American Aerospace Technical Castings Inc. (AATC) has joined the Boeing Co. in its bid to build the U.S. Air Force’s new fleet of aerial refueling tankers.
General Motors announced it plans to spend $890 million on the production of its Generation 5 engines, with $226 million going to plants with metalcasting capabilities.
Brembo S.p.A. will begin construction on the new metalcasting facility it announced in July 2008 “shortly” and complete the project by the third quarter of 2011.
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.