FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 23, 2004
Contact: Lonita McLean
Francis Marketing
(616) 235-1122

Aisin Light Metals Chooses Granco Clark for Second Time

Belding, Michigan — Aisin Light Metals has awarded a second equipment order to Belding, Michigan-based Granco Clark, global aluminum extrusion equipment manufacturer and supplier. Earlier this year, Granco Clark supplied a complete handling and heating system for Aisin’s new extrusion press line in Marion, Illinois.

Granco Clark will now supply Aisin with die heaters, as well as with a reversing end flow age oven—complete with floor tracks and load cars. The selection of this age oven style was based on tight temperature tolerance specifications needed in order to achieve material properties requested by Aisin’s automotive customers.

Aisin Light Metals has supplied aluminum extrusions to the Japanese automotive industry for many years, and recently entered the US market.

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Founded in 1947, Granco Clark began manufacturing billet furnaces and has evolved into a global, single-source supplier and leading equipment manufacturer to the aluminum extrusion industry. Quality is a key component in every extrusion system the ISO-9001 certified company fabricates — from billet log furnaces and log shears to age ovens and stacking equipment.