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• Signicast

  - 2009-02-01

  Signicast has revamped its website to include more detail and information. The site is designed for customers new to investment casting, but also includes technical data for those looking for additional information regarding the process, capabilities, design assistance and general information about the company. Signicast has five investment casting facilities...

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• Pritzker group acquires Signicast

  - 2008-08-01

  Signicast, Hartford, Wis., has been acquired by The Priztker Group, a Chicago- and Los Angeles-based investment firm that partners with management teams in leveraged buyouts and acquisitions of middle-market companies across a broad range of manufacturing, distribution and service industry sectors. The existing management at Signicast will remain in...

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• Metalcaster of the Year: Signicast: with its newest investment casting facility improving on an already innovative continuous flow model, Signicast has been named Modern Casting's Metalcaster of the Year

  - 2008-08-01

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Five steps into the wax injection room in Signicast's Hartford, Wis., Module 4, it's easy to assume it's break time for the investment caster's workers. Walkways are clear, and stations are empty but for a single employee drifting through. Then you notice the robots. Quietly but...

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• Presenting the Winners of the Manufacturer of the Year Award

  - 2008-04-01

  NINE COMPANIES THAT PERSONIFY THE BEST OF WISCONSIN'S MANUFACTURING SECTOR On February 28th, Wisconsin celebrated its 20th annual Manufacturer of the Year Awards, with honors extended to nine winners during a black-tie event at Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel. Around 350 attendees were present to acknowledge this year's winners, chosen from 63...

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• Investment caster Signicast given innovation award by state of Wisconsin

  - 2008-04-01

  Investment caster Signicast Corp., Hartford, Wis., recently was honored for Manufacturing Process Innovation at the 20th Annual Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Awards. The awards, announced on Feb. 28 at a dinner and program at the Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee, are intended to recognize Wisconsin companies that demonstrate a commitment...

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• Flowing into the future: unique production strategies and processes drive casting specialist Signicast to significant growth

  - 2007-09-01

  [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] For the better part of the last decade, many domestic companies that focus on basic manufacturing--suppliers of castings, forgings and machined parts--have been besieged by low-cost offshore competitors, mostly from the Far East. Then there's Signicast Corp., a southeast Wis.-based producer of investment castings which has...

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• Signicast Corp

  - 2006-08-01

  During an audit of its Hartford, Wis., facilities by representatives for Volvo, Signicast Corp. earned a rating that was "nothing short of outstanding" for its proprietary Continuous Flow Manufacturing CFM. According to Volvo officials, the average plant audit receives review scores in the 50s and 60s. Signicast received a rating...

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• Who needs inventory? Signicast Corporation did away with inventory and focused on speed and continuous flow to be able to deliver a part to its customers in 5-10 days

  - 2006-08-01

  In chemical plants, material flows via pipes from station to station where it is processed with automated controls. It is untouched by human hands, and long waylays at one station or another are avoided. This sounds like something relatively easy to accomplish with the fluidity of a liquid or gas...

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• Signicast earns Volvo quality recognition.(METALCASTING NEWS)

  - 2006-08-01

  Signicast Corp. has earned a "World Class" rating for quality and efficiency from Volvo Corp., whose representatives recently toured the Hartford, WI, investment casting operation as part of the auto group's review and audit process. Signicast Corp. has earned a "World Class" rating...

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• Production time cut 75% with new handling scheme at Signicast.

  - 1996-01-01

  Handling costs in metal castings operations are also cut more than 25% by three automated storage systems, robots, and extensive conveyors. At any manufacturing operation, it's tough to simultaneously reduce lead times and costs while improving quality levels. But that challenge was even...

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