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…

Grede Holdings LLC, a leading producer of highly engineered ductile & gray cast and machined components, is sharpening its focus on e-mobility to leverage electric vehicle opportunities for the light vehicle, commercial vehicle and industrial markets. Grede is developing and quoting millions of dollars in cast iron solutions for the electrification market, and our increasing commitment aligns Grede with a…

Foundry giant Grede has begun a significant digitalization effort across its nine North American foundries and chose Norican Group’s Monitizer® | DISCOVER IIoT solution for the project. Within just four months of implementation, all participating foundries have reduced their scrap rates. Serving the automotive, heavy truck, and industrial sectors, Grede made digitalizing its production a core part of its…

Bloomberg reported that Mr Evangelos Venizelos Greek defense minister held a second round of talks with ThyssenKrupp AG and Abu Dhabi MAR Group on the sale of a Greek shipyard. According to an e mailed statement from the Athens based ministry, a series of outstanding issues were resolved and legal advisers are drafting a final agreement, expected to be finished September 2nd 2010, to submit to the Greek…

Taking the temperature of the automotive industry, I’d say that the word ‘deal’ has lost quite some of its shine. A deal in the political sense typically holds a promise: one of working together, making a pact. Not so in the EU Green Deal and its measures for reducing CO2 emissions from cars and vans. This deal comes in the form of a ’ban’. Ursula von der Leyen and her team have sought to use inspirational…

Environmentally friendly: from production to the product – that is how the concept of power and heat supply to the factory of Mercedes-Benz engines in Jawor in Lower Silesia could be summarised. The plant will be fully neutral in terms of CO2 emissions. The basis of environmentally friendly energy supply will be renewable sources: wind and biomass. Jawor will thus become a model for all 30 factories of the…

Growing markets in Southeast Asia: the specialist fair “Metaltech” in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) is an important door-opener for companies belonging to the international metalworking industry. For this reason, this year’s exhibitors included the globally active StrikoWestofen Group with its headquarters in Gummersbach (Germany). The manufacturer of melting and dosing furnaces for aluminium foundries was…

Equipped with a moisture management and control system, the TVR model will significantly enhance our client's production quality and demonstrates JML Industrie's technical expertise and commitment to providing cutting-edge solutions. Innovation at the Heart of the Process The TVR model green sand cooler represents the pinnacle of JML Industrie's technology. Designed to integrate after an existing MU type…

Castings are indispensable to sustainable and climate-neutral manufacturing. There is no sector of industry that could do without cast components of iron, steel or NF-metals ranging from aluminium to zinc. For export sectors such as automotive and machine tool production the foundry industry is a key sector within their value chains. However, the foundry industry – with its just under 600 companies of a…

Reducing CO₂ emissions is a key goal for the foundry industry. According to the company, Alpine Metal Tech's metal powder marking machine now offers a completely emission-free marking solution. Instead of natural gas or methane, the Metal Powder powder marking machine uses hydrogen as fuel for the gas flame that melts the powder. The result: clean ignition, an even flame pattern, and good contrast and…