Company Profile
Updated: 17-SEP-09Grede Foundries Inc.
Exporter
PO Box 26499, Milwaukee, WI 53226-0499, United States
(414)257-3600, (414)256-9399 fax, http://www.grede.com
Primary SIC: Gray Iron Foundries, Primary NAICS: Iron Foundries
Description: Manufacturing: Gray iron, ductile iron and steel castings for automotive, farm and construction equipment.William J. Grede founded Grede Foundries in 1920 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Since then, Grede's single foundry has expanded with the acquisition of other facilities across the Midwestern United States. In 1997, the company jumped across the Atlantic with the purchase of Duport Harper Foundries, Ltd., in Tipton, West Midlands, United Kingdom. Today, Grede Foundries operates 12 foundries, producing gray iron, ductile iron, and steel casings. Products include axles, brake parts, cases, carriers, and housings, crankshafts, turbos, calipers, water pumps, and wheel cylinders. Grede also offers clients services including design assistance, painting, machining, sub-assembly, and custom packaging. Products are sold to customers for construction machinery and equipment, mechanical power transmission, internal combustion engines, farm machinery and equipment, and motor vehicles, including trucks. Key competitors for the family-owned company include Atchison Casting and Citation.
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Sales of Grede plants approved Headquarters, six foundries included
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/23/2009; 449 words; ...plants, Grede said. Grede filed for Chapter 11...of the transaction are Grede's foundries in Greenwood, S.C...Mich. The Greenwood foundry has been closed for several months, and Grede is selling the remaining...2009, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved...
Proving its metal: Neenah Foundry fights its way through tough times
THE JOURNAL RECORD; 12/18/2009; 1032 words; ...to NFC Castings Inc. A year later...Oklahoma avenues - the foundry has seen its fortunes...Neenah along with the Grede and Elyria Foundries. "The effort could...for the bankrupt Grede Foundries, and was "amassing...competitors Neenah Foundry and Elyria ...
Davis, Walter Stewart III
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/17/2009; 904 words; ...joined Grede Foundries, Inc. on May 1, 1978, as a...the Board of Directors of Grede Foundries, Inc. In his 31-year career at Grede, Stew will be remembered...College, Trustee of the Foundry Educational Foundation...
OBITUARY Davis left mark at Brookfield Academy He was chairman; of school's directors; for past 20 years
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/17/2009; 927 words; ...longtime executive at Grede Foundries, Davis also...chairman of the board at Grede. Davis fended off a...chairman of the board at Grede Foundries. "Stew's influence...College, trustee of the Foundry Educational Foundation...2009, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved...
OBITUARY Davis leaves mark at Brookfield Academy He was chairman of school's directors
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/16/2009; 893 words; ...longtime executive at Grede Foundries, Davis also...chairman of the board at Grede. Davis fended off a...chairman of the board at Grede Foundries. "Stew's influence...College, trustee of the Foundry Educational Foundation...2009, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved...
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