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    Aluminum Dynamics Orders Furnaces and Casting Equipment for Three New Plants

    Aluminum Dynamics, the newly formed aluminum operations of Steel Dynamics, Inc., signed a contract with Gillespie & Powers Inc. along with their strategic partners Hustler Conveyor Company, American Pulverizer Company, and ETA Engineering for the supply of furnace equipment, pre-treatment equipment, and air pollution control equipment for their recently announced, state-of-the-art facilities in Columbus, Mississippi, Gila […]

  • The melting and holding furnaces within the new Matalco casthouse in Kentucky.

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    Matalco Launches Remelt Facility in Kentucky

    Matalco Inc. completed the construction and startup of its seventh remelt facility, located in Franklin, KY, which will operate under the name Matalco Kentucky LLC. The $65 million investment represents the company’s third new plant project in the last eight years. The new plant will focus on the production of rolling ingot — affirming the […]

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    Ellwood Orders New Homogenizing Furnace for Its Phase Two Expansion

    Ellwood Aluminum ordered a new 200,000 lb batch homogenizing furnace for Phase 2 of their aluminum casthouse expansion in Hubbard, OH. When it started operation in early 2020, the new casthouse represented the company’s first entry into the aluminum melting and casting market. The facility is able to produce billet and slab, enabling the company […]

  • Thorpe Technologies - Vistal tilting furnace

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    Gillespie & Powers Acquires Thorpe Technologies

    Gillespie & Powers Inc. completed the acquisition of Thorpe Holding Company, including Thorpe Technologies Inc. and JT Thorpe Inc., both located in San Dimas, California. Both companies will continue to operate independently. Jack Gillespie will be assuming the role of president of Thorpe Technologies Inc. and will also act as vice president and COO of […]

  • Matalco aluminum remelt plant

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    Matalco Launches New Remelt Plant in Wisconsin

    Matalco Inc., a division of the Giampaolo Group, started up production at its new $80 million remelt and casting facility in Wisconsin Rapids, WI — making it the company’s fifth production plant in North America. The greenfield facility is capable of producing over 250 million lbs of billet or rolling ingot per year and is […]

  • Matalco-Gillespie & Powers-aluminum melting furnaces

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    Matalco Orders Aluminum Furnaces for New Kentucky Site

    Matalco Inc., a division of the Giampaolo Group of Companies, is currently investing $53.5 million in the construction of a new remelt facility in Franklin, Kentucky, as part of its larger investment project to expand production across the U.S. Operating under the name Matalco Kentucky LLC, the plant will be housed within a 461,000 sq […]

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    Matalco Continuing to Expand Its Recycling Operations Across the U.S.

    Matalco Inc., a division of the Giampaolo Group of Companies, is making progress in its plans to expand its existing aluminum casting capacity by approximately 75%. First announced in 2018, the plan includes the construction of several greenfield aluminum remelt facilities for production of billet and rolling slab. New Production Capacity in Wisconsin Since its initial […]

  • Figure 1. The Ellwood Aluminum team standing in the company’s new aluminum casthouse.

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    ARTICLE: Ellwood Embarks on a Journey to the Lighter Side with New Aluminum Casting Complex

    By Andrea Svendsen, Managing Editor. Ellwood Aluminum, a division of the 110 year old family-owned steel manufacturer Ellwood Group, has constructed and started up operation of its new secondary aluminum casthouse in Hubbard, Ohio (Figure 1). The new facility, which represents the company’s first entry into aluminum melting and casting, enables them to diversify their […]

  • Remelt Technologies, Inc.

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    Gillespie & Powers Partners with Remelt Technologies

    Gillespie & Powers Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, entered into a strategic partnership with Remelt Technologies, Inc. based in Longwood, Florida. The agreement will enable Gillespie & Powers to offer RemeltTechnologies’ homogenizing furnaces, DC casting machines, and DC casting automation to the North American aluminum industry. “Gillespie & Powers Inc. is proud that Gary Bowden, […]