INDUSTRY NEWS


Magna Announces New Aluminum Casting Facility in United Kingdom Magna International Inc., Aurora,


Ontario, Canada, announced it will build a new aluminum casting facility in Telford, United Kingdom. Te plant will be approximately 225,000 sq. ft. and create up to 295 jobs when at full capacity. According to a news release, the


facility will support Jaguar Land Rover. Construction is expected to begin later this year, and production is ex- pected to start in 2018. Te facility will use high pressure


vacuum diecasting to produce alumi- num castings.


NEWSCAST Epcor Foundry, Cincinnati,


a division of Seilkop Industries, announced it has recently installed a combination dry hearth and wet bath aluminum melting furnace from Te Schaefer Group, Dayton, Ohio. Te gas-fired furnace delivers degassed and filtered metal to the casting line, and the end opposite the dry hearth has a degassing unit and a filter with two electric elements in the ladle well end of the furnace to maintain temperature stability dur- ing production.


Te Flowserve metalcasting facil-


ity in Dayton, Ohio, has closed. Te casting operations began at the site in 1912. Another location run by the


PERSONALS


Matthew J. Fetter has been named CEO of Metal Technologies Inc., Auburn, Indiana. “Matt Fetter has been a key leader of our company since it began and this is a recognition of his valuable contributions to our growth and industry-leading stature,” said Rick L. James, chairman, MTI. “Matt’s promotion is part of the succession plan we have in place to assure our custom- ers, employees and suppliers that MTI will remain a strategic partner with them for years to come.”


same company also in Dayton was not impacted by the decision on the plant.


Constellation Enterprises LLC,


the parent company of Columbus Castings, Columbus, Ohio, has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to a news release, Con- stellation said it has a letter of intent from a potential buyer to maintain operations. “If consummated, the buyer in- tends to preserve Columbus’ continu- ing ability to service its customer base as well as infuse significant capital into the company,” the company said in the statement. “A successful sale will allow Columbus to emerge from


OBITUARIES Doug Adams died May 3, 2016


in Merrimack, New Hampshire. He was 72. Adams worked as a design engineer for Bronze Craft, Nashua, New Hampshire, from 1962-2006. Harold T. Hoak died May 4,


2016 in West Allis, Wisconsin. He was 91. In 1993, Hoak retired as vice president, administration of Motor Castings Co., Milwaukee, to cap a long career in the metalcasting in- dustry that began in 1942. In 1979, Hoak became the vice president,


manufacturing at Motor Castings. He was a past president of the Quad City and Wisconsin chapters, and was awarded the AFS Service Citation in 2009.


Donald L. Wheeler died May


17, 2016. He was 89. Wheeler was president of Marengo Foundry Corp., Marengo, Illinois, from 1953-2006. Carl Metzloff died May 19,


2016. He was 84. Metzloff was a professor for FEF and was awarded the AFS Service Citation.


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this process with substantially less debt and the much needed fresh investment capital.”


B&L Systems, Bridgman, Michi-


gan, announced it has been selected as the enterprise resource planning (ERP) company for ADC LLC, Elk Grove Village, Illinois; Auto-Cast Inc., Grandville, Michigan; and Dia- mond Castings & Machine Com- pany Inc., Hollis, New Hampshire.


Apollo International Limited,


Haryana, India, announced it will be opening a metalcasting facility in the Syrian province of Hama. Te facility will be located 130 miles (210 KM) north of Damascus.


Magna announced it will build a new aluminum casting facility in the United Kingdom.


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