INDUSTRY news
Mercury Marine Installs New High-Pressure Diecasting Machine Mercury Marine (Fond du
Lac, Wisconsin), a manufacturer of recreational marine engines, announced the commissioning of a new high-pressure diecasting machine, said to be the largest in North America. This investment is a 4,500-ton Buhler-Prince machine. Installation began late in 2016 and was completed in March 2017. According to a news release,
Mercury Marine has now invested more than $800 million in R&D and manufacturing expansion at its Fond du Lac campus since 2009. “This new machine positions us to make castings that no one else in the industry can do,” said Mike Meyer, general manager, Mercury Castings. “With this
Mercury Marine announced the commissioning of a new high-pressure diecasting machine, said to be the largest in North America.
new machine, Mercury can make larger, lightweight struc- tural components and reduce the
overall weight of our engine by producing more efficient castings.” T e new machine has 4,500
tons of closing force with three industrial robots integrated into the cell. T e total weight of machine with tools and oil is more than one million lbs. T e new machine can produce
large, structural components for the high horse power marine seg- ment, and other segments such as automotive. “This new state-of-the-art
According to a news release, Mercury Marine has now invested more than $800 million in R&D and manufacturing expansion at its Fond du Lac campus since 2009.
Muskegon Castings Operates After Fire Muskegon Castings (Muskeg-
on, Michigan) is operating after a March fi re. According to a report from
aluminuminsider.com, Mus- kegon Castings has moved to multiple buildings in the area. The report said the company’s building was destroyed, but all 40 employees who were pres-
casting machine on our cam- pus gives us the opportunity to continue to drive growth for the business,” said John Pfeifer, president, Mercury Marine. “This investment is one of many mile- stones on Mercury’s investment journey to support our customers now and into the future.” ■
ent were unharmed. Muskegon Castings, the report
said, is still supplying its main client Subaru. “We are blessed with the fact
we have four other facilities in the area, and we were able to get in after the fire and pull out and remove all the tooling for our customers,” said John Essex, CEO
of parent company Port City Group.
Essex told aluminuminsider.
com that the company didn’t know if it would rebuild on the same site. “We have some floor space
we could utilize at the other facilities,” Essex said. “We’re still weighing our options on build- ing” a replacement plant.” ■
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