INDUSTRY NEWS NEWSCAST Chesterland, Ohio-based Fair-


mount Santrol, formerly Fairmount Minerals, has made its initial public offering of 25 million shares of com- mon stock on the New York Stock Exchange. Te company’s new name reflects the combined Fairmount Minerals and Santrol brand names. Fairmount Santrol provides sand and sand-based products used by oil and gas exploration and production com- panies to enhance the productivity of their wells. Te company also supplies the metalcasting, building products, water filtration, glass, and sports/ recreation markets. Its global logis- tics include a network of distribution terminals and rail cars.


Toshiba Machine Company Amer-


ica has opened its first service center in Mexico. Located in Puerto Interior, Silao, Guanajuato, the facility will offer local service and support to injection molding and diecasting customers in the country. Te office’s location in the Nippon Express Guanajuato Logistics Center business and industrial hub in central Mexico puts it in close proxim- ity to major manufacturers and a variety of transportation options. Toshiba Machine offers injection molding sys- tems, diecasting machines and machine tools, controls, precision machinery and hydraulic equipment.


FATA Aluminum LLC, Auburn


Hills, Mich., with companies in the U.S., Italy and Mexico, supplies the global market with automated casting systems for cylinder heads, blocks, pistons and sand regeneration. It has launched a cooperation with Eco Sand, a leading company in the Brazil- ian market for nobake systems, sand handling and reclamation systems. Te target is to develop the market for sand regeneration through a flexible agreement that allows Eco Sand to utilize FATA Aluminum Technology to localize all the manufacturing of the sand regeneration equipment for the nobake systems and develop, in partnership, the equipment for green sand regeneration.


November 2014 MODERN CASTING | 15 Al-Fe Heat Treating, Fort


Wayne, Ind., has added glycol quenching to its list of NADCAP- accredited aluminum heat treat ser- vices in its Wadsworth, Ohio, plant, expanding the heat treating options for customers in the automotive,


military and aerospace industries. Glycol quenching reportedly has benefits over heat treating par- ticularly when used with aluminum parts, because it allows for precise control over quenching speeds, reducing downtime and scrap.


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