INDUSTRY NEWS
Waupaca Earns Community Awards The Waupaca Area Chamber of
Commerce has named Waupaca Foundry Inc., Waupaca, Wis., “Large Business of the Year” for 2013. Qualifying companies must be in business for five or more years, have more than 20 employees, provide community service and enrich life in the community. Waupaca Foundry is the larg- est employer in the area with 1,620 people in the Waupaca county region and 2,070 employees at plants in Marinette, Wis., Tell City, Ind., and Etowah, Tenn. Te company operates three production facilities in Waupaca County and employs residents in roles including management, administra- tion, metallurgy and gray iron casting production. Te county has had a metalcasting facility in continuous operation since 1871. Residents of the Waupaca County region also voted Waupaca Foundry
Waupaca Foundry makes gray and ductile iron components like this engine bed plate.
the “Best Place to Work” based on a poll taken by local publications owned by Multi-Media Channels. “We’re proud of the hardworking,
skilled workers in the region,” said Joey Leonard, vice president, human resources, Waupaca Foundry. “Our goal is to provide dedicated employees
High School Brings Metalcasting to GEMS Magma Foundry Technologies Inc., Schaumburg,
Ill., participated in the 2013 GEMS (girls in engi- neering, mathematics and science) conference for 5th and 6th graders held February 9 at Conant High School in Schaumburg. The goal was to educate young female students about careers in these fields, and introduce the students to female role models from the industry. Magma’s Deepika Gaddam and Shelly Dutler met with the students to raise awareness and educate them about metalcasting. They discussed their hands on experience from working in metalcasting and cast-
with high quality employment and in return, their loyalty has helped us real- ize extremely low turnover throughout the years.” Waupaca Foundry Inc. produces gray and ductile iron castings for the auto- motive, commercial vehicle, agriculture, construction and industrial markets.
ing design along with utilizing casting process simulation to explain the casting process. The girls were fascinated to see the things they use in
day to day life that were castings and took an interest in how the castings were made. The parents learned about the career path Gaddam
and Dutler took that lead them to work in the metalcast- ing industry.
Deepika Gaddam explains how casting process simulation relates to metalcasting.
Shelly Dutler discusses her career path into metalcasting. April 2013 MODERN CASTING | 11
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