Steal has introduced the completion of its US$44 million multiphase growth of the GIW facility in Grovetown, Georgia, USA.
Official expanded GIW manufacturing advanced in Grovetown.
The first two phases of the growth had been approved in 2013 in response to growing market demand for bigger tools. Since then, the Grovetown facility has completed upgrades, added tens of thousands of square ft to its foundry, elevated furnace capacity, accomplished construction on a distribution centre, and gained approval for three additional phases of enchancment.
With the completion of the project, KSB has quadrupled its capacity to mold castings over 20,000 lbs (9000 kg), increased its maximum pouring output by as a lot as 66,000 lbs (30,000 kg), decreased the number of required shot blast runs by 50%, added particular cleaning stations for giant castings, carried out new know-how and effectivity solutions, and doubled employee locker room amenities.
KSB went forward with the project’s completion, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and its financial fallout.
“Our clients within the mining business are doing essential work to keep the economic system afloat. KSB is extra dedicated than ever to offering our partners with an uninterrupted provide of pumps and components. Completing this expansion improves our ability to serve our clients, and we’ll stop at nothing to assist the success of our clients’ operations,” says Wolfgang Demmler, president of KSB Mining.
In 2020, the KSB Group launched KSB Mining, a brand new market-driven group providing experience on centrifugal pumps to mining operations.
The expanded facilities in Grovetown serve as the headquarters of GIW Slurry Pumps.
GIW currently employs over 600 individuals at its Grovetown facility.
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