BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$600.0M
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
Railroad Replacement Parts Mfr
President, Finance
Robert J. MitchellNumber of Employees 2,800
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing: 333911
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'Now' reports on what matters.(BUSINESS)(CHANNEL SURFING)
- 2005-03-30
Byline: Chris Baker, THE WASHINGTON TIMES This week's edition of "Now," PBS' distinctive Friday newsmagazine, ends with a close-up of Basil Chapman, a retired West Virginia railroad worker who has been sued by his employer because his retirement has become too costly. ...
100 years of subway cars
- 2004-06-01
One hundred years after the first "Composite" (steel framed, wood bodied) subway cars began rolling through the tunnels of the Interborough Rapid Transit, their high tech successors are operating under similar criteria, as set by the IRT: "High schedule speeds with frequent stops." "Maximum carrying capacity, especially at times of...
Former ASF foundry coming back to life.(Metalcasting News)(Brief Article)
- 2004-04-01
Ohio Castings L.L.C., the Alliance, OH, foundry acquired by a consortium in order to supply railcar manufacturers, has restarted and been in operation since late 2003. Production of railcar sideframes and bolsters entered the full commercial stage in January after the products achieved certification by the...
Ohio castings set to buy alliance foundry.(Metalcasting News; Ohio Castings Company)
- 2003-11-01
The Ohio Castings consortium has agreed to buy the ASF foundry in Alliance, OH, and will add it to the organization that bought the ASF foundry in Cicero, IL, earlier this year. Alliance Castings Co. will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Ohio Castings and produce side...
Ohio Castings set to buy Alliance foundry
- 2003-11-01
Anonymous Foundry Management & Technology 11-01-2003 Ohio Castings set to buy Alliance foundry Byline: Anonymous Volume: 131 Number: 11 ISSN: 03608999 Publication Date: 11-01-2003 Page: 7 Type: Periodical Language: English The Ohio Castings consortium has agreed to buy the ASF foundry in Alliance, OH, and will add it...
Ohio Castings mulling second foundry purchase.(Metalcasting News)(Brief Article)
- 2003-10-01
Ohio Castings Co., a joint-venture of Greenbrier Co., Lake Oswego, OR. and ACF Industries, St. Charles, MO. is making a bid to buy the American Steel Foundries operation in. Alliance, OH. American Steel Foundries is at holding o1' ASF-Keystone, Chicago, a division of Amsted Industries, Greenbrier...
Former Bidder for Buckeye Steel Could Become Its Rival.
- 2003-09-03
By Mark Ni...uette, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 3--Ohio Castings Co., which was outbid after being created to buy the assets of the former Buckeye Steel Castings, might ac...uire a Northeast Ohio foundry that would compete with the...
Johnstown America - Supply Side - new respresentative in Mexico - Brief Article
- 2002-05-01
Johnstown America has appointed a new manufacturer's representative in Mexico. Rolando Do Luna, who will be based in Mexico City, will he responsible for freight car and component sales. He has 40 years' experience with U.S. and Mexican railroads, leasing companies, and suppliers, among them ACF Industries, GATX Mexico, Grupo...
PSC Announces Election of New Directors
- 2001-10-02
Business Editors CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 2, 2001 Philip Services Corporation ("PSC") (Nasdaq: PSCD/ TSE: PSC) today announced the appointment of two directors to its Board of Directors following the resignation of two directors. The newly appointed directors are Stanley N. Nortman and Robert J. Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell is an...
American Railcar Industries - Correction Notice
- 2000-11-01
In Railway Age's Financial Desk Book, American Railcar Industries was inadvertently listed as a Lessor. It is a manufacturing and services company. ACF Industries, Inc., is a railcar manufacturing and leasing corporation. The name of Virginia Railway Express's new director of operations was spelled incorrectly on page 42 of Railway...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Robert J. Mitchell | President, Finance |
| John Cunningham | Director, Sales & Marketing |
| Tom Myers | Manager, HR & Benefits |
| Irv Margol |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| James A Unger | Vice-Chairman |
Mr. Mitchell was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on August 29, 1996. Since March 1995, he has been the Senior Vice President - Finance of ACF Industries, Incorporated, a privately-held railcar leasing and manufacturing company which is owned by Carl C. Icahn, and was Treasurer of ACF from December 1984 to March 1995. He has also served as President and Treasurer of ACF Industries Holding Corp., a privately held holding company for ACF, since August 1993. He also serves as a Director of Stratosphere Corporation, an affiliate of Carl C. Icahn, which operates the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino, since October 14, 1998. Mr. Mitchell received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from St. Francis College.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ACF Industries, Inc. | President, Finance | Current |
| ACF Industries Holding Corp. | President | Current |
| Stratosphere Corporation | Director | Current |
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| St. Francis College | Bachelor of Science Degree In Business Administration | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ACF Industries, Inc. | Director, Sales & Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ACF Industries, Inc. | Manager, HR & Benefits | Current |
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| Braille Institute | Board of Directors | Former |
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| Urban League | Board of Directors | Former |
| Washington University | Masters Degree | Former |
| American Heart Association, Inc. | Member | Former |
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|---|---|---|
| Ari Industries, Inc. | CEO | Current |
| ACF Industries, Inc. | Vice-Chairman | Current |
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