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Domestic Casting Co. acquires Pennsylvania's General Casting Co., saves 96 jobs.


Domestic Casting Co., L.L.C., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania This article is about the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. For other places named Harrisburg, see Harrisburg (disambiguation).
Harrisburg is the capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a state of the United States of America.
, has purchased the assets of the General Casting Co. Domestic Div., Harrisburg, which was scheduled to cease operations at the end of August. Domestic has continued the foundry A semiconductor manufacturer that makes chips for third parties. It may be a large chip maker that sells its excess manufacturing capacity or one that makes chips exclusively for other companies.  operations, resulting in the retention of 96 jobs.

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 Domestic Casting Co. for their commitment to Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York ," said Dennis Yablonsky, community and economic development secretary. "Their pledge to continue operations at this foundry proves that Pennsylvania is on the right track to economic recovery."

Domestic Casting was formed by Thomas James This article is about the English librarian. For the English sea captain, see Thomas James (sea captain).
Thomas James (c. 1573 - August, 1629) was an English librarian, first librarian of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
 and Jerry Harmeyer, former vice president of operations and president respectively of General Casting Co. They plan to upgrade the equipment to increase the efficiency of the operations and continue to produce the high-quality products manufactured at the site.

Governor Edward G. Rendell's Action Team also worked with Domestic Casting in support of this project, providing a financial package that includes $96,000 in Job Creation Tax Credits, a machinery and equipment loan of up to $500,000 and $200,000 through the Small Business First program.

Operations under the management of Domestic Casting began at the beginning of August.
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Title Annotation:North America
Publication:Modern Casting
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 1, 2003
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