30 years of molten iron … and counting Participants in the 30th annual Iron Pour work in the foundry at the Regis Center for Art on Nov. 18, 2016. On Friday, the University of Minnesota art department hosted its 30th Annual Thanksgiving Iron Pour at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery. The event allowed students to exhibit the skills they learned in their metal casting classes, fulfilling a sculpture credit that…

Temple city and Temple Economic Development staffs have been working with a company proposing to build a metals foundry and fabrication facility which would create 100 new jobs in the city. Temple City Council members will consider an agreement with Project Astro, LLC in their meeting on Thursday night, which would provide reimbursement of $2 million for infrastructure improvements and the cost of…

Metalcasting conglomerate MetalTek International, Waukesha, Wis., has completed its previously-announced acquisition of Sandusky International Inc., Sandusky, Ohio. The companies first announced their planned deal to combine expertise in papermaking machinery and engineered centrifugally cast products in September. Sandusky employs centrifugal casting technology to produce stainless steel and bronze suction…

WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN – MetalTek International headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin USA, has announced the acquisition of UK-based Meighs Castings Limited. Meighs, a highly regarded company that offers unique metal castings capabilities and complex alloy solutions, was purchased from Langley Alloys Limited based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. MetalTek International supplies metal component solutions for the most…

Lead products producer Vulcan GMS Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., recently announced it has created and launched a new website. “From our founding in 1978, Vulcan GMS has maintained strong communication with our customers,” said Tom Ray, the company’s president. “Our new website has been redesigned and expanded to reflect our growth during the last few years.” Vulcan has doubled the number of pages on its website to…

A Michigan-based auto industry supplier plans to close an aluminum die-casting plant in Niles by March 31 and is laying off the facility’s 188 employees. Metaldyne Corp. announced Friday that it would close the plant, at 6119 W. Howard St. in north suburban Niles. A spokeswoman said the 167 hourly and 21 salaried employees at the plant would be laid off. The building is 130,000 square feet, according to…

Plymouth-based Metaldyne Corp. plans to sell or close a machining plant in Middleville and a die casting operation in Niles, Ill. The automotive supplier of metal components and systems said the divestitures are part of a company cost-cutting effort. The plants produced products that were no longer part of the company’s core portfolio. The company did not specify a closure or sale date. The plants will be…

Imagine engines that conserve fuel by automatically dialing down internal friction, water pipes that seal their own cracks and iPhones that protect themselves when dropped. Metallurgist Pradeep Rohatgi has—and he invented the futuristic materials necessary to build these smart products. For 40 years, Rohatgi has been steadily creating metal matrix composites, which combine standard metal alloys with…

A Bolton-based scrap metal dealer hopes investment in a new £5.5m aluminium foundry will give it an edge over the competition as metal prices around the world continue to suffer. Andrew & Mark Smith Metals Ltd, which was bought by Dublin-based investment company One51 Plc in 2006, expects the new facility to be ready for commissioning by the spring. The foundry is due to open in May at a site on Rondin…

The real estate and assets of Michigan Steel will be sold at a two-day auction event conducted by Stuart B. Millner & Associates (SBMA), an asset management company. The event starts July 10 at 10 a.m. EST with the sale of the real estate, a 17-acre lot on Lake Muskegon (to be sold either as parcels or whole). The sale of the foundry's equipment, systems and machinery will follow. The auction will be both…