General Motors Co. Thursday will announce plans to invest and add jobs at three plants, including the Defiance, Ohio, foundry. GM was releasing few details Wednesday, but a media advisory said press conferences will be held "to announce an investment in these facilities to support the next-generation, fuel-efficient Ecotec engine from GM. "This investment, totaling millions of dollars with a positive…

Norcast Wear Solutions brings together various casting and other consumables businesses for the mining sector worldwide. Norcast Wear Solutions encompasses Norcast Castings Company (“Norcast Castings”), the world's second largest producer of mill liners and one of the world’s largest suppliers of mill liners, crushers and wear components to the mining industry, and the assets of Swanmet Engineering Pty…

Fachtagung Anlagenbau der Zukunft: Deutschlands Experten diskutieren über mehr Effizienz Deutschlands Experten treffen sich auf der Tagung "Anlagenbau der Zukunft". Sie findet alles zwei Jahre in Magdeburg statt.Foto. Viktoria Kühne / Fraunhofer IFF Magdeburg. Unter dem Leitthema »Effizienz im Anlagenlebenszyklus« findet vom 4.-5. März 2010 in Magdeburg die Tagung »Anlagenbau der Zukunft« statt.Das…

The 5th edition of St. Petersburg Technical Fair, the Russian leading Exhibition and Congress Event dedicated to metallurgy, mechanical engineering, metalworking and industrial innovations, is to be held on March 10-12, 2010. St. Petersburg Technical Fair represents a range of jointly held specialised research and production exhibitions and congress and business events. The Fair demonstrates the latest…

The Metals Activity Report from the Metals Service Center Institute shows that shipments of steel products from Canadian metals service centers were 9.2% higher than in January a year ago. Steel shipments from US metals centers of about 2.58 million tons were 0.9% below year ago levels. Inventories at the end of January of about 6.26 million tons were 26.2% lower than those of January 2009 and, at current…

The World Bank increased its lending for large hydropower projects in 2009 at a time when investment fell in many other sectors, says Frost & Sullivan. The lending was a result of a pan-European commitment to generate more electricity from renewable energy sources and to better exploit mature hydropower technology. In addition to creating new growth opportunities, this has had the effect of generating a…

Savelli S.p.A. New Savelli installation at Sungwoo Automotive Co, Ltd., South Korea We are glad to announce that Savelli got an important order from Sungwoo Automotive Co, Ltd. for a new molding line for brake disks and different automotive castings. After Metia Corporation (Hyundai Group) molding line, this is the second Savelli installation for brake disks and drums in Korea. Sungwoo Automotive Co, Ltd.…

also avaible in 150th Buhler Anniversary Celebrating with Customers A festive event was held in Uzwil on February 12 for customers from all corners of the world and other guests to mark the start of the Anniversary Year 2010. Beside customers, other activities will be mainly dedicated to employees. Buhler’s intention is not to celebrate its 150-year anniversary by looking back on its success story. Rather,…

Newly created Grede Holdings LLC, Novi, Mich., has secured up to $60 million in credit to do business as it completes the merger of two companies, one of which filed for bankruptcy in late June 2009. Grede Holdings is the current iteration of the combined businesses of Grede Foundries Inc. and Citation Corp., which announced their merger at the end of 2009. The two companies completed the combination of…

Bloomberg reported that Rio Tinto Group, the world’s third largest mining company planned to build its relationship with China, even as four of its employees face charges of obtaining trade secrets and bribery. Mr Guy Elliott CFO of Rio Tinto said “We would like to build relationships with China and I think that can take place over a number of different areas.” He said that “It is therefore in both the…