Clients and Products (Processes and Materials)

Our clients between them offer experience and expertise in the following processes: Casting, Forging, High Pressure Die Casting, Investment Casting, Machining, and Rubber to Metal Bonding. They use a large selection of materials during these processes ranging through most grades of steel including stainless, aluminium, magnesium, brass, titanium, zinc and many exotic alloys that are used in many industries throughout the modern world. All of the clients are able to provide additional "Added Value" operations and can therefore be classed as Full Service Suppliers.

Alcorta Brockhaus | Avalon Precision Casting | Hitchiner Manufacturing Co | Mahle Brockhaus

O'Fallon Casting | Ortal Die Casting | Ridgeway Co-Extrusion Technology Ltd | SGF

Alcorta Brockhaus (Based in Elgoibar, Spain) - Automotive (car and motorcycle) small forging specialist, with 3 Business Groups: Door Hinges, Exhaust Flanges and "Other", which includes such parts as Steering and Suspension components, and Towing Eyes. Alcorta Brockhaus can forge parts up to and including 4 Kg weight out of carbon and stainless steels. Post treatments, including machining, plating, painting and coating can be offered from highly competitive local sub-contract sources.

www.alcortab.com

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Avalon Precision Casting Company (Based in Brook Park, Ohio) - Investment casting foundry supplying virtually every market requiring metal parts, such as Compressors, Conveyor Systems, Cranes, Hand Tools, Industrial Clamps and Chain Lifts, Medical Hardware, Pumps, Impellors and Valves. Avalon can offer small batches of parts, or larger quantities depending on the customer's needs. Castings can be produced to very close tolerances, in a wide range of alloys. Avalon are ISO 9001:2000 certified and pour ferrous and nonferrous alloys.

www.avalon-castings.com

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Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. (HQ is Based in Milford, New Hampshire, USA) - Investment casting foundry, with a unique and patented casting process known as "Counter Gravity." A very wide range of ferrous alloys can be cast, including those that need to be produced under vacuum, with the ability to produce complex geometry and very thin wall sections.

Hitchiner is active in the Automotive, Gas Turbine (Aerospace) and Defence markets. Hitchiner's Gas Turbine Division is a major supplier to the world's jet engine manufacturers, and also continues to be successful in supplying high-volume automotive products to major automotive OEMs from its Automated Casting Facility. Size range up to 600 mm per side.

www.hitchiner.com

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Mahle Brockhaus GmbH (Based in Plettenberg, Germany) - Specialists in the manufacture of forged steel connecting rods for automotive applications, with particular emphasis on forging of steels suitable for the fracture-splitting process. Their hammer forging processes are becoming increasingly highly automated. Forging size range covers motorcycles through to heavy duty diesel engines for trucks, up to about 8 kg per forging. Full product support is available, including design optimisation, testing, stress analysis and metallurgical investigation.

www.mahle.com

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O'Fallon Casting (Based in O'Fallon, Missouri, USA) - air melt investment casting foundry, specialising in Aluminium and Copper Base alloys. Silicon Carbide Metal Matrix Composites can also be cast. The Counter Gravity process is used for specific alloys that are difficult to cast. O'Fallon is active in the military missile, electronic packaging and Aerospace markets.

www.ofalloncasting.com

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ORTAL (HQ is Based in Israel) - A veteran High Pressure Die Casting plant, founded in 1973, brings over three decades of experience to its specialized field - the superior quality manufacture and exceptional development of Magnesium and Zinc die-cast sub-assemblies and parts.

ORTAL is a leading Magnesium die caster, and was in fact amongst the first companies in the world to work with High Pressure die cast magnesium. 30 years of die casting expertise assured a smooth transition of the Magnesium alloy into the plant. Israel, one of the world's natural Magnesium sources, is considered a leading country for new developments in this field, and ORTAL works closely with research facilities and academic institutes renowned for new patents and alloys.

ORTAL has the unique ability to offer the whole die-casting process, from start to finish in-house, and deliver total die-casting solutions. We utilize our extensive knowledge and highly experienced workforce to offer both mass production and customized parts on Hot & Cold die casting machines from 20 to 840 tons as well as a wide machining range.

ORTAL's creative engineering and development team brainstorms innovative solutions for improvements and preventive actions, while the most stringent Quality Assurance controls the entire process. We are totally committed to continuously striving to deliver incomparable quality products 0 PPM - 100% J.I.T. in accordance with each client's specific requests.

ORTAL is a public company originally founded by Kibbutz Neve-Ur and traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

ORTAL has established a wide ranging valued customer base, serving many major corporations throughout Europe and the USA.

One of ORTAL's major benefits to its customers is the competitive edge we enjoy as an LCC (Low Cost Country), but with the huge value-added advantage of producing only the highest quality products.

ORTAL have certification for ISO-9001, QS-9001, and ISO-TS16949.

www.ortal.co.il

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Ridgeway consists of two separate areas of expertise:

Ridgeway Co-Extrusion Technology - Designs, develops and markets multi-layer die heads specifically for the production of tubes and pipes. Their co-extrusion die heads are produced for the automotive, construction, cosmetic and packaging industries. Their technology team work with suppliers to develop their materials and they also offer a consultancy service to assist clients with their product development.

Ridgeway Precision Engineering - Ridgeway provides high quality precision engineering for most industries; including automotive, construction, cosmetics, packaging, plastics, medical and motorsport.

Offers a consultancy service to include, design, prototype manufacture, testing, small batches and long run production.

Ridgeway have experience in working with the following types of materials: Stainless steel, Maraging steel, Titanium, Tool steels, Non-ferrous alloys. Super alloys, Ceramics, Carbide, PCD and engineering plastics.

The cutting technologies include: HSC / HSM / HEM / EDM and Hard turning >60 HRc. Other additional facilities offered by Ridgeway are: Solidworks 3D modelling & drafting, 'PowerShape' 3D freeform surface modeling and Finite Element Analysis (mechanical and fluid).

Their operating objectives are:

• Meet deadlines and budgets
• Maintain high quality
• Give added value
• Maximize service through flexibility and responsiveness
• Provide innovative solutions
• Full technical and after-sales support
• Exceed the customers expectations

A few of the long list of satisfied customers follows: Albany International, Anchor Dairies, Becker, Dupont, Eagle Picher, Gillette, Hepworth Plumbing, Interplast, John Guest Ltd, McKechnie Plastics and Vehicle Company, Parker Hannefin, Raytech, RJN Motorsport, Shell, TWR Racing, Williams F1 Engineering and World Plastics.

www.ridgewaycoex.co.uk

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SGF - A leading manufacturer of safety and comfort components for the automotive and other industries.

For more than 50 years SGF's flexible driveshaft and flexible steering couplings have been guarantors for high reliability and effectivity. Throughout the world these flexible couplings with thread or metal reinforcement are being used effectively in the drivetrain of passenger cars, utility vehicles, locomotives, power units, pump drives, aircraft drives, test stands and many other industrial drive units as well as in steering systems.

SGF's wide range of products includes vibration absorbers, which are used in various positions in a vehicle (car body, gearbox, steering system, exhaust system, shift linkage etc.) to improve comfort and life cycle, as well as high grade rubber-metal bonded parts and rubber mouldings. Exhaust system hangers are another component that offers high thermal resistance, loss guard and excellent cornering stability with low dynamic stiffness.

www.sgf.de

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