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'Availability of new foundry sand is already becoming a challenge, along with the need of providing new solutions to waste management,” according to the director of a metallurgical research center.
'Availability of new foundry sand is already becoming a challenge, along with the need of providing new solutions to waste management,” according to the director of a metallurgical research center.
'Availability of new foundry sand is already becoming a challenge, along with the need of providing new solutions to waste management,” according to the director of a metallurgical research center.
'Availability of new foundry sand is already becoming a challenge, along with the need of providing new solutions to waste management,” according to the director of a metallurgical research center.
'Availability of new foundry sand is already becoming a challenge, along with the need of providing new solutions to waste management,” according to the director of a metallurgical research center.
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Automotive cast parts.
Automotive cast parts.
Automotive cast parts.
Automotive cast parts.
Automotive cast parts.
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With deoxidized base iron, carbon levels can be increased to 3.30% C and alloying can be completely or nearly eliminated at the same time.
With deoxidized base iron, carbon levels can be increased to 3.30% C and alloying can be completely or nearly eliminated at the same time.
With deoxidized base iron, carbon levels can be increased to 3.30% C and alloying can be completely or nearly eliminated at the same time.
With deoxidized base iron, carbon levels can be increased to 3.30% C and alloying can be completely or nearly eliminated at the same time.
With deoxidized base iron, carbon levels can be increased to 3.30% C and alloying can be completely or nearly eliminated at the same time.
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Many refractory products are custom-developed and manufactured for particular applications, and also usually contaminated with material they have absorbed while lining furnaces or ladles, which makes the recycling process a challenge.
Many refractory products are custom-developed and manufactured for particular applications, and also usually contaminated with material they have absorbed while lining furnaces or ladles, which makes the recycling process a challenge.
Many refractory products are custom-developed and manufactured for particular applications, and also usually contaminated with material they have absorbed while lining furnaces or ladles, which makes the recycling process a challenge.
Many refractory products are custom-developed and manufactured for particular applications, and also usually contaminated with material they have absorbed while lining furnaces or ladles, which makes the recycling process a challenge.
Many refractory products are custom-developed and manufactured for particular applications, and also usually contaminated with material they have absorbed while lining furnaces or ladles, which makes the recycling process a challenge.
Zinc diecast parts for seat belt pre-tensioner systems and other small components for belt winders are typical examples of the Taurus group’s products for automotive manufacturers and suppliers.
Zinc diecast parts for seat belt pre-tensioner systems and other small components for belt winders are typical examples of the Taurus group’s products for automotive manufacturers and suppliers.
Zinc diecast parts for seat belt pre-tensioner systems and other small components for belt winders are typical examples of the Taurus group’s products for automotive manufacturers and suppliers.
Zinc diecast parts for seat belt pre-tensioner systems and other small components for belt winders are typical examples of the Taurus group’s products for automotive manufacturers and suppliers.
Zinc diecast parts for seat belt pre-tensioner systems and other small components for belt winders are typical examples of the Taurus group’s products for automotive manufacturers and suppliers.

Automotive Zinc Diecaster Sets Up in Illinois

Jan. 18, 2016
Rockford tax credits supporting Taurus Die Casting LLC, soon to employ 37 full-time Seatbelt locking mechanisms $6.4-million project, 44,000-ft2 plant Zamac family allloys

A new zinc diecasting operation has set up operation in Rockford, IL, aiming to produce zinc components for locking mechanisms in seatbelt devices. Taurus Die Casting LLC is one of three companies granted a tax credit by the city in exchange for commitments to establish new businesses with new employment.  The diecaster reportedly will invest $6.4 million in a 44,000-ft2 plant, where it will employ 37 full-time workers, like diecasting and CNC finishing machine operators.

Roberto Marselli, president and CEO of the new operation, indicated employment could rise to 75 within five years.

Taurus Die Casting is a new operating unit of Taurus ’80, a subsidiary of Continuus-Properzi, an Italian builder of wheel and belt continuous casting machinery, and direct rolling processes for nonferrous rods. Taurus started producing high-precision diecastings, 1 to 800 grams, in Zamak alloys — a family of materials with a base metal of zinc and alloying elements of aluminum, magnesium, and copper — in 1980, near Torino, Italy. In 2008, the company set up a second plant in Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia.

The group’s diecastings include parts for automotive safety system (e.g., steering locks and starter switches) and parts for non-automotive products (like home appliances, and electric motors.) It also offers product and mold design and development services, cast part finishing operations, and various surface treatments.

Marselli said the selection of Rockford for the new plant was based on the local availability of a skilled workforce, as well as the regional manufacturing sector. “Our customers, our suppliers are in the U.S., mostly in the Midwest. That's where the growth is,” he told local reporters. “So this is where we needed to be. The labor force here is key.”