Accuride prepares for wheel supply tightness
Apr 06, 2012 | 01:29 PM
| Suzy Waite
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Massena West,
casthouse fire,
aluminum wheels,
steel wheels,
Suzy Waite
NEW YORK — Aluminum and steel wheel manufacturer Accuride Corp. is preparing for potential supply constraints in the wake of Alcoa Inc. halting billet casting at its Massena West facility.
A March 29 fire at the Massena West casthouse forced Pittsburgh-based Alcoa to halt production of billet, some of which was forged-quality metal used internally by Alcoa’s wheel division, Alcoa Wheel & Transportation Products, in Cleveland, sources told AMM.....
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