The foundry, in operation since 1844, is one of the oldest workshops at the MAN Energy Solutions plant in Augsburg, making 15,000 castings of small to large-sized parts a year. And with four induction furnaces for melting and large patternmaking, molding and casting shops - a complete in-house foundry process - it's one of the few facilities in Europe that can mass-produce huge crankcases up to 100 tons.…