INDUSTRY NEWS
NEWSCAST Elkem has acquired Minex Metal-
lurgical Co. Ltd, a provider of special- ity alloys. Elkem AS is a supplier of special ferrosilicon to the steel industry. Niagara Investment Castings (St.
Catharines, Ontario, Canada) an- nounced it has been accredited with the
Controlled Good Directive certifica- tion. Te Controlled Goods Program (CGP) is a registration and compliance program that regulates access to con- trolled goods, including International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) items, in Canada.
StrikoWestofen has established a
new office in Querétaro, Mexico. Since September 2016, StrikoWestofen has provided customers with addi- tional local support in the latest furnace technology. Arturo Dávalos has been appointed as general manager of the newly formed company. Palmer Manufacturing & Sup-
ply (Springfield, Ohio), a producer of nobake equipment manufacturing, announced it has purchased Klein Technology Group (Springfield, Ohio). Te entire Klein line will be added to the Palmer equipment line. In honor of its 115th anniversary, Midvale Industries (St. Louis) has launched a new website commemo- rating the company’s history and its future commitment to the industries that it serves. BuhlerPrince (Holland, Michi- gan) has delivered the centerpiece of an advanced diecasting cell to Blue Ridge Community College’s (Wey- ers Cave, Virginia) South Eastern Advanced Molding Technology Center (SAMTEC). The Bühler Evolution 42 real-time controlled diecasting machine is awaiting the installation of the other work cell components. CAN-ENG Furnaces Inter-
national Limited (Niagara Falls, New York) has been contracted by a European developer of lightweight- ing thin-walled automotive structural castings to design, manufacture and commission an automated T7 heat treatment system for the processing of high-integrity aluminum automotive structural castings. B&L Information Systems
(Bridgman, Michigan) has recently been selected by Cushman Foundry (Cincinnati) as its Enterprise Re- source Planning (ERP) of choice. Whitechapel Bell Foundry (Lon-
don) announced it will be closing in May. Whitechapel made Big Ben and the Liberty Bell. Alliance Castings Co. (Alliance,
Ohio) will be idling its plant in late January or early February, according to local reports. Te move will lead to layoffs of over 400 employees.
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