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Furnaces and heat treatment
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Extrusion billet casting machine
VTORMET of Russia will be installing
a Rautomead RX 1100 single
stand horizontal casting machine to
manufacture brass extrusion billet at
its factory in Mtsensk, Oryol Oblast.
The casting machine will be fed from a
separate melting furnace, and feedstock
will be carefully selected scrap.
This is the second Rautomead
machine to have been purchased by
Vtormet, the previous one having been
a smaller RT 650 horizontal continuous
casting machine, commissioned at the
customer’s plant in August 2012.
These horizontal continuous
casting machines were developed by
Rautomead in the 1980s. Since then,
the process and control systems have
been refined to suit modern factory
environments.
Rautomead Ltd – UK
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Changes at SECO/Warwick
SECO/Warwick SA, Poland, has
announced that the joint venture with
Winfor GbR, Germany, in SECO/
Warwick GmbH was dissolved at
the end of 2012. SECO/Warwick SA
acquired 49 per cent of the shares of
SECO/Warwick GmbH from Winfor
GbR.
The managing directors, Thomas
Wingens and Karol Forycki, left SECO/
Warwick GmbH on 30 November.
Thomas Kreuzaler temporarily took over
as managing director beside his other
group functions.
Nespi International GmbH, Germany,
has been acquired via SECO/Warwick
GmbH, with 100 per cent of the shares.
The acquisition of Nespi, a furnace
engineering company specialising in
retrofits, repairs, service and spare parts
supplies for many type of furnaces, is
a further step in the strategic growth
of SECO/Warwick, one of the fastest
growing heat processing equipment
manufacturers.
SECO/Warwick GmbH reinforces
with Nespi International GmbH the
activities particularly in the German and
Western European markets. Group CEO
Pawel Wyrzykowski commented, “The
focus of the SECO/Warwick Group is a
satisfied customer. After our successful
development in some key world markets
we would like to emphasise on our offer
for our German speaking customers
now.”
SECO/Warwick Europe SA – Poland
Fax: +48 68 3819 805
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