Briggs & Stratton to stop diecasting for other firms. (North America).According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Milwaukee Journal--Sentinel, Briggs & Stratton Corp., Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Wauwatosa is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2006 census estimate, the city population was 44,798. Wauwatosa is located immediately west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is a part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. , will cease diecasting components for outside firms, cutting more than 275 jobs by mid-2004. Briggs & Stratton had been in negotiations with other companies to sell or enter into a joint venture with a firm that would operate the die casting die casting Forming metal objects by injecting molten metal under pressure into dies or molds. An early and important use of the technique was in the Linotype machine (1884), but the mass-production automobile assembly line gave die casting its real impetus. unit, but those negotiations fell through. In December, the Wauwatosa facility transferred production of engines to another Briggs & Stratton facility in Auburn, Alabama Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2006 population of 51,906 (according to the U.S. Census estimates).[1] , resulting in the loss of 85 jobs. After the company stops taking outside die casting jobs, Briggs and Stratton will employ 125 workers, down from the current 373. MC |
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