November 2017 VOLUME 11 ISSUE 4

Industry News from the Smelter to the Foundry pyrotek.com Pyrotek Introduces Companies, Organizations Tout Logan Opens Expansion, Improved Ceramic Filter Starts Second Phase Pyrotek is now offering a new Careers Available in Foundries Russellville, Kentucky, USA- SIVEX® ceramic foam filter (CFF) that based Logan Aluminum Inc. has contains less phosphate and has and Manufacturing Plants completed the first phase of its shown improved results in testing. Organizations in the foundry plant expansion project and has The new low-phosphate CFF is being industry recently participated broken ground on the second marketed as SIVEX LP. in events that open their phase, says the Kentucky Cabinet “While traditional SIVEX filters have doors and introduce students, for Economic Development. demonstrated filtration performance teachers and public officials to Announced in 2015, the over the last two decades for our the possible careers that exist USD$240 million phase- customers, this new LP version builds in metal casting. one investment expanded on those strengths to offer an even “The metal casting industry Logan’s recycling and new better product based upon customer offers wonderful career ingot casting capabilities by feedback that we’ve received over opportunities we want adding a 26,000-square-metre the years,” says Michal Streck, a Czech students to learn about (280,000-square-foot) facility, Republic-based managing director so they can see why we’re Students operate a control trainer in the HVAC the agency says. The investment for Pyrotek. excited about the future of the program at Westmoreland County Community also increases capacities of the “The data confirms that SIVEX LP industry,” Doug Kurkul, CEO of College. Photo courtesy of the National company’s rolling mills, scalping is stronger and much more user- the American Foundry Society Association of Manufacturers. and preheating operations. The friendly than the first generation of (AFS), said in a press release. new facility will produce about ceramic foam filters produced by “AFS offers guidance for training and development at all career stages, and 272,155 tonnes (600 million Pyrotek,” says Jeff Gibson, Pyrotek some of our accomplished members decided to enter metal casting after an pounds) of cast ingots annually General Manager of Research experience like the one students had with us on Manufacturing Day.” and is creating roughly 190 jobs. and Development and Product AFS participated in a Manufacturing Day event on 6 October at its The project’s second phase Management. headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois, USA. Representatives from AFS, Hunter includes adding a USD$125 Most current customers should Foundry Machinery Corp. and Magma Foundry Technologies discussed the million, 6038-square-metre be able to avoid requalification science and engineering involved in metal casting and the types of careers (65,000-square-foot) cold rolling using LP filters because the material available in the industry. mill. The new mill will supplement composition is similar. Pyrotek will “Dicastal (North America) is excited to be part of the Greenville community Logan’s existing capacity of work with customers through the and host students during manufacturing week,” Scott Petzold, Director of beverage can stock and heavier Human Resources and Purchasing at Dicastal, told the Daily News in Greenville, gauge rolled sheet for automotive Michigan, USA. The article highlighted students visiting a foundry unit at panels. It is expected to be Dicastal North America in Greenville during National Manufacturing Awareness completed during the first half Week in October. of 2019 and create 60 jobs, the The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) says there are about 3000 economic development agency Manufacturing Day events across the USA. says. “On Manufacturing Day, America’s dreamers, doers and makers open our Logan began production in 1983 doors to modern manufacturing and unveil the opportunities that lie beyond and accounts for about 45 percent them,” Jay Timmons, President and CEO of the NAM, said in a press release. of the aluminium beverage can Pyrotek's new ceramic foam filter “It’s our industry’s biggest stage to recruit and inspire next-generation production in North America. contains less phosphate. manufacturers to create and build their—and our—future in America.” Continued on page 5 Employment Outlook An employer survey by staffing firm ManpowerGroup, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, says that employers globally are seeing the highest talent Billet Casting Solutions shortage since 2007. For the fifth consecutive year, skilled trade positions were the hardest to fill globally. Pyrotek solutions support high-value, high-quality casting Manpower’s recent talent shortage survey says 40 percent of employers globally are having difficulty filling positions. The primary reasons are a lack of available applicants and lack of experience. Backup insulation Tabletop refractory According to NAM’s latest manufacturers’ outlook survey, the primary Refractory coatings challenges to businesses are rising health care and insurance costs at 72 Mastic and rope seals percent, and attracting and retaining a quality workforce at 71.6 percent. Those Ceramic paper two worries were higher than concerns about rising raw materials costs at 39.2 Transition plate percent, and an unfavorable business climate because of taxes and regulations at 51.4 percent. Multiple other concerns ranked much lower. Mould Thimble lubrication NAM noted the survey has been conducted quarterly since 1997. In total, 524 Transition plate coating Transition plate gasket manufacturers nationwide from a wide variety of sectors responded this time. “That vast majority of those offering a comment about primary challenges for their business noted workforce development struggles, including frustrations pyrotek.com Continued on page 3 2

Uniwheels Opens New Research Centre in Germany Germany-based Uniwheels Pyrotek Profile: AG, an automotive aluminium wheel maker, has created a new research and Jay Fritzke development centre near its production plant in Werdohl, Title Germany. Technical Manager for Pyrotek’s “Our target is to be the foundry division preferred development The new Uniwheels research centre is located Education partner of the automotive near its Werdohl, Germany, plant. Photo Bachelor’s degree in metallurgy industry and to offer our courtesy of Uniwheels AG. customers the level of What territory do you cover? technology they expect from us,” Don Stebbins, Chairman of the supervisory I primarily cover North America. board of Uniwheels, said in a press release. But, as product manager for bonded “This includes steady weight reductions, new surface treatments for a range particle filters and Pyrotek’s metal of applications right through to the development of smart wheels in the future,” casting system (MCS), which is said Wolfgang Hiller, Uniwheels CEO. “In a high-tech environment, experienced engineered to move molten metal between the holding furnace and research and development specialists will refine our best-in-class product mould, I’m working with people all over the world—not only with our development process, raise its efficiency and steadily improve the safety, application engineers but directly with some customers as well. quality and design of our products.” How many years have you worked in the aluminium The centre includes 1800 square metres (19,375 square feet) of floor space, industry? including office space for 35 employees and a 300-square-metre (3200-square- I started in foundries when I was in college, and I’ve spent time as a foot) hall to run tests. process engineer in both the automotive and aerospace industries. I have The facility will have information technology equipment and workstations for been working in the foundry industry almost 35 years, which includes time computer-aided design and manufacturing programs. It will also have the latest as a corporate metallurgist for a large company and as a plant manager for equipment for first sample tests. a foundry. I’ve been with Pyrotek for 23 years. TRIMET Expands Die-Casting Capabilities What is a common question your customers ask or a common problem they need to solve? TRIMET Automotive Sömmerda The most common problem is probably melt quality, for a variety of GmbH & Co. KG, a division of reasons. Having a process that produces the right metallurgy and good German aluminium company quality aluminium is tough for a lot of operations. The foundry industry TRIMET SE, is investing EUR€2.5 is shrinking. Casters who used to have their own technical people on million (USD$2.94 million) to staff, but had to let them go due to poor economic conditions, now rely expand die-casting capabilities on suppliers like Pyrotek for that experience and technical knowledge. with two new die-casting systems Because I have hands-on experience making castings for a dozen years at its Sömmerda location. before coming to Pyrotek, I understand what the foundries need. Along with its sister plant We have many products that allow us to tackle problems from any point in Harzgerode, Sömmerda in these customers’ processes. It starts in the melt furnace, where they mainly produces die-castings The two new die-casting systems will should be cleaning the furnace and metal properly using flux injection. for mechatronic parts used enable TRIMET to begin producing Proper handling needs to continue throughout their entire system for in transmissions, engine nearly 500,000 sets of mechatronic parts transfer, degassing and filtration. We offer a full range of solutions, from carriers, brackets and structural annually over the next seven years. the time metal is molten until it’s solid again—we are able to solve process components, TRIMET says. Photo courtesy of TRIMET Automotive problems. The expansion will create new Sömmerda GmbH & Co. KG. jobs and assist in meeting the automotive industry’s continual demand How has the industry changed, or where do you see the for aluminium die-castings. In 2018, the plant will begin fulfilling a major industry in five years? order from a German auto manufacturer. The Sömmerda plant expects to The foundry industry is sort of like a supertanker—it doesn’t change deliver nearly 500,000 sets of mechatronic parts annually for new automatic direction very quickly. I think foundries are going to look more closely at transmissions over the next seven years, TRIMET says. the processes they use and how to improve them. They will turn to other The plant employs around 215 people. TRIMET took over the Sömmerda and processes, like Pyrotek’s metal casting system, to change what they’ve Harzgerode facilities in 2001. traditionally done because of limitations they’ve experienced and the advantages they see in newer technologies. Continuous Casting pyrotek.com/foundry Crown to Build Third Beverage Can Plant in Spain Solutions Crown Holdings Inc., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, is building an • Casting tips aluminium beverage can plant in Parc Sagunt, Spain. • Circulation and recovery The facility initially will have an annual capacity of 900 million units, Crown • Degassing and flux injection says. “We are excited about the aluminium beverage can market growth in • Filtration systems the Iberian region, and our new plant will be ideally located to supply the • Headboxes and tundishes increasing requirements of a number of key customers and support our other • Launder systems facilities during the conversion from steel to aluminum,” Ziya Ozay, Senior Vice • Release agents President of Crown Bevcan Europe and Middle East, said in a press release. • Steady eddies Crown Holdings currently operates two steel beverage can plants in Spain, in Agoncillo and Seville. • Thermocouples Founded in 1892 and celebrating 125 years in business, Crown Holdings • Vacuum-formed refractory operates 146 manufacturing plants in 36 countries and employs 24,000 people globally, the company’s website says. pyrotek.com The new facility is scheduled to begin operations during the fourth quarter of 2018. 3

Pyrotek Introduces New Tabletop Refractory Product Pyrotek’s new base-insulated tabletop refractory for vertical direct chill (VDC) billet casting reduces heat loss and maintains dimensional stability throughout casting tables. “This is a robust solution for VDC billet casting customers,” says Jonathan Klesch, a global product manager for Pyrotek. “We use an innovative refractory and Pyrotek's new base-insulated integrate an insulation layer to provide tabletop refractory for billet casting long service life while reducing heat loss has shown to reduce heat loss and Brasilian Nissan Plant Reaches 150,000 Cars Produced across the table.” has long service life. The Resende Industrial Complex, Nissan’s first wholly owned plant in With this new technology, a micro-porous board is added to the base Brasil, has reached the 150,000-unit mark. Beginning operations in 2014, of refractory shapes, improving the thermal performance. Casthouses can Nissan surpassed 30,000 units in its first year and reached 70,000 units in potentially lower furnace temperatures by reducing the temperature gradient the second year. The Resende plant manufactures three compact Nissan across the length of the table. models for both domestic and export markets, Nissan says. Photo courtesy Klesch says one of Pyrotek’s core competencies is manufacturing refractory of Nissan. shapes. It produces components for major casting equipment manufacturers and those who rebuild VDC billet casting tables. “We are constantly in search of improving performance and embarked on a Constellium Signs Supply Deals with Italian Automaker new product development project to reduce heat loss in billet casting tables Alfa Romeo and Aerospace Company Bombardier without compromising the integrity of the assembly,” he says. Constellium N.V., of the Netherlands, is Pyrotek’s refractory is a thermally shock-resistant material that is nonwetting extending its long-term supply deal with to molten aluminium. When compared with a traditional fused silica refractory, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. to supply the density is lower and strength is higher. This improves both thermal aluminium auto body sheet for the Alfa performance and fracture resistance. Romeo Stelvio sport utility vehicle. Field testing has demonstrated a 25 percent reduction in tabletop metal Separately, Constellium has signed a structure temperatures compared to another product on the market. This multiyear supply deal with Bombardier translates to an estimated 8 percent reduction of heat loss using the base- Inc., a Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based insulated design. aerospace company. Trial testing also revealed that a competitor’s product was two-and-a-half Constellium is the primary supplier of Constellium will supply aluminium times more likely to crack after 600 casts. The smooth surface created by a aluminium auto body sheets for both the auto body sheet for the Alfa Romeo unique surface treatment system minimizes mechanical attachment of skull closures and inner parts for the Stelvio, Stelvio SUV. Photo courtesy of Alfa and improves wear and erosion resistance. It also had 11 percent lower thermal the first SUV produced by Italy-based Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. expansion, reducing stress that developed in the mastic joints between Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. For the hood outer, the tailgate outer upper components and led to less maintenance during tests. and lower, Constellium provides Surfalex®, a sheet with high surface quality Pyrotek makes a variety of precast components used to distribute molten and specific hemming and roping properties. Constellium also provides its metal to mould positions in VDC billet casting tables. These components are 5182 alloy for the hood inner, front and rear door inner and tailgate inner, the pre-fired and ready to use. Along with base-insulated tabletop refractory, company says. Pyrotek offers monolithic and shell-insulated tabletop refractory. In the Bombardier deal, Constellium will supply flat rolled products in a Pyrotek offers all products needed to operate and maintain VDC billet casting variety of alloys, shapes and applications for a number of aircraft programs. tables, including thimbles, transition plates, mastics, gaskets and seals, flow- With this new contract, Constellium becomes one of the leading suppliers control products, coatings and lubricants and casting accessories. of flat rolled products to Bombardier globally. Bombardier will be served by pyrotek.com/aluminium Constellium’s facilities in Ravenswood, West Virginia, USA, and Issoire, France. “This new contract allows us to further anchor our position as a key supplier Companies, Organizations Tout Careers Available in of innovative aluminium solutions for Bombardier’s aircraft programs and as Foundries and Manufacturing Plants an industry leader more generally,” Ingrid Joerg, President of Constellium’s aerospace and transportation business unit, said in a press release. “It Continued from page 1 demonstrates our expertise and skills in providing tailored products and spurs with educational preparation, the work our ambition to pursue growth in the aerospace industry.” ethic of some candidates and the overall In its third quarter report, Constellium says its automotive shipments pool of qualified applicants,” NAM says. were up 32 percent compared to the year-earlier quarter. Revenues reached On its website, NAM says nearly EUR€1.3 billion (USD$1.5 billion), up 7 percent due to higher aluminium prices 3.5 million manufacturing jobs will likely be compared with the third quarter of 2016, Constellium says. needed during the next decade, and 2 million are expected to go unfilled due to TLX Technologies, in Wisconsin, a skills gap. Boeing, Singapore Airlines Sign USD$13.8 Billion Deal USA, hosted over 300 people There are more than 75 million Americans Chicago, Illinois, USA-based Boeing Co. and Singapore-based Singapore on Manufacturing Day. Photo who were born between 1946 and 1964, Airlines (SIA) have finalized a deal for 20 Boeing 777-9 and 19 Boeing 787-10 courtesy of the National considered the Baby Boomer generation, aircraft. The order is worth USD$13.8 billion, the company says. Association of Manufacturers. according to the U.S. Social Security Singapore Airlines has the option to add an additional 12 aircraft, six of each Administration. They are retiring, and those who are teenagers and in their 20s aircraft type, Boeing says. will be replacing them. “SIA has been a Boeing customer for many decades, and we are pleased to AFS and its “Melting Point” magazine prepared resources to be used with have finalized this major order for wide-body aircraft, which will enable us students to develop and sustain new workers at meltingpoint.afsinc.org. to continue operating a modern and fuel-efficient fleet,” Goh Choon Phong, “Without cultivating new talent, the industry will not be able to remain CEO of Singapore Airlines, said in a press release. “These new aircraft will also competitive in today’s global manufacturing environment,” the website says. provide the SIA Group with new growth opportunities, allowing us to expand Ryan Pendell, a writer at research and consulting company Gallup Inc. and our network and offer even more travel options for our customers.” a member of the Millennial generation, wrote recently on the Gallup website Singapore Airlines has more than 50 777s in service and is the first customer that, “Winning over millennial talent has less to do with offering hip perks or who will operate 787-10 planes. The 19 newly ordered and 30 previously remodeling the office than it does with showing millennials that they have a ordered 787-10s also makes the airline the largest customer for the aircraft future at your organization where they can learn, grow, achieve and lead.” type, with first delivery scheduled in the first half of 2018, Boeing says. 4

Pyrotek's Ceramite Refractory Offers Long Service Life UC RUSAL to Invest USD$7.6 Million at Irkutsk Smelter in Aluminium Applications UC RUSAL, of Moscow, Russia, has Pyrotek’s Ceramite® refractory completed the modernization of the can provide extreme wear and Befesa-2 line at its Irkutsk aluminium thermal shock resistance, as well smelter and will commission a new as high mechanical strength. It has line, Befesa-1, in 2018. The two lines several common applications in represent a total investment of USD$7.6 the aluminium industry. Ceramite million, RUSAL says. refractories are available globally in The modernization of Befesa-2 was a various precast shapes. The material joint effort between RUSAL specialists RUSAL has finished modernizing one also is available in bagged aggregate and experts from Spanish company line and will add another in 2018. outside the USA. Befesa Aluminio S.L. to better meet Photo couresty of UC RUSAL. Ceramite refractory is used most Pyrotek makes precast shapes using the demand of customers in Europe often in troughs; as crucible linings; its durable Ceramite refractory. and Asia, RUSAL says. Improvements include a new casting wheel, a metal as furnace door surrounds like distribution system, a changed ingot mould design, improved water cooling shapes lasted 12 months and systems and an ingot extraction-transportation unit, the company says. jambs, lintels or sills; floor tiles; and required very little maintenance. The insulators (crust breakers). The Irkutsk smelter will produce 55,000 tonnes of standard alloyed ingots per operation reported no production year when the two lines are commissioned. Troughs made of Ceramite interruptions. refractory have high abrasion and Case Study 2 erosion resistance. Crucible linings EGA Completes USD$300 Million Replacement Project A manufacturer of aluminium can be precast or in some cases cast- products in the Czech Republic was United Arab Emirates-based Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) completed in-place and can increase the lifetime getting six months of life out of sill a 3-year, USD$300 million project that replaced older production lines at its of the lining compared with other blocks made of another material Jebel Ali aluminium smelter with the company’s UAE-developed technology. products on the market. Precast and was changing them during The project will boost production capacity by more than 58,000 tonnes of crucible linings can be installed more maintenance shutdowns twice a aluminium per year. quickly, reducing downtime and year. The company was looking for The plant's oldest reduction cells were a main focus of the project. Potlines labour costs. an alternate refractory with greater 1 and 3 started production in 1979, the same year the Jebel Ali plant opened. Furnace shapes supplied with resistance to thermal cracks and These two lines accounted for 520 of the 2777 reduction cells. Replacement stainless-steel needles have higher mechanical wear. took place in 16 sessions to minimize production loss, the company says. impact and abrasion resistance Beginning in 2015, Pyrotek “The most important achievement for me though was that a continuous compared with other materials. offered trials of sill blocks made focus on safety meant this challenging project was completed without hurting Ceramite floor tiles provide a hard, from Ceramite CSA, which contained anyone,” Abdulla Kalban, EGA's CEO and Managing Director, said in a release. non-sticky surface, and are wear, stainless-steel needles. In mid- The new reduction cells have the capacity to produce 20 percent more impact and thermal shock resistant. 2016, sill blocks made of Ceramite aluminium while consuming 10 percent less energy per tonne. The new cells Customers have seen them last three refractory were installed in some also reduce the emission of perfluorocarbons, a greenhouse gas, by 96 percent, to 12 years. of the sill block positions. After six the company says. Case Study 1 months, the Ceramite blocks showed EGA has used its own technology for smelter expansions since the 1990s An aluminium billet producer very low wear and no evidence of and last year became the first UAE industrial company to license its technology in North America who transfers thermal cracks. internationally, the company says. 30 tonnes of aluminium five to six Blocks in additional positions In 2016, EGA produced 2.5 million tonnes of aluminium. times per day, seven days a week, were also trialed. After six months, was experiencing erosion in the first there were still no significant cracks Emirates Global Aluminium Is Preparing for Initial section of a transfer trough from apparent. Public Offering in 'Next 12 Months,' News Reports Say high, turbulent flow of melt from the Ceramite refractories are one of furnace. The trough section was only the many materials Pyrotek offers. The owners of UAE-based Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) are lasting six months. The company’s global network of considering an initial public offering within the next 12 months, news Pyrotek’s solution was to install application engineers works with reports say. EGA is owned by Mubadala Investment Co. and the Investment trough shapes made of Ceramite aluminium operations to determine Corp. of Dubai, both state-owned concerns. with stainless-steel needles. the best refractory material and form In an interview with Bloomberg's Tracy Alloway, Mubadala CEO Khaldoon Pyrotek also added Wollite backup to suit their needs. Al Mubarak said, “The business is really very healthy and in a good situation. insulation. As a result, the trough pyrotek.com/ceramite We are preparing ourselves to go public; the decision will be determined really, linked, to when it's the most opportune time in terms of the markets.” / Aluminium Aerosol Can Manufacturers Deliver 2.9 Billion Increase Units During First Half of 2017, Worldwide Members of the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Efficiency Manufacturers (Aerobal) delivered about 2.9 billion aluminium aerosol cans globally for the first half of 2017. The volume is on par Process scrap more with the same period of 2016. efficiently and boost “The trend for deodorants was especially favourable. Growth there reached a good metal yield with five percent in the first half of 2017,” the Pyrotek equipment for organization’s Secretary General Gregor Spengler said in a press release. aluminium recycling. About 80 percent of cans produced are used for body care and beauty products. The remaining cans are produced for the The bulk of aluminium aerosol cans produced are for the pyrotek.com/aluminium pharmaceutical, food, household chemical and other markets, Aerobal says. personal care sector. Photo courtesy of Aerobal. 5

Chinese Company Acquires Australia-based SilverYachts China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd. has Toyota Invests in USA acquired a majority stake in Australia- Manufacturing based SilverYachts, which makes all- Japan-based Toyota Motor Corp. aluminium yachts. will be investing a total of USD$373.8 “The acquisition is a significant million at five USA manufacturing step to advance [China Zhongwang’s] plants. aluminium deep-processing strategy to “This investment is part of our the marine sector, and adds considerably SilverYachts specializes in the long-term commitment to build to our international expansion,” Lu manufacture of all-aluminium more vehicles and components in Changqing, President and Executive superyachts. Photo courtesy of the markets in which we sell them,” Director of China Zhongwang, said in a China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd. Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota Motor North press release. America, said in a press release. “This Founded by Guido Alexander Krass, SilverYachts is capable of building strategy is designed to better serve our all-aluminium alloy “superyachts” longer than 70 metres (230 feet). This customers and dealers, and positions lightweight design makes these yachts faster and more fuel efficient than our manufacturing operations to fulfill conventionally powered boats, China Zhongwang says. their needs well into the future.” The investments will include Pyrotek to Exhibit at EUROGUSS 2018 in Germany adding new production of hybrid Hybrid transaxle made by Toyota. transaxles at the Buffalo, West Virginia, Photo courtesy of Toyota Motor Pyrotek will exhibit at Euroguss 2018, a biennial trade fair for the die-casting Corp. industry, 16–18 January 2018 in Nuremberg, Germany. manufacturing facility; expanding During the 3-day event, Pyrotek’s sales and technical staff will demonstrate 2.5-litre engine capacity at the Georgetown, Kentucky, plant; increasing fully engineered systems for high-pressure die casters. Pyrotek’s range of production of 2.5-litre cylinder heads at Bodine Aluminum’s Troy, Missouri, process and product solutions include melt circulation and recovery systems, plant; modifying the Bodine Jackson, Tennessee, plant to accommodate molten metal pumps, transport ladles and launders, rotary degassing and production of hybrid transaxle cases and housings and 2.5-litre engine flux-injection equipment, degassing consumables, holding furnace refractory blocks. relining and underheated immersion furnaces. These products are engineered A plant in Huntsville, Alabama, will undergo a comprehensive upgrade to increase metal and casting quality, improve process efficiency, reduce energy so it can build engines that complement modular unibody automobile and replacement costs and optimize performance. platforms, the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA). Fifty new jobs will Pyrotek will display the new-generation STAR 3500 degassing unit, a be created as a result of the Alabama plant investment, but there will be no complete hydraulic-tilting transport ladle and degassing consumables, net gain of jobs at the other facilities, Toyota says. including a new RFM®-lined shaft and ceramic rotor that has demonstrated “This investment across five American plants expands capacity for our twice the life of graphite counterparts. A crucible cast with Ceramite® twin-cast latest TNGA engines, and localizes production of hybrid powertrains, a core technology will also be on display. Using two formulations of highly durable Toyota technology,” said Jeff Moore, Senior Vice President of Manufacturing. Ceramite refractory, it addresses common customer problems with jointing Each project is scheduled to begin this year and should be operational by materials at the bottom of the ladles. 2020, the company says. The show will include nearly 600 exhibitors. In 2016, EUROGUSS saw record- setting attendance with 12,032 visitors, organizers say. Visit Pyrotek in Hall 6, Stand 210. pyrotek.com/foundry Pyrotek Introduces Improved Ceramic Filter Continued from page 1 Chassix Agrees to Buy Benteler Automotive Farsund transition and help reduce any Chassix Inc. of Southfield, Michigan, USA, has agreed to buy Norway-based operational disruptions. Benteler Automotive Farsund AS’s lightweight aluminium low-pressure Pyrotek has been producing automotive casting business. and supplying filters under the Benteler Automotive Farsund designs and produces lightweight aluminium SIVEX brand name since 1999. structural castings at its foundry in Farsund, Norway. This facility produces Laboratory testing shows LP components such as sub frames, swing arms, steering knuckles and rear hubs filters are better able to resist for luxury automotive customers, the company says. The facility employs about cracking when stressed under 275 people. loads, showing more flexural Tests show SIVEX LP filters have improved strength than standard SIVEX permeability over standard SIVEX CFF. Kaiser's Net Sales, Income Up in Third Quarter filters. LP filters have also shown to have three times the thermal Kaiser Aluminum Corp., of Foothill Ranch, California, USA, has generated shock resistance compared to standard SIVEX filters. net income of USD$20 million in the third quarter, up from USD$15 million Thermal expansion is lower with LP filters, reducing instances of cracking for the year-earlier period. during preheating tests conducted at one of Pyrotek’s research and “Our third quarter 2017 results were consistent with the market development centres. dynamics and business trends we experienced in the first half of 2017,” Jack The low-phosphorous filters are more porous than standard SIVEX filters, A. Hockema, Kaiser chairman and CEO, said in a press release. with fewer closed pores and a more open internal structure. Test results have Kaiser ramped up new equipment and automated controls at its confirmed that LP filters have improved permeability. This has the added Trentwood facility, in Spokane, Washington, USA, it says. The company benefit of retaining less metal at the end of a cast due to the openness of the expects to be fully operational by the end of the fourth quarter. pores, resulting in easier filter extraction. Net sales for the third quarter of 2017 were USD$333 million, up about “Because of the combined effects of lower thermal expansion and higher 4 percent from the prior-year period. This reflected a 1 percent increase in permeability, SIVEX LP filters can be preheated faster and more efficiently, shipments and a 3 percent uptick in average selling price. resulting in less downtime between casts,” Gibson says. For the fourth-quarter and full-year outlook, Kaiser expects double- Additionally, LP filter testing found fewer small ceramic particles breaking digit year-over-year growth in shipments for its automotive extrusion loose from the internal webs of the filter during shipping and creating “snow.” It applications. “We now expect 2017 aerospace shipments will be less than exhibits less snow than either standard SIVEX or a competitor’s product. the prior year due to the slower-than-anticipated Trentwood ramp-up,” Finally, SIVEX LP filters can include an expandable gasket that has a width Hockema said. “Longer term, we continue to anticipate solid aerospace of 38 millimetres (1.49 inches). This reduces downforce and makes it easier to demand growth driven by military and commercial aircraft applications in remove the filter after casting than with the standard SIVEX. both 2018 and 2019.” pyrotek.com/aluminium 6

Magna Adds Aluminium Casting at USA Facility Magna International Inc., a global automotive supplier, is expanding In Brief operations in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, adding aluminium casting CALENDAR capabilities at its Kamtek facility. The company says it is seeking to further Alba’s Line 6 on Schedule 13-15 NOVEMBER address global demand for lighter-weight parts, as automakers work to 25th International Recycled decrease carbon dioxide emissions and improve fuel economy in new cars and Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) Aluminium Conference trucks. has confirmed its Line 6 project Warsaw, Poland Magna, based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, invested approximately USD$60 will deliver the first hot metal by metalbulletin.com/events/ million in the 14,000-square-metre (150,000-square-foot) expansion. It’s 1 January 2019. The new line will international-recycled-aluminium- expected to create more than 100 new jobs. boost the smelter’s yearly capacity by conference/details.html The expansion will include high-pressure aluminium casting. The new 540,000 tonnes, Alba says. 7-10 DECEMBER capabilities will improve upon traditional steel multi-piece welded assemblies, Zak Aluminium Extrusions Expo which can take up to 12 stampings to produce a single structural component, Alcoa Named Leader Mumbai, India Magna says. The high-pressure casting will allow production of full structures in Sustainability zakaluminiumextrusions.com in one piece, reducing vehicle mass without compromising performance, In its first year as an independent 10-12 JANUARY structural integrity or safety. company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, IFEX 2018 “We remain focused on lightweighting to help improve fuel economy while USA-based Alcoa Corp. has been Ahmedabad, India decreasing vehicle emissions over time,” John Farrell, President of Magna’s body named a leader in the Dow Jones ifexindia.com and chassis operating unit, said in a press release. Sustainability Indices for its corporate 14-16 JANUARY The Kamtek facility currently employs approximately 850 people and responsibility and sustainability, Aluminium Symposium 2018 produces structural components for various automakers, including Mercedes- Alcoa says. Miami, Florida, USA Benz, Volkswagen and Nissan Motor Co. platts.com/events/americas/ Norsk Hydro Completes aluminium Sapa Acquisition 16-18 JANUARY EUROGUSS 2018 Norway-based Norsk Hydro Nürnberg, Germany ASA has finalized its acquisition of euroguss.de Sapa by purchasing Orkla ASA’s 50 Hall 6, Stand 210 percent ownership of the company 6-8 FEBRUARY for a preliminary purchase price of Gulf Industry Fair NOK11.86 billion (USD$1.49 billion). Manama, Bahrain Magna International has expanded its facility in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, Sapa, previously a joint venture gulfindustryfair.com and is adding aluminium casting capabilities. Rendering courtesy of Magna between Hydro and Orkla, will be a new business area in Hydro Extruded 25-28 FEBRUARY International Inc. SME Annual Conference Solutions, Hydro says. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Pyrotek Expands Content on Its Website Joint Venture GF Linamar smeannualconference.com Pyrotek continues to expand the 11-15 MARCH content available on its website, Opens First USA Facility TMS 2018 Pyrotek.com. It recently added in North Carolina Phoenix, Arizona, USA tms.org/tms2018 product line and product-specific GF Linamar, a joint venture pages to the site, which are between GF Automotive and searchable. Product lines include manufacturing company Linamar pump systems, filtration systems, Corp., has opened its first production degassing equipment, electrical facility in the USA. Located in Mills control panels, zinc-recovery systems, siphons, moulds, thermocouples and River, North Carolina, USA, the more. Individual product pages focus on specific pumps, troughs, refractory high-pressure die-casting facility types and ZYP coatings. Publisher: Pyrotek Inc. will serve the automotive industry 705 W. 1st Avenue The new content can be accessed through the search bar, product links at the by focusing on lightweight solutions bottom of industry pages and via the “Products” tab on the top navigation bar. Spokane, WA 99201 USA in aluminium and magnesium, GF pyrotek.com Keep checking Pyrotek.com to view newly posted product information. Linamar says. pyrotek.com Contributors: David Cole, Sandra Arconic Names New CEO, Hosking, Jackson Romney Chairman of the Board This document is for informational purposes only. The information Improve Metal Arconic Inc., of New York, New contained in this document has been York, USA, has named Charles “Chip” compiled from sources believed to be Blankenship as CEO and member of reliable. While every effort has been Quality the Arconic board of directors. David made to ensure that the information Hess, who had served as Interim is correct and that the views are Pyrotek products and CEO since April, will continue as CEO sound, Aluminium Insight cannot be equipment for degassing until Blankenship’s tenure begins made liable for any loss, no matter 15 January 2018, and he will remain how it may arise. help improve metal quality, on the board after the transition. Blankenship previously was with Aluminium Insight is produced by reduce melt loss and General Electric. Meanwhile, Arconic Pyrotek Inc. for its customers. optimize cast parts. director John Plant has been named Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Chairman of the board. Plant succeeds Pat Russo, who has served as Interim Chairwoman of the board Ceramite®, RFM® and SIVEX® are registered trademarks of Pyrotek. since April. She will continue to serve Surfalex® is a registered trademark of pyrotek.com on the board and as well as chair the Constellium N.V. governance committee.