Navistar International Corp. has contracted metalcaster Cifunsa to produce compacted graphite iron engine cylinder blocks for its new MaxxForce 7 diesel engines.
Sivyer Steel Corp. has signed an agreement with the Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center to leverage the capabilities of the two facilities when quoting jobs.
A fledgling Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham research facility has been contracted by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to produce test castings for a new vehicle armor program.