For NewPro Foundries in West Drayton, UK, ‘unusual’ and ‘quirky’ are commonplace terms, with each day bringing new demands and enquiries often pushing the boundaries, taken in good spirit regardless of quantity or complexity.

Grede Foundries closes one of its North American plants

Grede Foundries Inc, Milwaukee, USA is to close its Greenwood Foundry, in South Carolina, to protect the more profitable foundries in the group.

Heger-Ferrit has built a unique and modern new foundry in the industrial park Sembach, near Kaiserslautern, Germany.

The new foundry produces hand moulded castings with weights of 5 to 13 tonne for wind power stations that have an output of 2 to 3 MW.

Pangborn merges with European shot blast industry leaders

Capital Equipment Resources LLC, the parent of Pangborn Corp, a North American shot blast wheel manufacturer, has signed a final agreement with Wheelabrator/Disa Group to acquire Pangborn Europe, V+S and Berger.