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Section 301 Investigation: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology 

Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation - Form to Request Exclusion of Product 

When submitting a product exclusion request using this form, enter the specified 

information in the following fields and explain the basis and rationale for your staternents. 

By completing this form, you certify that the information provided is complete and 

correct to the best of your knowledge. 

1. Indicate whether the comment contains business confidential information (BCI), is a public 

document, or is a public version of a BCI document. 

Public Version of BCI 

2. Please provide a complete and detailed description of the product of concern: 

Gray iron counterweight castings, installed on vehicles used in the material handling industry, produced using the 

Vacuum Molding process from ASTM 48 Class 20 gray iron, as described in the attached letter. 

3. 10-digit HTSUS item number* for product you wish to address in this product exclusion request: 

*Use numerical characters only with no special characters (example: 1023456789). For help in finding 

the HTSUS item nurnber associated with your product, see https://hts.usitc.gov/ 

8431.20.0000 

4. Requ estor Info rmation 

Requestor Name (Last, First): 

Organization Name: 

Note: Representatives submitti 

Requestor Representative: 

James J. Radous III, President 

UniCarriers Americas Corporation 

ng on behalf of an organization must enter information below. 

David Schwartz, Thompson Hine LLP 

5. Requestor's relationship to the product: Purchaser 

6. Does this submission in regulations.govinclude additional attachments? 

YES 

7. Please indicate whether any additional attachment contains business confidential 

information (BCI), is a public document, or is a public version of a BCI document. 

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B. Is this product, or a comparable product, available from sources in the United States?: 

NO 

9. Is this product, or a comparable product, available from sources in third countries?: 

NO 

10. Please provide the value and quantity (with units) of the Chinese-origin product of concern 

that you purchased for each calendar year specified. Limit this figure to the products 

purchased by your firm (or by members of your trade association) alone. Please provide 

estimates if precise figures are unavailable. 

2017 Value: 2017 Quantity: [ 

2016 Value: 2016 Quantity: [ 

2015 Value: 2015 Quantity: [ 

11. Please provide information in support your request, taking account of the instructions 

provided in Section B of the Federal Register notice (note: text entered below can extend 

beyond the apparent size of this box). 

Sce attached letter. 

VERSION 1 END 2 
UN! CARRIERS 

October 4, 2018 

Via: www.regulations.gov Public Version 

The Honorable Robert E. Lighthizer 

U.S. Trade Representative 

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative 

600 17thStreet, NW Room F516 

Washington, D.C. 20508 

Docket No. USTR-2018-0025 

Re: Request for Exclusion of Counterweight Products Classified under HTS 8431.20.0000 

Dear Ambassador Lighthizer: 

Introduction 

UniCarriers Americas Corporation (UCA) respectfully submits this product exclusion request 

seeking the exemption of gray iron counterweight castings from the determination of action issued June 

20, 2018, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The imposition of a 25% tariff on this 

product, classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheading 8431.20.0000, will have a 

significantly harmful impact on UCA's operations and business plans. This product is not strategically 

important or related to the "Made in China 2025" program and does not involve any other factors the 

U.S. Trade Representative is considering as to China's unfair trade practices. UCA believes that 

approving this exclusion request will not impede the U.S. government's efforts to address China's unfair 

trade practices. 

UCA certifies the information contained within brackets ("[ ]") in this exclusion request 

contains business confidential information, that disclosure of this information would endanger company 

trade secrets or profitability, and that this information would not customarily be released by UCA to the 

public. Such information is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 

552. A public version of this submission with redactions has been prepared and submitted to the docket 

in this matter for public review. 

UCA 

UniCarriers Americas Corporation is a result of over a 100 years of business via three different 

companies; Barrett Industrial Truck, founded in 1914, the pioneer in bringing a new generation of 

electric powered equipment to the material handling market; Toyo Carriers Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 

(TCM), which founded the forklift manufacturing industry in Japan, producing the first ever Japan-made 

forklift in 1949; and Nissan Forklift, which began operations in 1957 and acquired Barrett Industrial 

Truck in 1988. In 2015, all product lines (Barrett, TCM, and Nissan Forklift) were consolidated and all 

equipment is now marketed exclusively under the UniCarriers brand. UCA manufactures forklifts at its 

facility in Marengo, Illinois and employs more than 500 employees in the United States. 

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Product Identification — HTS Subheading 8431.20.0000 

UCA requests an exclusion for gray iron counterweight castings imported from China. UCA 

sources and installs these products on rider-type, counterbalanced forklift trucks it manufactures in the 

United States that are used in the material handling industry. Counterweight products are a necessary 

component of the equipment UCA manufactures for safety reasons. Counterweights are used to secure 

a proper weight distribution and maintain stability, allowing the operator to lift heavy loads in a variety 

of work settings. 

UCA sources counterweight castings varying in size from approximately 3.18 to 3.44' in width 

and from approximately 1.18' to 3.55' in height. Depending on the design and intended use, the 

counterweights UCA sources weigh from 0.4 metric tons (MT) to almost 3.1 MT. 

The counterweight products UCA imports generally have the following chemical composition: 

Chemical Composition of ASTM A48 Class 20 Gray Iron 

Composition Elements % Composition 

Carbon, C 3.25 

Copper, Cu 0.053 

Iron, Fe 93.79 

Manganese, Mn 0.68 

Silicon, Si 1.71 

Sulphur, S 0.088 

Chromium, Cr 0.194 

Molybdenum, Mo 0.021 

The counterweight products that UCA purchases are produced using a "Vacuum Molding 

Process" (V-Process). This process is specialized and differs from many of the more common 

conventional methods of producing castings in foundries across the world. Foundries using this specific 

process are limited. The V-Process includes significant technological differences from other foundry 

processes that are required by UCA to meet its counterweight product specifications. These include the 

use of thin plastic film barriers that are "vacuum formed" to help create and hold the shape of the 

counterweight casting, which results in required counterweight surface qualities, and the use of gray 

iron, which provides various other required product use qualities compared to other iron products, to 

produce the counterweight. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Ability to Administer the Exclusion 

UCA purchases its counterweight castings from a domestic vendor, 

. The counterweights sourced by come from various ports in China ( 

) via ocean freight. These counterweight castings are exported from China 

to North America in 20740' Full Container Loads (FCL), via the Los Angeles Sea Port (2704), Vancouver 

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Sea Port (3327), or Prince Rupert Sea Port (8099). Each 20740 shipping container is loaded with 

counterweights with various UCA part numbers. The counterweight castings are mounted on wooden 

pallets and custom-designed shipping racks. The shipments are classified under HTS subheading 

8431.20.0000, with a Column 1, General Rate of Duty "Free". 

UCA's Annual Purchases of Chinese-Origin Counterweight Products 

The chart below sets forth the values and quantities of counterweight products UCA purchased 

with a country of origin of China in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 

Year Value Quantity (Units) Quantity (Tons) 

2015 

2016 

2017 

Rationale for the Requested Exclusion 

UCA is extremely limited in its options to obtain these counterweights from sources in the 

United States or the rest of the world outside of China. Based on a publication presented at the 

International Foundry Conference held in Portoproz - Solvenia in 2010 (updated in 2015) (see 

Attachment 1), there were in 2015, approximately 82 foundry locations in the world using the V-Process 

casting method UCA requires: 

• 26 foundries in China. 

• 6 foundries in the United States. 

• 46 foundries in countries other than China and the United States. 

• 4 locations for which UCA was unable to obtain any information verifying whether the location 

was still in operation or what operations were being conducted. 

With respect to the 78 potentially available foundry locations, UCA determined that: 

• The country with the largest concentration of foundries using the V-Process to make gray iron 

counterweights is China. 

• Regarding the 46 foundries located outside of China and the United States: 

o 22 foundries produce castings using alternate materials that are too light for use as 

counterweights meeting UCA's product specifications (for example, aluminum, bronze 

and manganese). 

o 24 foundries do not have the larger equipment required to produce counterweights in 

the sizes UCA requires or otherwise are not currently capable of producing 

counterweights meeting UCA's specifications. 

• Regarding the six foundries located in the United States: 

o A & B: Uses alternate materials (aluminum) and does not use gray iron. 

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o HARMONY FOUNDRY: Uses alternate materials (aluminum) and does not use gray iron. 

o ME GLOBAL: Produces large specialty mining equipment (does not produce 

counterweights) 

o NORTH VERNON INDUSTRY CORPORATION (NVIC): Currently supplies gray iron 

counterweights to the material handling industry, including UCA (see further 

information below). 

o SBI: UCA is unable to locate any current business information regarding this company's 

operations. It is assumed that the company is no longer in business. 

o THE FROG: Uses alternate materials (manganese) and does not use gray iron. 

In accordance with foregoing, UCA has identified NVIC as the only foundry outside of China 

currently capable of producing counterweights for UCA. NVIC is a subsidiary of Toyota, a major 

competitor of UCA, and supplies counterweight products to Toyota. UCA currently purchases 

approximately 1% of its annual volume requirements from NVIC. We recently visited NVIC to discuss 

its availability for providing UCA with additional quantities of the product. NVIC informed us they are 

unable to provide UCA with any additional counterweight supplies based on current capacity 

constraints. 

UCA currently purchases counterweight products primarily from domestic supplier who 

sources from China. UCA has been purchasing products from for more than years. Over 

the course of its multi-year relationship with , UCA has developed a high degree of trust in the 

ability of this supplier to source and reliably provide counterweight products with the qualities and in 

the quantities UCA requires to meet its specifications and its customer demand. Under current 

circumstances, it is not feasible to identify, develop and qualify any alternate suppliers who source 

outside of China that would offer us the same degree of reliability for our counterweight supply needs. 

Even if other sources were identified, UCA would require significant time in order to test and qualify any 

new sources in order to ensure that any new source could manufacture the counterweight products to 

meet our customer specifications and standards. Thus, UCA has no choice but to continue to source this 

product from China; there are no other viable options. 

As noted above, UCA currently purchases approximately 1% of its annual counterweight 

volume requirements directly from • foundry outside of China. Under the circumstances discussed 

above, UCA has no realistic immediate and viable alternative options for purchasing the remaining 

approximately of its annual requirements from suppliers other than suppliers located in China or 

from suppliers sourcing the products from China. 

Severe Economic Harm Caused by Imposition of the Tariffs on UCA and other U.S. Interests 

The imposition of a 25% tariff on gray iron counterweights is causing, and will continue to cause, 

severe economic harm to UCA and other U.S. interests, including UCA's network of approximately 82 

authorized dealers (with approximately 180 facilities in the United States), their end-user customers 

and UCNs direct end-user customers. 

UCA has calculated that the imposition of the 25% tariff on counterweights will cause UCA to 

pay, on an annualized basis, approximately $ in tariffs, which constitutes an unexpected, 

significant additional cost. The increased cost of the tariffs significantly harms UCA's revenues, costs, 

profitability, employee outlook, capital investment and other prospects. These consequences directly 

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affect UCA's ability to provide material handling equipment products to meet the diverse needs of its 

dealer network and end-user customers in the United States. 

Counterweight Castings are Not of Strategic Importance to the "Made in China 2025" Program 

Counterweight products purchased by UCA under HTS subheading 8431.20.0000 are not 

strategically important or related to any "Made in China 2025" or other industrial programs in China. 

UCA's purchase of counterweight products does not involve any transfer of intellectual property 

from the United States to China and does not involve any forced technology transfers. 

The imposition of a 25% tariff is not likely to lead to the establishment of new foundries in the 

United States or the retrofitting of existing U.S. foundries for the production of V-Process 

counterweights due to the economic factors involved. The capital investment required to develop such 

foundries is significant compared to the expected low return on investrnent and the lengthy time 

required to recoup the investment. 

It is not likely that imposition of the tariff will force China to curb any discriminatory policies, 

because, as discussed, UCA and other purchaser of counterweights have no alternative to purchasing 

the bulk of its volumes of counterweights from suppliers other than those suppliers already conducting 

counterweight production operations in China. 

The principal consequence of the Section 301 tariff on counterweights UCA sources is the 

imposition of a 25% additional cost to its U.S.-based manufacturing operations, which is severely 

disadvantageous to UCA and its customers. 

Conclusion 

Thank you for your consideration of this product exclusion request. Please contact the 

undersigned if you have any questions regarding this request or desire any further information. 

The undersigned hereby certifies that the information provided herein is complete and correct 

to the best of my knowledge. 

Respectf Psubmitted, 

J. Radous III 

President 

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V-PROCESS 

FOUNDRIES 

Denyo Alipiev - Foundry Lab, Tochnical University of Sofia, Bulgaria 

V-Process; Foundries in internee and some Bulgarian Deveiopments 

Research Paper, prepared specially for Me Seith International Foundry Conference, Portoroz-Slovenla, 2010 

...A review in Internet from 28 July 2010 shows, that there are only 75 active sites far V-process. Their links can be found at the metal castic 

CastingArea.com and can be checked by anyone. The information ordered alphabetically according to the country is as foams: Bulgaria - 1 

France - 3, Germany - 4, Japan - 9, Korea-South - 1, Netherlands - 1, Russia - 10, South Africa - 2, Switzerland - 2, Ukraine - 8, USA - 0..." 

a2 links, 25.03.2015, in process of updating... 

A&B FOUNDRY, INC., USA - medium-sized and large aluminum castings up to 320 kg with V-process molding technology, large aluminum 

with highly complex geometries rnade by Air Set molding process, castings for machine tool components, medical Imaging equipmant, lab( 

manufacturing OEMs, undersea, law onforcament robotics, pumps, motors, cryogenic equiprnent, castings for a variety ef defonse and nucl 

ANHUI HELI CO„ LTD. HEFEI CASTING & FORGING FACTORY, CHINA - V-procoss cast iron counterweights, cast iron castings - transmIst 

parts: forks, frames, carriages, tow-tractors for harbor and airport. 

CastingAree's Presentation. 

ASUZAC INC., JAPAN - the Space Engineering Division, V-process produetion of aluminum construction and interior I extarlor castings - 

fumishing products, gates, fences, ornamental balconies, street lamps, Information panels, monurnonts, aluminum made molds for ready n 

EILAGOVESCHENSKY ARMATURNY ZAVOD, RUSSIA - steel castings, V-process line. 

BEIJING FAMED KYORITSU FOUNDRY CO., LTD., CHINA - vacuum molding process, machine parts and counterweights, agricultural rnacl 

angina frames, boxes, stool castings and high manganese steels, etc. 

BEIJING HUARUILANG MACHINERY MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., CHINA - medium and large raze types of castings, mainly counterweigh 

production lines, annual manufacturing capability of 15 000 tons. 

BAMEX JSC, BULGARIA - production of cast Iron, steel and non-ferrous castings for metallurgy, quarry and road-building rnachinas, autoi 

agrIculturo machines, ore-output and ore-processing Industry, water supply and sewerage (manhnie covera, grates, hydrants), decorative c 

sand-bentoritte base moulding lines, own V-process laundry having an automatic V-process moulding lino, delivered by SIntokordo - Japan 

manufacture of castings mainly for counterweights. 

BEIJING SHENGSHICHANG LONG WEAR MATERIAL FOUNDRY CENTER, CHINA - producing a variety of fciundry goods, especially count! 

20 kg up to 20 tons for forklifts, industrial cranes, drilling rigs and heavy locomotives, main technical process is vacuum sand casting, total 

reach 50 000 tons. 

CENTROLITJSC, UKRAINE - grey and nodular cast iron casting products waighting from 0.1 kg up tO 6000 kg, carbon and alloyed steel ca 

from 100 kg to 1300 kg, autornallc line Disarnatic, mechanized line on lho base of the moulding machine Foromat-40, flow-mechanized lines 

moulding machine 234, 233, flow-mechanized line on the base of the sand stinger 2M29S, HWS-Germany vacuum-film method moulding line 

CHITA WORKS, JAPAN - a special steel pipe factory, the Casting Plant has V-process equipment for manufacturing pluga for seamless pit 

pfates, a part of JFE Steel, 

DINGZHOU DONGFANG FOUNDRY (00F) CO., LTD., ChfiNA • an industry leader in counterwelght manufacture, production capacities In es 

month, cast product range between 100 g to 15000 kg, a wide variety of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys and motel types - grey and ductile In 

high strength steels, aluminum and brass, the company als0 produces castings for industrial machinery, aluminum smelting, oil field pump 

works fittings, municipal street castings (grates, frames, and manhole covers), and decorative castings (tree grates, bollards, lamp posts ar 

molding processes - vacuum molding system, resin sand, lost foam, green sand, pressure die casting, investment casting, own pattern sho 

metal patterns. 

DNEPROPROMLIT (C/PL) LTD„ UKRAINE - grey, ductile and alloyed cast iron castings, carbon, alloyed end heat-resistant steel castings, w 

kg, FBO-li fiaskless moulding line. V-process line, lost-foam method, no-bake process, capacity - 3000 tons castings per annum. 

DALIAN JOINTTOP CO„ LTD., CHINA - ship broker service, ship repair & reconstruction, marine aquipment & material supply, the product 

vehicles (open car, box car, flat car, hopper car, tank, etc.) and vehicle accessories (bolster, side frame, hook tait box, coupler, bogies, steel 

etc.), railway rolling stock products, the rall vehicle casting products (bolster and side frame) are produced on V-process production line. 

DENRAI KOHBO CO,, LTD., JAPAN - a manufacturer of uniquely dealgned exterior products, such as mailboxes, gates and fences made fe 

and fiber reinforced plastics, V-process ilne far aluminum casting. 

DAIDO STEEL CO. LTD., JAPAN - cast steel components made by the organic self-hardening molding process for smali quantity productic 

mass production, thln super alloy or nigh alloy cast components by precision casting techniques, including the CLAÍCLV process, reformei 

plants, hearth rolls for furnaces, and radiant tubes mado by centrifugal casting. 

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DLMZ VTORMET JSC, UKRAINE • cast iron, stool, llrdsa, bronze and aluminium Industrial castings - moulds for aluminium Ingots, moulds 

casting, cast iron drains gratos and nianhole covers, tamps, pulleys, cast componnnts far tractors, discs for woight-lifters, wolghts for tral 

bushings and distributors, pump's lids, countarweights, current colInctors, art castings • honchos for squaros, parks anti cottagos, lamps a 

high and low fattest', graceful railings for interior of buildings, officus and privata cotlagos, V-procoss, Lost-foarn procoss, impuise-aorial al 

CastingArea's Prosentalion. 

FONDERIE ANDRE NEESER S.A., SWITZERLAND - non-forrous molal casting, groon and self-hardoning sand moulding, V-procoss, gravity 

alloys, magnositim alloys, bronzo, brass, lead, and lin, cast parts for mochanical engineering, heat engina, electric rnotor manufactures, nil 

aluminium stroot signs and iturrilior platos, grills. barbocrius, turnspits with countorweight for fireplacns, various bronzo í lln art castings, ci 

koys, corkscrews, hand bells, stattres. 

FAW CASTING CO., LTD., CHINA - FAW's No. 1 Plant, V- process moulding line for various products of carbon steel, alloy steel, ductila fro 

FONDERIE GIROUD INDUSTRIE, FRANCE - boxless moulding, vacuum process and hand moulding sitos for manufacturing of parts ranglr 

grey cast Iron, ductile cast Iron, white cast iron, cast iron with chromium, austenItic Cast iron, vacuurn process - a moulding technique with 

to cast in all cast iron variants up to 800 kg. 

FONDERIE HADOLIX, FRANCE - non•forrous foundry, aluminum, zamak and bronze, V-process for aluminum castings up to 150 kg, gravity 

GIESSEREI CHUR AG. SWITZERLAND gray and nodular cast Iran parts up to 300 kg, V-procoss, gams-sand autoinalic moulding lino, sle 

and sewer casting - manhote covers with trnp, round and rectangular, for oll-and gas tank savor, slurry box cover and chambors, street haft 

trap, rectangular and with bubfila trap, diva shoots with handlo, islet-and road grids, strout grans with frarnos, cast parts for rnachlrio•buildi 

covers, plates, food housings, supports, armors, bars, stocks, goarboxes. production n1 wooden, stymies., rnotal and epoxy resin foundry p 

HOKURIKU ALUMINIUM CO., LTD., JAPAN - aluminum alloys cast products and cook ware, gravity and pressure dio casting for industrial • 

for docorativo horns. 

HELMUT AST METALLGIESSEREI GmbH, GERMANY - aluminum alloys castings up ta 250 kg, sand moulding, V-process. 

HEFEI CASTING & FORGING WORKS, CHINA • lost foam gray and ductilo iron castings for transmission casos & brake drums used in fork 

and valves usod in automobiles, v-procoss for various kinds of counterweights for forklifts, excavators, loadors. 

HARMONY CASTINGS, LLC, USA - V-process aluminum castings, major markets are In the medical, instrumentstion, electronics, compute 

HERMANN SIEG GmbH, GERMANY - aluminium, bronze and aluminium bronze casting, machine moulding, hand moulding, gravity die-cas 

casting, automatic V-procesa moulding lino. 

KINHEIM CASTING B.V., NETHERLANDS - aluminum castings, v•process, gravity die casting. 

KRASNOLUCHSKY FOUNDRY-MECHANICAL PLANT JSC, UKRAINE - production of mining belt conveyors, conveyor rollers and other sup. 

foundry. 

KURGANMASHLAVOD JSC, RUSSIA - one of the leaders of Russian military Industrial complex equipped by the most modem tools, which 

production cycle from any kind of tcchnical processing to azsernbling and complox tasting of ready articles, the company produces the wo 

BMP-3 infantry fighting vohiclos as woll as BREM-L armorod rocovory vehicle and universal chassis on BMP-3 base that is used for carrylnj 

systoms, aimod for tho croation ori Rs baso armoured syslum, crew teaching moans, and not only military vehicles but also wide range of cl 

multifunctional sntall slzo steer-skld loaders with difforent hitches, snow and mamh all-terrain vehicles, car trailers, tracked chassis for roal 

used foundry tochnologios compriso: invastment casting for castings with mass 0.005-10 kg from alloy and high-alloy steels, cast Iron, nicl 

bronze alloys, casting by method of vacuum-illm forming for castings with mass 5-100 kg frorn alloy steels, cast Iron, bronze, brass, castinj 

pressure for castings with mass 0,001-8 kg from aluminum alloys, low-pressure and chlil casting for castings from aluminum alloys, castinj 

for castings with mass 0.01-25 kg from afurninum alloys, automatic sreen-sand moulding for castings from carbon, alloy, stainless, hoat-res 

steels, gray and hIgh-stronglh cast iron. 

KIYONE KINZOKLI CO., LTD., JAPAN - aluminium alloy cast parts, green-sand and self-hardoning molds, V-procoss, and gravity die coatirs 

producoci 150 tons of castings are intended for a divorse markotplace, including electrical oquipment & appilancos, automotive, agricultural 

poriphorals, docurativo Rams. 

CastingArea's Presentation, 

KOSHUHA FOUNDRY CO., LTD., JAPAN - V-process, grey and nodular iron casting. 

KIROV PLANT JSC, RUSSIA - V-process cast iron castings. 

KAMET JSC, UKRAINE - ferrous and non-ferrous castings, lost-foam process and V-procass technology. 

KINGPAK PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., CHINA - manufacture EPS/ EPP shape molding machinos, pre-expanders machines and block 

V-Process aluminum precision shape moulds and other precision mould design and manufacturing, V-Procass aluminum casting molding. 

LINUI LUXING ENAMEL CO., LTD., CHINA - high grade cast iron bathtubs, steel enamel bathtubs and shower trays, V-process molding line 

MANROLAND AG, GERMANY - the world's seconct-largost manufacturer of printing systorris and the world's market loader in web oifilut. o 

with an Intuornted model roakino facility. an aniwal volume of up to 17 000 tonnes of casting producod In the manual and mechanizsif coldlargo flat call. iron Gs:clings aro produced hy a vacuum forming Iffiit. 

MC-GAST PTE. LTD., SINGAPORE - aluminium alloy, aluniinium bronzo, bronze, brass, copper, stainless steel, cast iron, ductile Iron castir 

elle casting, centrifugal casting, V-process, lost-wax procoss. 

MAGMA FOUNDRY & MACHINE (PTY) LTD., SOUTH AFRICA - V-process foundry and machine shop, a full-service capabilities from compc 

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RIM product phases, ferrous and non-forrous casting. 

CastingArsues Presentation. 

ME GLOBAL, INC., USA - ME Giobars Duluth casting facility, alloy steel and white Iron wear parts by V-process. 

mETCAST HANDAN FOUNDRY CO., LTD., CHINA - all kinds of grey Iron & ductile Iron castings, eta& casting & stainless stool casting, iror 

each and steel casting up to 2.5 tons each, hand moulding, machine moulding, vacuum method and disamatic lino, lost wax and lost foarn r 

boilards, castors & wheels, gearing boxes, elevator parts, pump casings & impellers, valves, crushers, liners, mining equipment spares, aut 

construction equipmont and railway parts, compressors. 

PAANOIR INDUSTRIES, FRANCE - cast and forged metal cornponents and sub-assemblies, vacuum moulding process for lho production ol 

up to 2,5 t 

MASHDETAL LTD., UKRAINE - castings for enterprisos of oil and gas, compressor and pump industry, all types and grades of steels and c 

Investment casting, furan sand moulding and V-procoss technology, production capacity: steel castings - 500 tons / year, cast iron caslingi 

CastingArea's Presentation. 

MIC LANKA (F)/7.) LTD,, SRI LANKA - aluminium alloy castings made by Vprocess, gates, doors, handrails, curtain walls, fences, grills, ci 

parts for the metallurgy, construction and hardwaro engineering industries, a member of MIC Group -Japan. 

METALLGUSS STEINRUCKEN Grnbli & CO. KG, GERMANY - aluminium and rnagnosium alloy sand mouiding, vacuum forming process, ft 

parts weight up to 1500 kg. 

NIKOLAEV ALUMINA PLANT, UKRAINE - one of the biggest non-ferrous metallurgical plants In Europe, own foundry shop, carbon steel, h 

Iron and wear•resistant cast iron, annual capacity of the shop - up to 3000 MT, V-process castings in high-chromium wear-resislant cast-iro 

kg up to 700 kg, a subsidiary cif UC Rusal - Russia. 

CastingArea`s Presentation. 

NORTH VERNON INDUSTRY CORPORATION (NVICI, USA • gley iron foundry utilizing V-process molding for counterhalanco products, 

OHTALITJSC, RUSSIA - art casting, Vprocess. 

PEI COUNTY DONGMING FOUNDRY CO., LTD., CHINA - cast iron V-process castings. 

PROMLIT CHEBOKSARY FOUNDRY LTD., RUSSIA - production of complicated steel, gray iron and ductlio Iron castings with weight from 1 

from 50 to 2000 mm, the annual production capacity of the foundry is over 110 000 tons of castings, the company has a now Heinrich Wagm 

molding line for production of aide frames and bolsters for railroad cars and other large size castings for machine building industry, 

PEIXIAN DONGFANG FOUNDRY CO., LTD., CHINA - grey and ductile iron, cast steel, counterweight and machinery castings, V-process, ui 

rosin sand molding, up to 3 000 tons yeasty. 

CastingArea`s Presentation, 

QINGDAO TIAN HUA Yi HE FOUNDRY FACTORY, CHINA - provides products made In both ferrous and non-ferrous alloys - grey cast iron, 

carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, bronze, and aluminium, production methods Include sand casting, investmont casting, lost foam et 

V-procass casting, closed & open dio forging. and permanent mold casting, manufacture and esport of csst parts for oversea niistomera Int 

construction castings: manhole covers, grate and frame, decorativo castings: decorative bollard, garderi chair, industriai castings: cast par 

compressor parts, pipe & fittings, iron counterweights. 

RELIANCE FOUNDRY CO., LTD., CANADA - products made In cast iron, ductile iron, alloy iron, cast carbon steel, alloy stool, stainless stet 

the production methods Include investment casting, lost foam casting, die casting, and V-process. 

RISHIT METALS LTD., KENYA - production of forklift counter weights by %/process, production of secondary aluminium, brass and solve 

a part of Bajoria Group - India. 

REMIKOMMIUNELEKTROTRANS (RKETI, UKRAINE • production of steel castings and cast Iron castings of various grades, brake pads for t 

manholes and grate boilers, armor ball mills, harmers crushers, bucket tooth, spare parts for jaw crushers and cone crushers, excavators 

unloading equipment, Equipment of cement plants, refractory plants and metallurgical plants, bronzo art castings - park lighting, fencing, bi 

sand MU IdFng, furan sand system, V-process moulding line, lost-foam process. 

RAINBOW XUZFIOU FOUNDRY CD., LTD., CHINA - various grey and ductile cast Iron & cast steel products for civil engineering project, coi 

industry, auto industry, mining machinery industry, fireplacos and accessory, garden products, outdoor furniture, manhole covors & frame: 

counterweights, steel chains, V-process anti lost wax foundry. 

SHANGHAI ANYOU CO., LTD., CHINA - an engineering company specialized in all kinds of castings, forging, stamping and CNC machinirq 

the motor-cars, trucks, electric industry, heavy plant machInsiy, wind onergy equipment (gear/shaft, reducer housing etc) and general or sp 

grey iron, malleable iron, ductile iron, steel castings & non•fen-ous metals (Ai, Cu, Zn) with process of sand casting (green & resin sand), ink 

& lost foam), vacuum molding, die casting & permanent molding. 

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SHINWON CASTIRON & MACHINERY CO., LTD., SOUTH KOREA - all kinds of ductile iron and gray cast iron products including automobili 

industriaf machines parts, medium & large sized casting products produced by tho V-process. 

sel FOUNDRY, USA - gray irons • sand & V-process casting, stainless steels - Invostment & sand casting, aluminum / zinc • die & pormane 

industries served - aircraft, automotive, manne, railroad, food, chemical, paper, mining, architectural, agricultural machines, electricals, ele 

SHANDONG HAICAN SANITARYWARES CO., LTD., CHINA - cast iron bathtub, steei anamal bathtub, acrylic bathtub, V-procase vacuum pr 

technology. 

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SHANXI JINGTAI MACHINERY CASTING CO., LTD., CHINA - machine-carried balance weights, V-process foundry production lines, a subsi 

investment Co., Ltd. • China. 

SHANGHAI KINGSTON FOUNDRY Co,, LTD., CHINA • grey and ductile Iron castings from 0.1 kg up to 10 tons, for wheel centers, machine ! 

balances, valves and fittings, green sand molding process, no-bake procoss and V-process. 

SUZUKI METAL-WORKING INDUSTRY CO., LTD., JAPAN - bronze castings, V-process technology. 

SAKAE TYUUZOSHO CO., LTD., JApAN - aluminum cast automotive and industrial components, two V-process production lines, 

SHANDONG TAIAN WEIDA MACIIINERY CO, LTD., CHINA - V-Procoss forklift counterweight3 and other wide range of cast Iron castings - 

municipal beauttfications, agricultur.31 equipments parts, gear boxes. 

SHAANXI ZHONGXING CASTNG & FORGING CO., LTD., CHINA - V-process and and lost foam process foundry, supplier of carbon steel ca 

castings, alloy steel castings, steel ingots, and forging parts, castings with weight ranging from 30 to 9060 kg, ingots from 700 to 8000 kg al 

up to 150110 kg, a long tom partner of mien Aerospacemotor Machine Factory which is one of the most famous aerospacemotor producers 

TAIYUAN BEST CASTING & FORGING CO., LTD., CHINA • manufacturer for castings and forgings, V-process counterweights casting. 

TAIZHOU BEIGELAI KITCHENS & BATHROOMS CO., LTo„ CHINA - one of the largest cast Iron bathtub manufacturer company in China, rr 

iron bathtub and cast Iron kitchen sinks, the annual production capacity is about 30000 sets, V-process casting, 

THE FROG, SWITCH & MANUFACTURING CO., USA - manganese steel castings, roplacernent parts for the mining, aggregate and shraddel 

molding process. 

TIKHVIN RAILWAY CAR BUILDING PLANT (TVSZ), RUSSIA - In-hoese manufacturing of castings, the capacity of the first stage foundry pp 

6000 tons of heavy and medium-sized railway stuol castings that will ensure the output of more than 4000 freight car bogies per annum, fou 

basis of V-process moulding carried uut on HWS equipmont. 

TSA-STELL GROUP LTD., UKRAINE - production of square billet continuous casting and annature construction, castings of various types 

and steel for engineering, mining and metallurgical Industries, vacuum film forming and casting (V-process), green-sand moulding, 

UNICAST, INC., CANADA • woarpart solutions to cement and mining related industries throughout the world, manganese steel repiacernen 

V-process, EPC foarn moulding proceen. 

V.A.DEGTYAREV PLANT, RUSSIA - ferrous and non-ferrous c.asting Including V-procesa. 

VICTORY COMPANY (VICO) LTD., VIETNAM - steel and cast Iron castings for the cement, mining, thermal power, sugar and paper Industrii 

(v-process) production line, manufacturing capacity - 5000 tons per. yea,

VOTKINSK PLANT FOR THERMAL EQUIPMENT IVZTO), RP-UDMURT REPUBLIC - thermal and non-standard equipment for the metallurgy 

cast iron, steel and bronze V-process and centrifugal casting. 

VDRONE.ZH STEELWORKS, RUSSIA - production of cast steel parts weighing from 30 kg up to 8 tonnes for all field equipment and railway 

linos for melds and cores production, Tor mass production of the company are implementing new equipment and technologies HWS Seltr 

WUXI HUAXINXING MOULD CO., LTD., CHINA - V-process ferrous and non-ferrous castings. 

YAMATO INTEC CORPORATION, JAPAN - manufacturing of cast iron products including engine pans, automobile parts, and construction 

development and production of aluminum casting products for buildlng materials, mailboxes, and decorative fences and gates, production 

public works projects, including bridge railings and street lamps, furan no-bake molding line, APK molding line, FCMX molding line, V•proe 

YUZHGIDROMASH LTD., UKRAINE - Southern Factory of Hydraulic Machines is one of the leading companies In the field of pump enginee 

equIpment for all sectors of the economy - thermal and nuclear power engineering, metallurgy, food processing, chemical and petrochemic 

reclamation, water supply and irrigation, drainage systems and underground coal mines, small boller houses, communal farms, in backyan 

from carbon, low alloy, high alloy steels, wear-resIstant cast Iron, gray cast lron, bronze and brass, green sand machlne molding lines, inve 

centrifugal casting machines, installation al the vacuum film forming production (V-process). 

ZHANGZHOU JINDIAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., CHINA - cast aluminum, V-process. 

ZUNHUA KING•SHUO METALLURGY MINING MACHINERY FACTORY, CHINA - production of cast iron and steel castings, V-process, hives 

moutding, a subsidiary company of Beijing JinMel Entrepreneur Import & Export Co., Ltd. (DM). 

ZflEJlANG MAYANG INDUST RIES CO., LTD., CHINA - lilg h magnesiurn steel, alloy steel, high chromium iron, stainless stool, carbon steel, 

resistant and heei-resistant castings, lost foam casting technology, V-nroness melding technology, water glass vacuum hardening, water g 

technology and water glass lost wax technology, cast products for mechanical equipment of metal recovery breaking, mine, metallurgy, chi 

petroleum and other industries. 

ZAVOD UNIVERSAL, RUSSIA - cast Iron bathtubs, V-process. 

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