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Miller Castings history
Miller Castings company history timeline
Miller Castings has been manufacturing “lost wax” investment castings for aerospace, military and commercial customers since 1972.
1973-The first United States foundry argon oxygen decarburization (AOD) unit is installed at ESCO Corp.
1973 Mississippi River flood wall breaks and floods the entire Keokuk plant sending plans for renovation and expansion down the river along with many existing assets.
Commercial ceramic foam filters will be in use in foundries by 1974.
1974-Fiat introduces the in-mold process for ductile iron treatment…The phenolic urethane nobake binder system is introduced for mold production.
1974 Keokuk Steel Castings acquires 25 acres from Henry Lew located between Highway 218 and 61 bypass
1976-Foote Mineral Co. and BCIRA (U.K.) develop compacted graphite iron…Acid-slag cupola practices plus external desulfurization with CaC2 begin to replace basic slag cupolas.
1976 Keokuk Steel Castings company builds the Hawkeye foundry while still maintaining finishing and heat treating operations at the Riverfront plant
1978-Furan/SO2 binder system is developed for cores/ molds…Polyol urethane nobake binder system is introduced for aluminum applications.
1981-High-production lost foam casting begins at General Motors’ Massena, NY, plant for aluminum cylinder heads.
1983-Air impulse molding process is developed…Free radical cure/SO2 binder system is introduced.
1984-Charles Hull applies for a patent on stereolithography process.
1985-Phenolic ester coldbox binder is developed…New automaker Saturn makes a strategic decision to select lost foam process for its aluminum cylinder blocks and heads and ductile iron crankshafts and differential cases.
1987 NACO purchases the Keokuk foundry.
1988-Rapid prototyping and CAD/CAM technologies combine in a breakthrough to shorten tooling development time…Ford adapts Cosworth process precision sand casting process for high production… Metaullics Systems combines flux injection/rotary degassing technologies for aluminum processing.
1989 A steel casting sourcing business is formalized as part of the business group with the creation of National Engineered Products Company, Inc. (NEPCO)
1990-Equipment for semi-solid casting is introduced by Alumax Engineered Materials and Buhler, Inc… Foseco patents a direct-pour system that permits casting production without conventional gating/risering.
1990 NACO signs major sole distribution and technology transfer agreement with Mexican foundry known as Acerlan Foundry.
1991-“Dry ice” CO2 process is developed for cleaning coreboxes and foundry tooling…A noncontact gauge for accurate dimensional analysis of lost foam patterns and sand cores is developed through the AFS Lost Foam Consortium.
1993-First foundry application of a plasma ladle refiner (melting and refining in one vessel) occurs atMaynard Steel Casting Co., Milwaukee.
1999 ABC-NACO Inc. is formed as a result of the merger of the publicly held ABC Rail Products Corporation and the privately held NACO, Inc.
2001 Matrix Metals, LLC was formed merging Keokuk, Richmond, and NEPCO and is acquired by the Jeffries Capital Partners with certain assets of the locomotive, flow control and specialty products division of ABC-NACO.
2002 Matrix Metals, LLC signs sole-sourcing distribution agreement with Sanmar Foundry, LTD of India
2003 Matrix Metals, LLC acquires 100% ownership of the Acerlan Foundry Mexico’s largest steel foundry.
2008 Matrix Metals, LLC is acquired by the Sanmar Group
2009 Matrix Metals, LLC headquarters are set up in Richmond Texas.
2011 Keokuk Steel Castings achieves notoriety as a Material Organization by obtaining ASME Quality System Certification to supply steel castings to the nuclear industry.
2015 In December, the Sanmar Group announces closure of Keokuk Steel Castings Company.
2017 Only forty days after Keokuk Steel Castings re-opens, following eleven months of downtime, the first heat of metal is poured marking the beginning of a new chapter in American steel.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMC Industries | 1945 | $87.7M | 200 | 1 |
| Indium | 1934 | $930.0M | 3,000 | 2 |
| Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC | 1957 | $560.0M | 1,100 | - |
| Big River Steel | 2014 | $13.0M | 286 | 22 |
| Severstal | 2004 | $458.0B | 50,000 | - |
| Multek | 1978 | $6.2M | 35 | - |
| Ardisam | 1960 | $24.0M | 100 | - |
| Bison Gear & Engineering | 1960 | $15.0M | 200 | - |
| Sandvik Coromant | 1919 | $10.5B | 7,900 | 232 |
| Advanced Circuits | 1989 | $130.0M | 480 | - |
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