Nelcast, producer of superior quality castings announced on Monday, September 15, that it has acquired 51% stake in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab based Pritika Group of companies. The company had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the same on Saturday, September 13. Pritika Group is a renowned organization in tractor and automotive industry. It provides excellence in field of precision…

One of the West Midlands’ oldest foundries is hosting the regional launch of Heritage Open Days 2008 the country’s celebration of architecture, history and culture. With an exciting mix of molten metal , intense noise and sparks, Chamberlin & Hill Castings , in Walsall, is not so different to the foundries which made the Black Country famous during Britain’s industrial heyday. It is normally off-limits to…

ICG Castings Inc., which includes aluminum die-casting and machining operations in Dowagiac and Bridgman, has begun to wind down operations with a tentative closure date of Dec. 31, 2008. Despite the company's attempts to expand its operations in recent years, sales projections related to the expansion of the company have not materialized. The company was engaged in a turnaround process, but faced…

Sheffield Forgemasters is to repeat engineering history by creating two 340 tonne castings for which will be used in some of the world’s largest mechanical forging presses. Forgemasters made engineering history in 2005 with the casting of a forging press traverse for SMS Meer, on behalf of Austrian company Böhler Schmiedetechnik GmbH & Co. This weighed 340 tonnes and was the largest steel casting made in…

Die Georg Fischer AG & Co in Singen, eine Konzerngesellschaft der Georg Fischer AG, Schaffhausen (Schweiz), verkauft alle Kapitalanteile an der Georg Fischer Verkehrstechnik GmbH, Singen (D) an die SAF-HOLLAND S.A. (Luxemburg). Der Verkauf erfolgt im Zuge der Fokussierung von GF Automotive auf das Kerngeschäft Automobilguss. Die Georg Fischer Verkehrstechnik produziert und vertreibt Sattelkupplungen und…

San Jose, CA - Catalog Data Solutions (CDS), a leading provider of online solutions for industrial suppliers, announced that Charlotte Pipe and Foundry has selected its Online Catalog and CAD Download solution to present and download AutoCAD MEP CAD models online. Charlotte Pipe and Foundry is a maker of cast iron and plastic pipe and fittings. 'Adding a digitally searchable catalog and CAD Downloads to our…

Article also available in The fair should generate 400 million in business in up to one year after the event More than 20 thousand people visited the booths of the 400 exhibitors at the sixth Metalurgia - International Trade Show Metalurgia of Technology for Foundry, Siderurgy, Forging, Aluminum and Services. There was an increase of 20% in the number of visitors from other states, compared to the previous…

Das kompakte Trockeneistrahlgerät verfügt über ein handliches Einschlauchsystem und zeichnet sich insbesondere durch seine Leichtigkeit (nur 47 kg), sein praktisches Design und seinen niedrigen Luftverbrauch aus. Der ASCOJET 908 ist die ideale Lösung, wenn leichtes Handling an oberster Stelle steht. Nachfolgend einige der neuen Eigenschaften: Leicht und kompakt Einfach und bequem zu manövrieren Niedriger…

The Polish government intends to sell 85% of LUMEL, the biggest local producer of automation equipment located in Zielona Góra, Poland. Lumel was established in 1953. Presently the company is the biggest Polish producer of measurement and automation equipment and is also in present in the field of precise aluminum pressure castings . Additionally, Lumel acquired a significant position in local EMS sector…