron foundries. It’s a strategic purchase for them, so I feel good about the future and our potential growth.”


The Goldilocks Solution Established in 1955, Waupaca Foundry was purchased


by German conglomerate Tyssen in 1978. (See sidebar for more complete details about ownership.) Te marriage proved beneficial to both sides for 30 years, a period when the metalcasting operation underwent significant expan- sion. Two plants—one each in Indiana and Tennessee—were


built. Existing plants in Marinette and Waupaca, Wiscon- sin, were expanded, with the three facilities nearly doubling in size. Total production increased exponentially from less than 100,000 tons in 1978 to a pre-recession high of more than 1.25 million. But the economic downturn that began in 2007 exposed


differences in direction for the metalcaster and its parent company. Beginning in the 1990s, TyssenKrupp reduced the number of aluminum and casting facilities it owned, divesting in those operations while investing billions of dollars in steel processing plants in Alabama and Brazil. “TyssenKrupp was really, really good for a long time,


造铸卡٧沃明੮资投Ӈङ加增断Љ，ե购收֝集ً金立日ੴ 。革Պם੧进Դ工有۱֨ر՛Ҹ


开՛Ҹ卡٧沃，初年年 。期时يՇ速快дҵ进՛ љ，ӦઋيՇऋ战չ资投本资ङ成ুӣ部 始实施ं ֨եяչ֨现՛Ҹ高提љ，性ਈՕङيՇ远长ফ探Ճ


：ѹ֪ङ֫١球Ҷ • 提高球墨铸铁фਈ וગф生型造平水装安 • 务Џ工加机ם扩 • ֫١ւ西墨拓开 • ，系Ҽҁ合ऋ战ङ期长立建֝集ً金立日ЊਈȔ 官੧执٭首՛Ҹ造铸卡٧沃ȕ，ҽ高常非ӱ感ћ我


步起Џѣ铁铸ђ是֝集ً金立日Ȕ：પKZTGMO- -GX_ 性ऋ战次一ङ֝集ً金立日是这。Դ铁铸有ћѕ，ङ 潜有更ريՇङեя՛Ҹ卡٧沃Оઍ我，此֜，购收 力。ȕ


温ո过渡期 年，й 年ੴ德国 й立成՛Ҹ造铸卡٧沃


ӑە迭更权有۱ङূદ（。购收֝集Ѳ虏ұ森蒂Џѣ 期此֨，年 д续持姻联ङЏѣ؟Д）栏边र查બ 。يՇङם重д得Ո务Џ造铸，间 随ե，印আ安হ州չँহ西州ङ工ԴӣӰ成立。威 。建扩д੧进ЭԴ工ङ卡٧沃չ特ӄ里马州辛康斯


34 | FOUNDRY-PLANET.COM | MODERN CASTING | CHINA FOUNDRY ASSOCIATION June 2016


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65