FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 16, 2004
Contact: Lonita McLean
Francis Marketing
(616) 235-1122

DW Aluminum Awards Order to Granco Clark

Belding, Michigan — DW Aluminum, which provides aluminum extrusion and fabricating services to the recreation vehicle market, has selected Granco Clark to supply the heating and handling equipment for the new 2750-ton press line at its plant in Cassopolis, Michigan.

The system will feature a Granco Clark 69-35-3 Hot Jet log furnace along with a 7/9 billet shear, multi-compartment die oven, air cooling duct in the runout, double puller, belt table, no man/one man stretcher, finish saw, and double-end-flow age oven with an age rack conveyor system.

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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.