Foundry to gain business, but any potential partnership will introduce a new set of variables. Along with machin- ing operations, company officials expect to do some assembly work as well. “It will change the supply chain and how we man-
age it,” Nikolai said. “We have to expand our materials management and quality assurance.” Waupaca Foundry is currently exploring possible part-
nerships, though no official agreements have been made. Te company aims to have a manufacturing solution in place by 2017.
Introducing Horizontal Molding
In its seven casting facilities, Waupaca Foundry has a total of 35 vertical molding lines with an annual capac- ity of 1.8 million tons. Te casting giant expects to add horizontal molding capabilities in its operation in Tell City, Indiana, by 2018. Engineering plans have begun to replace one of the facility’s four vertical lines with a horizontal one. “Te commercial truck market—differential carriers,
cases and axles—will be the primary focus,” Gigante said. “But we also will be able to produce construction and agricultural castings that aren’t possible to produce in ductile iron on vertical molding lines.” Waupaca Foundry expects to be supported by Hitachi Metals engineering and product development depart- ments, which have worked with horizontal operations in Japan and South Korea, in learning the different design and process demands. Te addition of horizontal molding will allow
Waupaca Foundry to produce different castings, while also opening the door to new customers. Still, such an investment will require time to sell the open capacity. Waupaca Foundry would prefer to receive commitments from customers before installing the new line, but such a situation may not be realistic. “In today’s market, you have to build it and they
will come,” Gigante said. “Even if you have an anchor customer who can bring in 30% of capacity, that leaves a substantial amount of business you need to go out and get.”
Company officials are projecting the line to begin
operation in 2018, though filling capacity may take two or three years.
Crossing the Border? Waupaca Foundry’s fourth initiative in its 2018
mid-term plan might still be further on the horizon, but it has the potential to be a major step forward for the metalcaster. “Hitachi Metals has a strong footprint in Mexico with other product in other divisions,” Gigante said. “We are strongly encouraged to come up with a [casting- specific] solution because they don’t currently have that in Mexico.” Such an expansion was in the works a decade ago, when Waupaca Foundry presented a fully designed
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