Vulcan to develop new Technocast plant in Mexico.Vulcan Engineering Co., Helena, Ala ALA aminolevulinic acid. Ala alanine. ala (a´lah) pl. a´lae [L.] a winglike process. ., was awarded a turnkey contract from Technocast (a joint venture between Cifunsa and Caterpillar Inc.) to head the development of a new 500,000-sq.ft. green sand casting Casting is the process of production of objects by pouring molten material into a cavity called a mold which is the negative, or mirror image of the object, and allowing it to cool and solidify. facility in Ramos Arizpe Ramos Arizpe (IPA: [ˈramos ˌaˈrispe]) is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Ramos Arizpe is located 11 km from the state capital of Saltillo. , Mexico. Through the contract, Vulcan will design and construct the $134 million greenfield Greenfield, town (1990 pop. 18,666), seat of Franklin co., NW Mass., at the confluence of the Deerfield and Green rivers, near their junction with the Connecticut; settled 1686, set off from Deerfield and inc. 1753. casting facility. Included in the startup are one molding line, three core cells and six furnaces. The facility is expected to produce 80,000 metric tons of gray iron castings for large industrial units per year. Vulcan expects the plant to be completed and in production by the summer of 2006. |
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