One manufacturer who is not worried about the cost of credit is Brian Cooke, chairman of Castings, a West Midlands-based maker of specialised metal parts for the truck industry. Unlike many, he has eschewed borrowing over the years, preferring to invest in plant and machinery using purely the cash income from selling products. Castings also has shunned calls to make large acquisitions that would have pushed…

The 5 th IFF in Vienna closed with a lot of positive impressions. New and strong contacts, challenges, solutions and prospects in an tense situation of economy. Basically the branch is realistic and optimistic if it´s possible to surrender the increasing changes efficiently. Further there´s high potential in China, India and Brazil. Russia is opening it´s own perspectives, while North-America is trying to…

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Please pay attention to the upcoming highlight in metallurgical and foundry industry in Turkey – Ankiros / Annofer / Turkcast 2008 . For more than 15 years ANKIROS / ANNOFER / Turkcast is the leading event in Turkey and Eurasia. This year more than 780 exhibitors are welcoming their guests from all over the world. Besides B2B contacts two concurrent congresses will provide an…

Russland verfügt mit seinem rasanten Marktwachstum im Bereich der metallverarbeitenden Industrie über einen enormen Bedarf an Anlagen für die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette. Auch Induktionsöfen sind davon nicht ausgenommen. Und so kommt es, dass die FS-Induktionsöfen von ABP mit fast 20 verkauften Anlagen innerhalb kurzer Zeit zu einem regelrechten Verkaufsschlager geworden sind. Die Induktionsöfen der…

DETROIT – General Motors Corp.’s treasurer said Wednesday that the automaker is planning to put its Strasbourg, France, manufacturing operation and its Hummer truck brand up for sale, and it may announce more asset sales later this year. Company Treasurer Walter Borst said in a slide presentation at the Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference that the company expects to distribute marketing materials for…

Aluminium Federation of Southern Africa (Afsa) executive director Mark Krieg says the aluminium foundry sector has declined by 40% over the last five years, while the wrought aluminium sector is growing steadily by about 7% a year. He partially attributes the decline in the foundry industry to government’s support of the export of scrap under the open trade philosophy. Krieg says other countries have been…

LAPORTE, IN — Despite the recent downturn in the economy, some local businesses aren't doing badly at all. In fact, they're thriving. Officials at Aero Metal Castings in LaPorte say they’ve hired more workers to keep up with demand from buyers overseas. And city officials say other local exporters are doing the same. The reason: a weak U.S. dollar. It's making U.S. exports more competitive in the world…

Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited pleaded guilty and was fined $100,000 in the Ontario Court of Justice in connection with a Windsor worker who was injured May 13, 2006. Court heard that a worker suffered burns while operating a skid steer loader in the melting department of Ford's Windsor Casting Plant, a Ministry of Labour press release said. The worker was moving foundry debris after it had fallen…

Teil 1: Einsparungen durch den Einsatz moderner Ofentechnik, Senkung des Mehrverbrauchs durch richtige Fahr- und Betriebsweise Der tatsächliche Energieverbrauch beim Einsatz von Mittelfrequenztiegelöfen zum Schmelzen und Warmhalten von Metallen wird, wie bei jedem anderen Industrieofen auch, zum einen von der jeweiligen Anlagentechnik und zum anderen von den konkreten Einsatzbedingungen und der Betriebs-…