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Navistar International, Lisle, Ill., said it plans to close its metalcast- ing operations in Indianapolis in the summer of 2015. T e Chicago Tribune reports the
company said it will eliminate 180 jobs and expects to reduce costs by $13 million
annually.The facility produces engine blocks and heads for Navistar engines, which the company said it plans to source from a supplier.
Avalon Precision Metalsmiths
is closing its Euclid, Ohio, plant, as reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The company is encouraging employees to apply for open posi- tions at its facility 15 minutes from Euclid.
It has three plants and a total of
approximately 300 employees. Avalon Precision Metalsmiths is an invest- ment caster serving pump and valve customers such as Parker Hannifi n, Caterpillar and Boeing.
Sloan Valve Co., Franklin Park,
Ill., and the Chicago Cubs have an- nounced that Sloan has joined the Cubs organization as a Legacy Partner and the team’s Offi cial Water Effi - ciency Partner. As part of this agreement, the Cubs
Spring Training facility in Mesa, Ariz., will be named Sloan Park. Sloan is a manufacturer of commercial plumb- ing systems and its divisions include Sloan Foundry, a brass casting facility in Arkansas.
“The combined capabilities of the com- panies in our industrial division offer custom engineering and manufacturing using state-of- the-art equipment and processes,” said William Kiefer, president and chief executive officer. “From foundry production and hot wound coiled spring manufacturing, to precision CNC turning and milling and high production ure- thane pour capabilities, we offer the experience, knowledge and capacity to deliver full manu- facturing, service and support, from prototype to production.” A. Stucki Company has experienced signifi-
cant growth over the past decade, spurred by the acquisition of several independent, comple- mentary manufacturing companies. Founded as a side bearing manufacturer that grew to en- compass the production and supply of a broad line of railroad components, the company later expanded to include repair and reconditioning services. The addition of Alco Spring, Hallman Foundry, and Seco Machine has expanded the company’s capabilities to extend beyond the rail industry. “The integrating of these companies is
changing the way we do business,” said Kiefer. “By applying the same high standards of inno- vation, engineering, and customer satisfaction for which the A. Stucki Company has been known for more than a century, we are poised for continued growth and service to a much larger market.”
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