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MetalTek buys British firm.

Modern Casting • August, 2008 • North America

MetalTek International, Waukesha, Wis., acquired Meighs Castings Ltd. from Langley Alloys, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

Meighs Castings produces components for the defense industry, as well as European-based customers for highly corrosive applications. Meighs casts parts in its Durville tilt-pour process using aluminum bronzes, super austenitic and duplex stainless steels, nickel-based and other corrosive-resistant materials.

The firm joins MetalTek, which pours 450 different materials and produces components for customers via static, centrifugal, investment and continuous casting processes. Meighs Castings is the sixth metalcasting company in MetalTek's arsenal. Other MetalTek companies are Wisconsin Centrifugal, Carondelet Corp., Southern Centrifugal, Wisconsin Investcast and Bearium Metals.

Meighs Castings will continue operation at its current facility in Stoke-on-Trent. The management team, led by General Manager Craig Grant, will remain in place.


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