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Weekly Update - July 22, 2008

July 22, 2008
Leggett & Platt Earns $300 Million in Sale of Diecasting Plants Equity Group Buys Kurdziel Industries Composite Casting Technique Cuts Lead Times for Stamping Dies
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This Week's Metalcasting News Review
Leggett & Platt Earns $300 Million in Sale of Diecasting Plants
Leggett & Platt earned $300 million, along with a subordinated note and preferred stock, from the sale of its aluminum diecasting operations. The organization — Pace Industries — will remain headquartered in Fayetteville, AR. It has plants in eight other states, and in Mexico. Read more
Equity Group Buys Kurdziel Industries
Private-equity group Monomoy Capital Partners L.P. has bought Muskegon, MI-based Kurdziel Industries Inc., for an unreported price. The producer of gray and ductile iron castings will be renamed Carlton Creek Ironworks Inc. Read more
Sd-Chemie Buys More Capacity for Foundry Chemical Products
Sd-Chemie AG has agreed to buy a chemical plant in Hart, Bavaria, that manufactures products for metalcasting. Most of the plant’s products are specialty chemicals for iron foundries, specifically automotive castings, according to a release. Read more
Metaltek Intl. Buys British Foundry
MetalTek International, a foundry holding company based in Waukesha, WI, reports it acquired Meighs Castings Ltd., an English foundry serving defense industries and other markets in need of casting for “demanding, highly corrosive applications.” Read more
Featured This Week
Composite Casting Technique Cuts Lead Times for Stamping Dies
The patented technology involves casting iron and steel together in the same mold, an approach that eliminates the need for an insert assembly during die manufacturing. Read more
Forums And Blogs
Metal emissions in air sampling
"… For over a year, we were bothered by high levels of Cadmium in the air sampling done by our industrial hygiene people. At first, they picked up a sample of our metal and had it analyzed and found no Cadmium. We went crazy searching high and low for the source of the Cadmium. …" Read more
REB Blog: Coming attractions
Video is becoming a effective way for suppliers to demonstrate their capabilities. And we're glad to help. Read more
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Schaumburg, IL; August 5-6, 2008 Read more
Designing & Building Metal Stamping Dies
Cincinnati, OH; August 13-14, 2008 Read more
Metallurgy of Gray and Ductile Iron
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