Indumet Plans to Build New U.S. Iron Foundry.Venezuela-based Indumet plans to build a state-of-the-art foundry in the U.S. to produce cast iron soil pipe fittings for building construction and castings for its citrus juicers and future housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. products. The company is evaluating potential sites in Texas and Virginia. The foundry, designed by Indumet personnel, (VMTEK), CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show) CSI Christian Schools International (Concept Systems International) and SAGE Environmental, will utilize the latest foundry technology. The plant's initial capacity will be 2000 tons/yr. The foundry will include an induction melting system, a vertical molding machine (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. See also: Molding Molding , a computerized sand preparation controller, shell core machines, and centrifugal casting Centrifugal casting or rotocasting is a casting technique which has application across a wide range of industrial and artistic applications:
Indumet has been the leading manufacturer of cast iron soil pipe and fittings in Venezuela for more than 40 years. Indumet began exporting Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings in 1982 to the U.S. and Canada. However, increasing freight costs and overvaluation o·ver·val·ue tr.v. o·ver·val·ued, o·ver·val·u·ing, o·ver·val·ues To assign too high a value to: overvalued the painting. of the currency have made the company look toward U.S. production sites to make their business more cost-effective. |
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