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Chromalloy Completes Transition Into New $27-Million Investment Casting Facility Turbine parts manufacturer Chro-
malloy, Orangeburg, N.Y., has tran- sitioned its Tampa, Fla., investment casting operation into a new $27 mil- lion facility. The new plant, which was begun in
May and in full production by Oct. 21, represents a divergence in strategy for Chromalloy. The OEM announced in Spring 2009 it would invest $16.5 mil- lion in improving its former investment casting operation. “We were approved to expand the
existing facility, which is 124 miles from this one,” said Tom Trotter, the facility’s general manager. “But as we started to prepare that facility for the expansion, [we realized] it was a tired building and none of the equipment was in the proper sequence of flow.” According to Trotter, the new plant
has allowed Chromalloy to install the proper continuous flow arrangement, upgrade the shell molding line and automate selectively, as well as increase capacity threefold. “People tend to over-automate or
under-automate,” he said. “We auto- mated the parts of the process that are subject to significant human variation.
Chromalloy calls its new facility one of the most advanced investment casting plants in the country.
In shell manufacturing, we have taken the automation another step. That is an area where superior control is re- ally important.” Trotter said the new 115,200-sq.-ft.
facility would be capable of pouring up to 1 million lbs. of nickel- and co- balt-based castings (primarily blades and vanes for high-heat aerospace (continued on page 16)
ThyssenKrupp Waupaca Announces $36.5 Million Investment, New Jobs ThyssenKrupp Waupaca, Waupaca,
Wis., announced it will invest $36.5 mil- lion in equipment upgrades to expand capacity at its 480,000 sq.-ft. Tell City, Ind., plant and add 160 new jobs by the end of 2012. The investment is expected to be
used over the next four years for the completion of a melt center cupola dehumidification project, automation improvements, landfill additions and the replacement of an existing mold- ing line. Hiring at the plant is already underway for equipment operators, maintenance technicians and produc- tion workers. ThyssenKrupp Waupaca is a verti-
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cal molding facility producing gray, ductile and compacted graphite iron castings and serving the automotive, off-highway, commercial vehicle, ma- terial handling and industrial markets. The company employs about 2,700 people in its metalcasting facilities, including plants in Tell City, Marinette, Wis., Etowah, Tenn., and three in Wau- paca, Wis. To assist the investment at Tell City,
the Indiana Economic Development Corp. offered ThyssenKrupp Waupaca up to $1.55 million in performance- based tax credits in return for the job creation plans. Perry County (where the plant is located) will consider additional
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property tax abatement at the request of the Perry County Development Corp. “We are extremely grateful to [Indi-
ana] Gov. [Mitch] Daniels and the Indi- ana Economic Development Corp. for their tremendous support of Thyssen- Krupp Waupaca,” said Gary Gigante, the metalcasting company’s president and chief executive officer. “Tell City, Perry County and the state of Indi- ana have been outstanding partners throughout our history. The support provided by the governor and his en- tire team will ensure that we continue to grow our operations and remain an integral part of the Indiana economy for many years to come.”
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