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Foundry TechnicianWins Modern Apprentice
01 Jun 2004
The winner of the 2004 Metals Industry Modern Apprentice of the Year Award has been announced as twenty-two year old Ian Blow, an apprentice foundry technician from automotive product manufacturers, Lincoln Castings Ltd, formerly George Fischer (Lincoln) Ltd.
The Pressure is on as Diecaster Adds New Cells
01 Jun 2004
MRT Castings Limited, the Hampshire based diecasting and machining specialist has experienced 20% sales growth in the past 12 months. Two Buhler pressure diecasting cells featuring the latest productivity and quality enhancing technologies have recently been installed. MRT's foundry offers sand casting, gravity diecasting and high pressure diecasting in aluminium and zinc alloys.
Continuous Casting Line Leads to Steady Growth
01 Jun 2004
Copper Alloys Ltd, Stoke-on-Trent, has grown steadily since its management buy-out four years ago. Earlier this year a new horizontal casting line was commissioned, which has not only improved competitiveness in existing products but has opened up the door to a whole new market in copper alloys including brass.
Post Casting Operations Are All Under One Roof
01 Jun 2004
Aluminium sand casters Norse Precision Castings, Bedford, have invested in two CNC machining centres to keep on top of the workload and to remain economically competitive. These latest machines augment an already comprehensive capacity of in-house equipment.
