INDUSTRY NEWS
Clarksville Foundry Casts Replica of Civil War Cannon Clarksville Foundry (Clarksville,
Tennessee) cast a replica of a Civil War cannon that was donated to Montgomery County (Tennessee) by the area’s Rotary Club. The cannon was produced based on drawings of a Model 1841 6-Pounder Field Gun. In May, it was fired at the Mont- gomery County Courthouse. “We always felt like (we) needed another one here on the court house lawn,” said Billie Ruth Nannery, ac- cording to the Leaf-Chronicle. Clarksville Foundry president
Charles Foust Jr. spearheaded the project. “The cannon project was appeal-
ing for a number of reasons,” Foust said, according to
Clarksvilleonline.com. “It allows us to showcase our
company’s capabilities in a form that has generated tremendous commu- nity and regional interest.”
The cannon was produced based on drawings of a Model 1841 6-Pounder Field Gun, and in May it was fired at the Montgomery County Courthouse.
Sakthi Opens New Facility in Portugal
Sakthi has opened a linear nodu-
lar iron foundry in Agueda, Portugal. The facility was opened in Febru-
ary after a construction period of 11 months. It employs 135 people and will complement the Sakthi facility in Maia, Portugal.
Te Agueda plant is part of a
growth plan Sakthi Portugal is calling “Butterfly.” Te program was launched in 2014, and according to a company news release, the overall investment will surpass $112 million by the time it reaches its planned conclusion in 2020. Butterfly is expected to produce 1,500 jobs directly, and 10,000 indirectly.
The Agueda facility is over 65,000 sq. ft and includes a linear production unit. The cooling line is 282 ft. long. The company says more than 20 engineers and 100 other work- ers have been training in Maia and Agueda in order to integrate the new team at the facility.
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