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Universal Die Casting Company
Universal Die Casting Company
2052 East Vernon Avenue
Vernon, California 90058
(Los Angeles, California)
Since 1931, Universal Die Casting Company, also known in the die casting industry as “UDC”, specialized in Brass Die Casting and Bronze Die Casting.
Universal Die Casting Company – closed their doors the last time February 21st, 2008.
Founded in Los Angeles, California in 1931, Universal Die Casting Company produced parts in brass and bronze in sizes ranging from 1/2 ounce to 20 pounds. Universal Die Casting Company produced parts for many industries such as: swimming pool brushes, spas, plumbing hardware, aircraft and irrigation equipment.
Universal Die Casting Company moved from the original location of 5001 Santa Fe Avenue in Los Angeles, California to 2052 East Vernon Avenue Los Angeles, California where the doors finally closed. Universal Die Casting Company was another good manufacturing company that closed their doors in California. Universal Die Casting Company had an auction for their equipment on Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at 10 AM.
Most of the die casting company competitors including Kinetic Die Casting Company, attended the auction but no one is happy to see another small die casting company that struggled everyday to stay in business – Close Down. Good bye Universal Die Casting Company.
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Metaldyne Sells Manufacturing Facillities
Plymouth-based auto supplier Metaldyne Corp. will sell off its plant in Middleville, southeast of Grand Rapids, and another one in Niles, Ill., the company announced Tuesday.
Earlier this year, the company closed its chassis facilities in Farmington Hills and in Greenville, N.C., as well as an administrative office in Plymouth.
The Middleville operation machines front engine covers, oil pumps and other components. Niles is an aluminum die casting facility.
Proceeds from the sales will be used to pay down debt or for general funding purposes.
Metaldyne is an indirectly, wholly owned subsidiary of Asahi Tec Corp., a Shizuoka, Japan-based chassis and powertrain component supplier in the passenger car/light truck and medium/heavy truck segments.
Metaldyne has annual revenues of approximately $1.8 billion. The company employs more than 6,300 employees at 33 facilities in 14 countries, according to a company statement.
Pace Die Casting Company Sold
An aluminum die-casting firm bought by a publicly traded company in 1996 has returned to private hands under its former name, Pace Industries Inc. Leggett & Platt Inc. said today that it had sold its aluminum die-casting unit to its management and Kenner & Company Inc., a New York-based private equity firm that was the former owner of Pace. Pace will maintain its headquarters at Fayetteville. The company has 19 manufacturing sites in 14 cities in the U.S. and Mexico, and is the largest privately owned custom non-automotive die-casting company in North America. Scott Bull, chief executive officer of Pace, said he and other executives would begin a seven-day tour Friday of the company’s sites to meet with plant managers, employees, media and local community leaders.
Leggett & Platt Inc. acquired Pace from Kenner & Co. in 1996. The locations included in the transaction are at Loyalhanna, Pa.; Auburn, Ala.; St. Paul and Maple Lake, Minn.; Harrison and Jonesboro, Ark.; Chelmsford and North Billerica, Mass.; Dover, N.H.; Grafton and Oconto, Wis.; Monroe City, Mo.; and Saltillo and Chihuahua, Mexico.
Kinetic Die Casting manufactures aluminum and zinc die casting parts. Samples of KDC’s work include die cast speaker parts, aluminum tile plates, and other die cast metal parts. If you would like to have a quote please visit our website: Kinetic Die Casting Company
Car Radiators are parts made of aluminum
Your car radiator is the primary cooling mechanism for your engine. Radiators are a simple and elegant solution to the need for engine cooling. Car radiator parts are mostly made of aluminum. Light and strong, aluminum is great for making car radiators. It is the material of choice for most of today’s radiators. Light and intelligently designed, aluminum radiators are standard on many of today’s new cars and trucks. Aluminum Car Parts
A small leak on your car Radiator can be indicating a larger problem. A cooling system that runs low too often is less efficient and you can damage your cooling system by letting the coolant level get too low. Too little coolant flow can be bad, but at normal and high operating temperatures, the rate at which coolant moves through the radiator does not change the amount of heat that is dissipated by the cooling cores. The amount of cooling will not be reduced even when the mean temperature of the coolant rises and flows faster.
Many cheap coolants do not have the corrosion protection, PH balancing, or sediment prevention that the top-quality coolants do. These low quality coolants do not have the same additives of name brand coolants. To help your engine stay cooler, rev up your engine slightly when you are overheating in traffic to help push more air across the cooling cores and more coolant through the engine.
All water-cooled car radiator parts have an automatically controlled electric fan on the radiator. The way the system is supposed to work is that, after the engine is started, the thermostat on the engine stays closed until the coolant temperature at the ENGINE reaches 87C (189F) degrees. It is the responsibility of the Radiator to keep the coolant temperature from running too high. However, if the temperature is too high it is not necessarily the radiator.
A poor radiator cap will not last as long or stay properly calibrated, and either open at too low or two high a pressure. Make sure your radiator cap is the proper one for your cooling system. Higher pressure means a higher boiling point, which means more efficient cooling. A new radiator cap is usually all that is required for this (but don’t over pressurize your radiator cores and wreck the whole system).
Most Car Radiators’ cooling system failures arise from poor radiator maintenance. Many radiator problems can be prevented with regular maintenance and periodic professional inspections of you car radiator and cooling system. The most common radiator problems are: leaky fittings or seams, fin deterioration and bond failure, electrolysis, cracked tank, and fan damage.
Kinetic Die Casting manufactures aluminum and zinc die casting parts. Samples of KDC’s work include die cast speaker parts, aluminum tile plates, and other die cast metal parts. If you would like to have a quote please visit our website: Kinetic Die Casting Company
C&D Die Casting Company
C&D Die Casting Company in Chatsworth, California USA had an auction for their equipment December 2004.
C&D Die Casting Company had three locations:
1. C&D Die Casting Company in Chatsworth, California.
2. Tapp Die Casting Company in Tempe, Arizona.
3. Tapp Die Casting Company in Nogales, Mexico.
C&D Die Casting Company is only one California die casting company of many die casting companies that have gone out of business in the last ten years. C&D Die Casting Company was a good supplier and will be missed by many customers who wanted inexpensive die casting parts. Kinetic Die Casting purchased much of the equipment from C&D Die Casting Company and continues to produce good quality die casting parts for many of the C&D Die Casting Customers. Many times these customers want what is considered LOW QUANTITIES.
Kinetic Die Casting specializes in low quantities in a short delivery time frame.
Kinetic Die Casting manufactures aluminum and zinc die casting parts. Samples of KDC’s work include die cast speaker parts, aluminum tile plates, and other die cast metal parts. If you would like to have a quote please visit our website: Kinetic Die Casting Company
