We’ve heard our customers’ needs clearly, and this acquisition is designed to help meet that requirement, while strengthening the quality of all our offerings.” Steve Scharnhorst closed by saying “Dotson Iron Castings will remain in Mankato, where it’s world class facilities and people reside. Steve Scharnhorst also added that “the utility industry has an urgent and timely demand for infrastructure hardware. MPS’ dedication to its facilities, employees, and safety will be of great benefit to our existing workforce.” Tyson Twait, commented, “I am very excited about the opportunity this brings to Dotson. This acquisition accelerates our vertical integration strategy, allowing us to serve our customers’ needs more effectively and continue to expand our ability to provide a growing number of American manufactured products.”ĭotson CEO Tyson Twait will join MPS as Vice President and General Manager of Mankato Operations. We have great potential to integrate with all our existing facilities. Each and every dedicated individual at Dotson has worked to make the business what it is today and they will continue to be their essential element. However, what is most advantageous about Dotson is their talented and knowledgeable team. Dotson’s excellent performance as a supplier, including the quality of their product, and best-in-class foundry process are really what drove us to this partnership. As an existing vendor to MPS, our partnership with Dotson has flourished over the last several years. Steve Scharnhorst, CEO of MPS, commented, “We are thrilled to welcome Dotson to the MPS team. The Company operates in the United States, Canada, South America, Asia, and Europe with sales offices throughout the world. Across MPS’ utility and communications end markets, the MacLean Power Systems brand has become synonymous with quality and reliability since the Company’s founding in 1986. MacLean Power Systems provides a comprehensive offering of engineered products, including pole line hardware, insulators, arrestors, connectors, anchors, cross-arms, and other related products. MPS’ customers and end users will benefit from shorter lead times and increased production capacity in these rapidly growing market segments. Dotson currently supplies critical transmission hardware and fiberglass cross-arm brackets to MPS’ Alabaster, Alabama and Newberry, South Carolina facilities.
(KEYC) - MacLean Power, LLC, a leading manufacturer of products for transmission, distribution, substation, and communications infrastructure, announced it has completed the purchase of Dotson Iron Castings, a ductile iron foundry located in Mankato, Minnesota.ĭotson Iron Castings, in business for over a century, specializes in the production of ductile iron castings and manufactures more than 120 tons of ductile iron daily. And, of course, railway engineering, the chemical industry, aerospace, shipbuilding and medical technology must not go without a mention in this long line up.MANKATO, Minn. However, the construction and steel industries as well as some areas of the electrical industry belong to the group of customers of the foundries in Germany. Without a doubt, road vehicle manufacturing is one of the most important customers, closely followed by general mechanical engineering. Non-ferrous products are made up of about 6 percent copper castings and 5 percent zinc castings.Nowadays, many industries rely on the products of the foundries in Germany. In non-ferrous metal foundries, on the other hand, above all the production of aluminium castings constitutes 88 percent. Malleable cast iron components as a niche material are the exception to this rule with one percent.
Cast ironwith spheroidal graphite iron, meaning ductile iron, follows with 38 percent and approximately 4 percent of the production is of cast steel. The production of grey cast iron dominates with 57 per cent of the total production of iron and steel foundries.
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