General Motors executives announced in a press conference today the company will invest $59 million in precision sand casting technology at its Defiance, Ohio, metalcasting plant. Addressing employees and members of the media gathered at the Tonawanda, N.Y., engine assembly plant, the executives announced a total investment of about a half a billion dollars in GM manufacturing. The Tonowanda plant will…

also avaible in OTTO JUNKER: Pouring furnace for ITT Flygt AB, Sweden Following our delivery of a medium-frequency melting furnace system to ITT Flygt AB in 2003, OTTO JUNKER was awarded a new order in late 2009 for the supply of an induction-heated pouring furnace to this customer. With a total capacity of 13 tonnes and a power rating of 350 kW, the equipment is intended to replace an existing unheated…

also avaible in OTTO JUNKER: Medium-frequency melting system for Vestas Castings Guldsmedshyttan AB, Sweden For this Swedish foundry forming part of the Vestas group, one of the world's leading manufacturers of wind power plants, OTTO JUNKER will supply a complete turn-key medium-frequency melting plant this year for the production of large iron castings. The melting installation will comprise two 25-tonne…

Citation And Grede Announce Completion of Business Combination Grede Foundries, Inc. Assets to be Combined with Citation Corp. to form Grede Holdings LLC Citation CEO Doug Grimm to Lead “New” Grede Novi, Mich., February 5, 2010 – Citation Corp. and Grede LLC today announced the completion of a series of transactions resulting in the combination of certain assets of Milwaukee-based Grede Foundries, Inc. with…

Norcast Wear Solutions, Toronto, Canada, parent of Norcast Castings Co., recently purchased Swanmet Engineering Pty., a metalcaster with operations in Malaysia and Singapore producing cast products such as crushing and ground engagement tools. Norcast casts mill liners, crushers and wear components for the mining industry. “The acquisition of the Swanmet assets is a transformational transaction for Norcast…

CastExpo'10 Metalcasting Industry Award Winners Announced Show Dates & Times Saturday, March 20 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday, March 21 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday, March 22 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 23 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Orange County Convention Center 9860 Universal Boulevard Orlando, FL 32819-8706 CastExpo'10 Resources Attendee Registration Exhibitor Registration My Expo Login Housing…

also avaible in Honsel components for legendary “muscle car”: Engine block with innovative cylinder bore coatings for Ford Mustang Shelby Honsel is supplying the aluminum engine block for the new Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500. Ford presented the latest version of the legendary “muscle car” at the Chicago Auto Show in February 2010. At 550 bhp, this extremely powerful V8 power unit places high demands on the…

also avaible in FOSECO launches new running and gating system components for heavy iron castings Click here to enlarge FOSECO ‘s HOLLOTEX EG Running and gating system components HOLLOTEX EG Runners are a range of lightweight running and gating system components with simple push-fit connections. They are ideally suited to the production of heavy iron castings up to 15 tonnes poured weight. The HOLLOTEX EG…

ATF&CTIF Training Program 2010 CYCLATEF ACTIFOR. Program proposed by the ATF, CTIF and A3F. Training program 2010. Reference Title Dates FT F014 Defects in cast iron castings: diagnostics & solutions Défauts en fonderie de fonte : diagnostics et solutions March 9, 10 & 11 TM F006 Chemically bonded sands : Process description, application, environmental impacts Sable à prise chimique : description, mise en…

Lobenhofer Wins AFS Award of Scientific Merit Show Dates & Times Saturday, March 20 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday, March 21 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday, March 22 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 23 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Orange County Convention Center 9860 Universal Boulevard Orlando, FL 32819-8706 CastExpo'10 Resources Attendee Registration Exhibitor Registration My Expo Login Housing Tentative…