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Joint Venture with Siemens Energy to manufacuture SX, DS, and EQ advanced turbine blades for the Siemens power generation group

Hartford, Wi, Us

Signicast is a highly automated and vertically integrated manufacturer of precision investment cast parts. The Company's core manufacturing foundation of "continuous flow manufacturing" has been key to Signicast growing into the largest commercial investment casting manufacturer in the world. Signicast is regarded for its superior product quality, value, speed, flexibility and consumer services. Collaborating with engineering offers unique “one-stop” manufacturing solutions incorporating pre-casting tooling design, and value-added post-casting operations such as machining, heat treating, painting and assembly.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

I drove the strategic plan and vision througout the business unit. I adopted use of the Alcoa Business System (similar to TPS) to teach and deploy lean manufacturing methodology in all facility quality teams for sustained process driven improvements and root cause corrective action. Alcoa Power and Propulsion, a major business unit of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA), is a global leader in superalloy airfoil and titanium and aluminum structural investment castings. Serving the aerospace, defense, energy and industrial markets, its products are primarily used in jet engines and industrial gas turbines. Additional value-added products and services include hot isostatic pressing, specialty coatings, research and development, supply chain management, specialty tools, molds, and machinery. With 25 production facilities, Alcoa Power and Propulsion employs more than 9,000 people worldwide.

Precision Castparts is the world leader in structural investment castings, forged components, and airfoil castings for aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines. Airbus, Boeing, GE, Rolls-Royce, and many other leading manufacturers depend on us for critical airframe, engine, power generation, medical, and general industrial components. With few exceptions, every aircraft in the sky flies with parts made by PCC.

AETC Limited is a UK-based company that specializes in the manufacture of investment cast gaspath components – primarily rotating blades and stationary nozzle guide vanes for the aerospace and industrial gas turbine industries. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of PCC.

Milford, Nh, Us

Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. is the premier supplier of complete-to-print, high-volume, complex thin-wall investment castings and fully-finished casting-based subassemblies and components to industry. The company leads the industry in volume production, reduced lead-times and just-in-time manufacturing. Hitchiner® produces castings in hundreds of different alloys for a broad spectrum of global markets and customers that include the leaders in the automotive, aerospace, and other industries. Hitchiner’s® North American Operations are based on four manufacturing facilities: the Ferrous-USA Division and the Gas Turbine Division, located in New Hampshire, USA; the Ferrous-Mexico Division, located in Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico, and Hitchiner Manufacturing Company de Mexico, located in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

Signicast is a highly automated and vertically integrated manufacturer of precision investment cast parts. The Company is the largest commercial investment casting manufacturer in the world and is regarded for its superior product quality and value; speed and flexibility; and consumer services. In addition, Signicast offers unique “one-stop” manufacturing solutions incorporating pre-casting tooling design / production and value-added post-casting operations such as machining, heat treating, painting and assembly. Collaborating with engineering offers unique “one-stop” manufacturing solutions incorporating pre-casting tooling design / production and value-added post-casting operations such as machining, heat treating, painting and assembly.

Alcoa Howmet, Dover castings operations is a world-class supplier of complex, investment cast turbine airfoils for the aircraft engine and industrial gas turbine industries. Dover Casting also offers "non-traditional castings," components normally fabricated from many parts, which are available as single castings with all internal passages and holes cast in. The facility has been located in Dover, New Jersey, since 1949 also included transfer core molding manufacturing.ProductsSingle crystal, directionally solidified, and equiax castingsCommercial and military aircraft, rocket and industrial gas turbineBlades, vanes, and multi-vane segmentsDuct segments, shrouds and combustor panelsIntegral wheelsFuel injectorsComplex swirlersCompressor vane segments