MetalTek buys British firm.
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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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