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Via Asti, 67/bis
10026 Santena (TO)
Italy
Telephone +39 011 94 96 148
Fax +39 011 94 93 510
Email emanuele.difranco(at)2aspa.com
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US - Italian company expanding Auburn die-casting foundry expanding in $15M project
2a: Passione per la tecnologia
2a: Technological Passion in High Pressure Diecasting
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Schönblick 17
73635 Rudersberg
Germany
AKMETAL Metallurgical Ind. Corp.
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Tepeören Mah. Eski Ankara Asfaltı Cad. No : 236
34959 Tuzla-Istanbul
Turkey
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AKMETAL Metallurgical Ind. Corp
AlCuMet Precision Investment Castings
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3 Planeview Drive
03053 Londonderry
United States
Alucast
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Western Way
WS10 7BW Wednesbury, West Midlands, England
United Kingdom
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UK - Alucast looks to build on £1m of Electrification Wins by joining new Cluster
UK - ALUCAST RECEIVE NEW £2.25M MACHINE SHOP AND CASTING INVESTMENT
Arizzi Fonderie San Giorgio S.p.A.
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Via Partigiani, 27
24021 Albino (BG)
Italy
Telephone +39 035 752143
Fax +39 035 755235
Email arizzi(at)arizzifonderie.com
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Foundry of the Week - Arizzi Fonderie San Giorgio S.p.A.
AS-casting s.r.o.
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Volgogradská 150 460 10 Liberec 10
Czech Republic
Telephone +42 0485 105 598
Email inquiry(at)as-casting.cz
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The history of the company dates back to 1990, when it was established the first foundry ALUPRESS by František Svobodník with only Czech capital. From the beginning, the company focused on the production and processing of die-cast aluminum alloy. On the history of the brand we have again established and in 2009 founded company Alupress Ltd..
In 2001 our company has restored foundry activity not only with the contribution of many years of experience. Was purchased modern technology, the acquisition of major domestic and foreign customers and quality staffing will allow us to once again achieve a solid position on the Czech market and abroad.
THE PRESENT
At the moment our focus is primarily on the die-casting aluminum for the electronics, automotive and transport industries, machining and grinding. Our customers are both domestic and foreign companies. Our company in the domestic market occupies an important position not only in its modern technological equipment, but also personnel background with years of experience in area of foundry industry, and machinig.
Permanent training of our employees and increase their expertise ensures our company's long-term stable position on market.
Processes in our company are managed according to ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001 certification.
ALUMINIUM DIE CASTING & CNC MACHINING
DIE CASTING
Foundry Alupress has long experience in die casting and machining of aluminum castings. We offer our customers complete support from design to final completion of high-quality aluminum castings cast under pressure. As a leading manufacturer of aluminum castings are delivered successfully leading renowned brands from both the electrical and automotive industry.
Tools for die casting and cutting tools are carried out in cooperation with external companies with whom we have been cooperating for many years.
MACHINING, FINISHING
Machining schop provides another level of finishing of aluminum castings according to customer requirements. The manufacturing program is focused on series production. We work with Al castings from our own foundry, from external foundries and also production from the metallurgical semi especially pipes and rods (steel, copper alloys etc.). We provide service from the demand to the final product.
Clamping tools and tools provided in cooperation with our external suppliers.
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Ascent Castings Technologies
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Sector no 10, plot no 24c, PCNTDA, Bhosari
411026 Pune
India
Asia Pearlite Casting Industries co. (API)
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14, 6th St. Daroopakhsh Ave. 17 Karaj Special Road.
1397136633 Tehran
Iran
Telephone +98 21 44 99 34 60
Fax +98 21 88 60 38 06
Email info(at)apicasting.com
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Atlantis Foundries (PTY) LTD.
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P.O. Box 1701
7350 Dassenberg, South Africa
Telephone +27 (0)21 573 7200
Email af-info(at)atlantisfoundries.com
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Foundry of the Week: Atlantis Foundries
AY Döküm Makina San. A.S.
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Org. San Bölg. Dökümcüler Sitesi 3.Sk No:35-37 Sincan
TR 06935 ANKARA
Turkey
Telephone + 90 312 267 04 57/4
Fax + 90 312 267 04 56
Email akadipinar(at)aydokum.com
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Ay Dokum Machine Industry and Trade Inc. Co. is one of the leading companies in Turkey carrying it's success forward abroad with guality service approach offered to customers. Ay Dokum ownes two separate foundries and one machining shop. It has an annual capacity of 20.000 tons gray and nodular iron casting of which 5.000 tons served as machined.
First Foundry : Weights of parts produced range from 25 to 250 kg. There are 2 cupola furnaces, 2 induction furnaces and 3 couples of moulding machines. The primary productions include tractor front and rear ballasts and front weight supports. Furthermore, tractor front axle supports, reducer gear boxes, etc. are manufactured.
This foundry produces only gray iron parts.
Second Foundry : Weights of parts produced range from 5 to 150 kg. There are 3 induction furnaces, HWS full automatic moulding line and one couple of conventional moulding machine. The primary productions include gearboxes, engine and generator flywheels, engine flywheel housings, wind turbine and various transmission parts.
This foundry produces nodular and gray iron parts.
Machining : It has an annual capacity of 5.000 tons with CNC horizontal-vertical machining centers, CNC lathes, and other conventional and auxiliary machines. The machined parts are measured in accordance with the quality control plans with a 900x1200x800 mm CMM.
Products:
- Tractor Group
- Ballast Group
- Supports
- Others
- Industry Group
- Agricultural Machinery
- Engine Parts
- Gearboxes
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Baettr Sales & Services A/S Smed Hansens Vej 27
6940 Lem
Denmark
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DK - Global Castings changes company name to Baettr
Blackhawk de México, S.A.
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Carretera Villa de García Km. 2.5 1-A
66350 Santa Catarina, Nuevo León México
Mexico
Telephone 52 818 151 0300
Fax 52 818 151 0305
Email ventas(at)blackhawk.com.mx
Representatives Worldwide
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Foundry of the Week - Blackhawk de Mexico, S.A.
Interview with Mr. Patricio Gil, CEO of Blackhawk Mexico and New President of the American Foundry Society
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Blackhawk de México, S.A., a ductile and gray iron foundry with the capability to produce casting parts from 5 to 400 kg in Green Sand and No Bake molding lines, serves clients mainly for the North American market. The company sells its products directly to OEMs and component manufacturers, and employs about 350 people.
In recent years, Blackhawk de México has increased its sales volume with clients like Sisamex, Meritor, John Deere, Case New Holland, CLAAS, CAT, Oshkosh and Ingersoll Rand. At the same time, the company has developed the capacity to supply its clients with high value-added finished products using internal resources as well as external suppliers.
The company’s main production unit is located in Villa de Garcia, NL, near Monterrey with a total annual capacity of 37,500 metric tons including both plants. The production lines are designed to produce small and medium sized batches in an efficient way and with low-cost structure. The plant has full testing capability and is certified in ISO-9001 and TS-16949.
Blackhawk is able to produce rough castings or castings with value-added operations such as machining, painting, heat treatment, and sub-assemblies mainly for the following markets:
• Heavy and light trucks
• Agricultural and construction equipment and tractors
• Material handling
• Hydraulics
• Air conditioning and vacuum compressors.
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664, chemin St-Odile
G5N 1X3 Rimouski (Qc)
Kanada
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BSL Casting - specialization
Cast Metals Federation
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NMC, 47 Birmingham Road
B70 6PY West Bromwich
England
Telephone +44 (0) 121 601 6397
Fax +44 (0) 121 601 6391
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CHANGES AT THE HELM OF THE EUROPEAN FOUNDRY ASSOCIATION AS THE INDUSTRY RECOGNISES ITS IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE ‘GREEN REVOLUTION’
CASTcon 2020 - POSTPONED
UK Casting Industry Census shows industry growth - but challenges remain
ÇEMAŞ DÖKÜM SANAYİ A.Ş.
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Ankara asfaltı 12.km.
40100 KIRŞEHİR
Turkey
Telephone +90 386 234 80 80
Fax +90 386 234 83 49
Email info(at)cemas.com.tr
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Foundry of the Week - Çemaş Döküm
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CEMAS, founded in 1976, is a publicly-traded corporation and supplies cast parts products to many local and international Clients in automotive, white goods and machinery industries. CEMAS is also an approved and long-term grinding media balls supplier of many prominent global, regional and local cement and mining companies in Eurasian markets.
Our Mission
To be a quality and value oriented, environmentally friendly, reliable, efficient and profitable organization in all fields of activity of our company with the participation and support of all employees.
Our Vision
To reach the national and international leader position with the product quality, service and added value we offer.
Our general catalogue can be downloaded and reviewed HERE and includes details about our four (two vertical (480x600x350 mm), two horizontal (480x600x350 mm & 600x800x250+250 mm) lines, quality documents, machining shop and machinery park, x-ray machine, visuals of parts supplied to our Clients in automotive, white goods, machinery, cement and mining industries, etc. Our plant will have a considerably larger production capacity when our new horizontal line is going to be put into service in 2021.
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Consumer category groups and application rangeAutomobile industry (road vehicles)
Cestaro Fonderie Spa
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Via dell'artigianato 34
36050 Bressanvido (Vicenza)
Italy
Telephone +39 0444 460400
Fax +39 0444 460460
Email info(at)fonderiecestaro.it
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Foundry of the Week: Cestaro Fonderie Spa
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Martinrea International Inc. Announces Strategic Relationship with Millison Die Casting
Foundry of the week - Substantial Achievements of Millison Internationalization Strategy
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Chongqing Yujiang casting Limited is a company mainly engaged in precision parts related to high-tech enterprises. Since the inception of the company to efficient management, large-scale production and relying on advanced technology and advantages, in the fierce market competition in the rapid development, now has developed into a set of precision metal parts R & D, production and sales as one of the well-known enterprises.
Venture nineteen years, Yu Jiang Ren to the attitude of humility, with tenacious perseverance and faith, stand on solid ground, forge ahead, be casting a strong industry.
Accession to the WTO ten years, Yu Jiang Ren with wise thinking, grasp historical opportunity, hard work dedication, cooperate with absolute sincerity, make concerted efforts, for the sustainable development of enterprises and lay a good foundation. Looking to the future, full of opportunity and challenge. We will keep the entrepreneurial passion and rigorous, pioneering and innovative, forge ahead, Jiang Yu evergreen.
Chongqing Yujiang casting Limited company founded in 1992, the group has 3 subsidiaries, 1 joint venture companies, more than 5600 employees, the plant covers an area of 330000 square meters, the plant covers an area of 220000 square meters, fixed assets of 1300000000 yuan (about 190000000 dollars ), with domestic and foreign advanced equipment more than 1300 Taiwan (sets ), with an annual output of more than 7 tons of aluminum alloy die-casting products production capacity and mechanical processing with an annual output of more than 8000 pieces of all kinds of aluminum alloy parts of the production capacity, is the set design, development, aluminum alloy die-casting, machining, surface treatment, mold design and manufacturing as one integrated private enterprises.
Jiang Yu in recent years the introduction of modern management experience, pioneering spirit, innovation, entrepreneurship, always put the group reputation in the first place, both in the use of new technology to improve product performance, improve product quality, or in the after sale service, have made unremitting efforts, won the majority of users of the same praise.
In the fierce market development, our goal is to join hands with their peers, to become first-class technology, superior quality of precision machinery and accessories professional providers.
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Level 5, 828 Pacific Highway
NSW 2072 Gordon
Australia
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CQMS Razer opens Maryborough doors to say thank you
Cranfield Foundry
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14, Partizanski Odredi Blvd, Entrance 1, Floor 3, Locale 2
1000 Skopje
North Macedonia
Telephone +389 2 307 5007
Email info(at)cfoundry.com
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Cranfield Foundry Celebrates the “First Pour” and “Grand Opening” at its new Cast Iron Foundry in Probishtip, Republic of North Macedonia
Cranfield Foundry begins construction of new facility in The Republic of Macedonia
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Foundry of the Week: Dalian Yaming Automobile Parts Co., LTD
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Emek Mah. Aşıroğlu Cad. No:147
41700 Darıca / Kocaeli
Turkey
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Demisaş a Pioneer in Turkey
Mevcutta bir Sipariş Yüküyle
DGS Druckguss Systeme AG
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Industriestrasse 10
CH-9015 St.Gallen
Switzerland
Telephone +41 (0) 71 313 88 88
Fax +41 (0) 71 313 88 00
Email info(at)dgs-druckguss.com
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Foundry of the Week - DGS DruckgussSysteme AG
Dotson Iron Castings
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200 West Rock Street
56001 Mankato, MN
USA
Telephone +1 507-345-5018
Fax +1 507-345-1270
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Dotson Iron Castings helps convert the Trip Arm from a 5-piece fabrication to a single-piece casting
US - New CEO, president appointed at Dotson Iron Castings
We are Agile. We are Dotson.
DRUSTVO LIVARJEV SLOVENIJE
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Lepi pot 6, p.p. 424
1001 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Telephone +386 (0)1 252 24 88
Fax +386 (0)1 426 99 34
Email drustvo.livarjev(at)siol.net
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Mirjam Jan-Blazic further on leading the Slovenian Foundrymen Society
Edelstahlwerke Schmees GmbH Pirna-Copitz
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Basteistr.60
01796 Pirna-Copitz
Germany
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Edelstahl aus Langenfeld glänzt in New York
Stainless Steel from Germany Shines in New York
Eisengiesserei Baumgarte GmbH
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Duisburger Str. 35
33647 Bielefeld
Germany
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Cooperation between General Kinematics and Cyrus
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Ekstrametal Döküm Izaba ve Mak.San.Tic.Ltd.Şti.
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1. OSB Büyük Timur Caddesi No:1
Sincan/Ankara
Turkey
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Foundry of the Week - Ekstrametal Döküm
Eletro Aço Altona S/A
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Rua Engº Paul Werner, 925
89030-900 Blumenau/SC
Brazil
Telephone 55 47 3321 7788
Email vendas(at)altona.com.br
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Foundry of the Week: ELECTRO AÇO ALTONA S/A
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Based in Southern Brazil in the city Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Electro Aço Altona is a global benchmark for the steel casting industry. ALTONA is one of the major companies of the steel foundry segment and is the longest continuously operating steel foundry in South America. Founded in 1924, in the next years ALTONA will complete 100 years of production.
The company core business is dedicated to casting and machining steel and alloy components. Our focus is supplying semi-finished and finished parts to our customers
ALTONA´s production processes are designed by continuous improvement concepts and this is part of our competitive advantages to assure best solutions for our customers.
The company has an installed and proven capacity of more than 1,400 t/month of machined and finished parts. coupled with its technology, process diversification, certifications and flexibility. Altona is able to produce a diversified range of alloys like:
-> Carbon and low alloy steels for structural components;
-> Steels and alloys resistant to abrasion;
-> Steels and alloys resistant to high temperatures,
-> Steels and alloys resistant to corrosion,
-> Alloyed irons;
-> Special alloys and super alloys;
-> Duplex and Superduplex.
ALTONA operates two business units:
– One unit producing repetitive components for Machinery and Construction Equipment, Heavy Transport, Agriculture Machinery and Railway;
– One unit for jobbing components for Power Generation, Mining, Oil and Gas, Machinery and Industrial Equipement, Valves, Pumps, Compressors and Turbines and Dredging.
ALTONA works to stay ahead of market requirements, seeking improvements in its production systems and technologies to maintain our position as a global supplier.
The result of our efforts is our growing presence in the global market. ALTONA exports directly up to 25 countries, supplying parts for more than 16 different business segments.
During the years, Altona remains focused on its values:
- Dignity
- Transparency
- Respect for people and the environment
- Commitment
- Safety
With our focus, dedication, values and performance we have earned the respect and confidence of our customers.
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Transforming materials in specific products through the fusion of steel, in molding of sand, handling in accordance with the specifications and finish by the machining process: that is the job of the Electro Aço Altona.
Always striving for excellence in the solution of steel molten and special alloys, Electro Aço Altona takes into account the aspects of processing and application, through the rational use of raw materials, secondary materials and its recyclable materials. And with all this work and care, giving shape to world-class products, always meeting the market requirements and seeking.
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14 rue Louis Deneux
80490 Hallencourt
France
Telephone +33 3 22 28 20 50
Fax +33 3 22 28 60 63
Email ecordier(at)favi.com
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Foundry of the Week: FAVI
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An innovative partner with comprehensive know‐how
FAVI is a French company that designs and manufactures industrial solutions revolving around die‐casting.
The company, which employs more than 300 people today, develops and manufactures technical parts and complete subsets for many different sectors such as the automobile industry, aeronautics, industry, health, agriculture, electricity…
FAVI offers its customers high productivity brought by the pressure die casting process itself but also by fully automated machining and assembly operations.
In the automotive area, FAVI is a Tier 1 equipment supplier, recognized at a European level by manufacturers such as PSA, Renault‐Nissan, Volkswagen, Audi and Fiat.
In collaboration with AFICA, a leading company in the refining industry, FAVI relies on more than 60 years of expertise in the development, use and industrialization of a wide range of copper and aluminum alloys, meeting most of the industrial requirements: alloys with high mechanical or corrosion resistance, UBA compliant brass, hard wearing aluminum alloy, etc… The company has already developed custom‐made alloys for specific requirements. For instance, FAVI proposes an antimicrobial brass that kills bacteria on the contact areas for the mhealth sector.
Granting high priority to quality, FAVI is naturally certified ISO 9001 and IATF 16 949. With key values such as innovation, agility and responsiveness, FAVI invests every year in mResearch & Development, in the industrial tool and in its collaborators to ensure that its customers receive the best quality products in response to their needs. FAVI’s objective? To offer its customers tailored and innovative solutions, particularly in terms of process, aiming for operational excellence and performance.
Feix Druckguss GmbH & Co. KG
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Gablonzer Ring 36
87600 Kaufbeuren
Germany
Fonderia di Torbole S.p.A.
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Via Travagliato, 18
25030 Torbole Casaglia (BS)
Italy
Telephone + 39 030 2159901
Fax + 39 030 2159964
Email segreteria(at)fonderiaditorbole.it
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EF GROUP - Foundry of the Week
EF GROUP - Foundry of the Week
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Fonderia di Torbole, founded in 1924, is a private joint-stock company located in Torbole Casaglia - 6 km West from Brescia.
The company develops, produces and sells high quality iron castings as well as machined parts for the Automotive market.
One of the most modern foundries in Europe with a quality system assessed in compliance to the higher automotive market standards, Fonderia di Torbole is the ideal partner for co-design and sub-supply activities both for car makers and system suppliers.
Fonderia di Torbole has recently completed an important investment plan completely renewing the plant, with vertical integration of the production process in order duly respond to market demands substantially increasing the supply of fully machined parts and as well as of R&D activities.
FONDERIA METAL LEGHE S.r.l.
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Via Moie n°445
24059 Urgnano (BG)
Italy
Telephone +39 035 4819475
Fax +39 035 890934
Email info(at)fonderiametalleghe.it
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Foundry of the Week - FONDERIA METAL LEGHE S.r.l. (since 1968)
Fritz Winter Eisengießerei GmbH & Co. KG
Contact
Albert-Schweitzer-Straße 15
35260 Stadtallendorf
Germany
Telephone +49 6428 78-6298
Fax +49 6428 78-776298
Email info(at)fritzwinter.de
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Fritz Winter Eisengießerei wird von Daimler den Supplier Award in der Kategorie Partnerschaft verleiht
Fritz Winter Eisengießerei receives Supplier Award from Daimler in the category ‘Partnership’
Fritz Winter Ribbon Cutting Event in Kentucky
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The Fritz Winter Foundry is supplier and partner for the global automotive, commercial vehicle and hydraulic industry. We develop and manufacture rough and finish part components as well as complex system components, increasingly in light-weight design also.
With our innovative production concepts which we continuously develop further, we provide already today the mobility of tomorrow. Our material basis is sustainable as we use recycled iron as raw material for our High-Tech products. The self-conception of our company has always been the protection of our environment and its resources.
As a solid medium-sized family-owned company, Fritz Winter today is counted among the biggest independent iron foundries worldwide.
FSE Group
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11 Swinborne Drive, Springwood Industrial Estate, Braintree
CM7 2YP Essex
United Kingdom
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Foundry of the Week: Happy Customers Make the Business World Very Rewarding
Fumbarri Durango S.A.
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Fumbarri was founded 1956. The early years Fumbarri based its activity in small-medium serial parts to several sectors. Later on, they specialized in bigger parts and it is in the 90s when they finally gain their well know position in automotive, mining and cement industry, printing, valves and machine tool all around Europe.
Based on the acquired experience, and helped by the new demands on sector like wind energy, nuclear energy o special machine constructors, Fumbarri places itself as a development partner for heavy castings, applying innovation to casting technologies
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Funderia Condals SA
Contact
Carretera Abrera-Manresa, Km.25
08241 Manresa, Barcelona
Spain
Telephone +34 938 72 02 66
Email finanzas(at)funcosa.es
Gedik Döküm ve Vana San. ve Tic. A.Ş.
Contact
Ankara Cd. No:306
34906 Seyhli Pendik
Turkey
Telephone + 90 216 307 12 62
Fax +90 216 307 28 68-69
Email dokum(at)gedikdokum.com.tr
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Manufacturing Plant
2. OSB, 11 No’lu Yoli No:6 54300 Hendek – Sakarya / Turkey
P: +90 264 290 12 00
F: +90 264 290 12 21
dokum(at)gedikdokum.com.tr
www.gedikdokum.com
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GEDIK CASTING & VALVE
Founded in 1967; Gedik Casting & Valve is Turkey’s largest casting and valve company with its state-of-the-art plant with 25.000 m2 closed area in Hendek 2. Organized Industrial Site.
Gedik Casting & Valve has been successfully serving the heating and cooling, steam, superheated water, natural gas and all sorts of fluid applications of numerous sectors such as industrial facilities, power plants, chemical, oil and shipbuilding industries with its “TERMO®” branded valves and armatures.
Thanks to continuous development since its foundation and tireless adaptation to new technologies; Gedik Casting & Valve has always pioneered in the domestic production of several items and is highly committed to staying as the symbol of reliableness for both domestic and overseas customers by its environment-friendly technical and functional design features, energy-efficient products with low maintenance cost.
TERMO valves and armatures are produced in conformity with domestic and international standards such as ISO 9001:2008 TSE, CE, PED 97/23/EC, AD 2000-WO, AD 2000- HPO, API, Türk Loydu, Bureau Veritas, DNV, RINA, GOST and SEPRO. Sales are backed up by 9 regional offices and widespread dealer and technical service network throughout Turkey.
Precision Casting
Precision Casting technology had been introduced to Turkey by Gedik Casting & Valve in 1982. Precision Casting is a special casting technology which is ideal for small sized items in high quantities and provides extremely clear and smooth surfaces.
Gedik Casting & Valve produces steel, stainless steel, aluminum, super alloys and copper alloy items of up to 60 kg. with a capacity of 1500 tons/year.
Gedik Precision Casting is the leading solution partner of several companies throughout the world in automotive, defense, textile, medical, machinery, valve, pump and electronics industries.
Sand Casting
With its cast iron, ductile, steel ve bronze casting technologies; upon receipt of job orders from customers; Sand Casting division of Gedik Casting & Valve provides quick solution services and processed and unprocessed high quality products with its casting simulation program.
Sand Casting has a yearly production capacity of 25.000 tons and it serves several heavy industry sub-branches such as automotive and machine manufacturing besides valve sector.