Technocast starts production on engine blocks, heads.
New iron casting plant Technocast, Saltillo Saltillo (sältē`yō), city (1990 pop. 420,947), capital of Coahuila state, N Mexico. It is located in an alluvial valley almost surrounded by mountains. , Mexico, will begin
production this month after final testing is completed on castings
produced on its green sand molding line. The 550,000-sq.-ft. casting
facility, which will manufacture engine cylinder cylinder, in mathematics, surface generated by a line moving parallel to a given fixed line and continually intersecting a given fixed curve called the directrix; each line of the family of lines forming the cylinder is called a ruling, or generator. blocks and heads for
off-road earth moving equipment and on-highway truck engines, is a joint
venture established in 2005 between Mexico-based Grupo Industrial
Saltillo and Caterpillar caterpillar (kăt`əpĭl'ər, kăt`ər–), common name for the larva of a moth or butterfly. Caterpillars have distinct heads and are segmented and wormlike. Inc., Peoria, Ill.
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