INDUSTRY news
Waupaca Foundry – Plant 6 Provides Free Training to Community Waupaca Foundry – Plant 6
(Etowah, Tennessee) gave free certi- fi ed OSHA training to participants of a local program. According to a report from T e
Chatanoogan, Gordon Michaud, maintenance department training coordinator at Waupaca, taught OSHA 10 classes to members of T e Refuge, a program to help disadvantaged people train for employment. Waupaca teamed with Cleveland
State Community College’s One- Source Workforce Development. “Education and training build sustainability for those who seek it out and follow through,” Michaud said, according to the report. “T e training provides entry level gener- al industry workers’ safety informa- tion so people with no experience in an industrial setting have the information needed to help them
Nemak Opens Plant in Mexico
Nemak, which provides light-
weighting for the world’s automotive industry, opened a high-pressure di- ecasting facility in Monterrey, Mexico. Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto presided over the event. According to a news release,
the plant’s technology will support production of aluminum automotive components, primarily engine blocks, transmission cases and structural com- ponents. T ere will also be a machining center for processing. T e investment is $200 million and
production will begin this year. T e new plant is just the latest
news Nemak has made in Mexico. In December, the company was
honored in two categories of the National Technology and Innovation Awards, winning honors in Process Innovation and Product Innovation. “Our support of research and inno-
vation has enabled us to develop tech- nologies which drive vehicle weight reduction and make mobility more sustainable,” Armando Tamez, CEO, Nemak, said in a news release.■
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work safely in an industrial fi eld.” “We have great people who
work hard every day,” Sam Greene, plant manager, told T e Chatanoogan. “We support their eff orts to volunteer in our commu-
nity. Our organization is successful thanks to our work force so it’s our turn to help the community where we can.” T e report said that Waupaca
covered the cost for 20 participants. ■
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