CarTech ramps up melting capacity

Apr 25, 2012 | 11:40 AM | Thorsten Schier

Tags  Carpenter Technology, aerospace, Andrew Ziolkowski, Aerospace Materials Conference, Latrobe, Thorsten Schier

PITTSBURGH — Carpenter Technology Corp. will have 76 remelt furnaces throughout its operations after the completion of a greenfield facility in Limestone County, Ala., boosting its melting capacity by 70 percent as it moves to support strong growth in the aerospace sector.

"Everything you’ve heard today and what we’ve heard for some time now in this industry, with the exception maybe a little bit of defense, is that things are taking off," senior vice president Andrew T. Ziolkowski said at AMM’s 6th Annual Aerospace Materials Conference in Pittsburgh.....





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