Metal Casting Company Promotes New Industry Vision With Name Change

Marty Renk — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:16:57 +0000

WINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — United Machine and Foundry, a metal casting foundry founded 125 years ago as Diamond Huller, today announced that it is changing its name to Alliant Castings.

CEO Tom Renk explains: “Our new name expresses our commitment to partner with clients to solve their engineering problems. We take pride in creating the toughest and most intelligent solutions in our field of wear-resistant parts.”

Alliant Castings CEO, Tom Renk, at brand unveiling event

Over the past year, Alliant Castings has made significant investments in new technology and engineering capability. “It’s more than an upgrade,” Tom Renk explains. “It’s about setting a higher standard in an industry that has grown stagnant in its practices. Metal casting today needs a fresh approach, using the best technologies available and the application of innovative thinking. That’s what Alliant Castings is all about.”

Metal casting has traditionally been seen as a “dirty” industry. One of the initiatives Alliant Castings has announced is its commitment to environmental stewardship. The company has coined the term “CleanCasting™” to denote its focus on minimizing pollution and waste.

Alliant Castings welcomes conversation with engineers nationwide on the design challenges of wear-resistant castings, and the firm is currently launching a program of specialist industry education.

Congressman Tours Winona, Minn. Metal Plant

Marty Renk — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:44:57 +0000

WINONA, Minnesota (WXOW) – Congressman Tim Walz toured the facilities at United Machine and Foundry Corp. Thursday, before talking with employees and the company’s owner about the current situation in Washington in regards to a new highway bill.

The metal casting company sells two thirds of its products to the road construction industry, and owner Tom Renk said he would like to see a new highway bill passed and signed into law.

The most recent highway bill, officially titled the Safe, Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act, which funded the building and maintenance of roads and bridges through a federal gas tax, expired in 2009.

The federal government has passed numerous extensions to the bill – including one earlier this month which runs through March.

However the Senate and the House have failed to agree on a long term solution, which Renk said is bad for business.

“The people we sell to aren’t going to go out and spend millions on pieces of road construction equipment if there’s only a short term bill,” Renk said.

“They won’t spend money if they don’t think they’re going to be able to use that equipment effectively,” he added. “But the long term bull would provide some stability.