FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 8, 2004
Contact: Lonita McLean
Francis Marketing
(616) 235-1122

MI Metals Selects Granco Clark for Second
Heating System Upgrade

Belding, Michigan — MI Metals, one of the largest window and door manufacturers in the U.S., has ordered a Granco Clark Model 57-35-3 SST Hot-Jet furnace with an integrated 6/8 log shear for its Millersburg, Pennsylvania facility.

This is the second billet heating system upgrade at the plant this year that MI Metals has entrusted to Granco Clark. MI Metals also installed a Granco Clark age oven earlier this year.

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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.