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[July 2007]
Capital Refractories Offers More Options for Investment Casters
Capital Refractories Ltd (Clowne, Derbys, England) has announced the acquisition of Wax Injection Ceramics & Ancillaries Ltd (WICA), a company providing ceramic cores for the investment casting industry. This new company is now known as Capital Injection Ceramics Ltd (CIC).
Capital's acquisition has provided a financial injection to the company. Capital staff have joined forces with the existing team to provide a range of support including quality assurance, quality testing and research and development in conjunction with Capital's highly experienced ceramicists.
The new owners added that, as part of the Capital group, CIC provides high quality ceramic core products with excellent on-site support and customer service. The customer orientated, proactive, problem-solving attitude of the team based at the Corby (Northants, England) site mirrors that of Capital's established team and enables Capital to provide an additional service to the investment casting industry.
CIC was originally established in September 2005 when it was known as WICA (although not production ready until late 2006). The company was formed when a group of like minded professionals with many years of core production saw an opportunity in the market for a modern, customer focused supplier of injection moulded ceramic parts.
CIC has invested in the most up-to-date production, process control, measurement and testing equipment to ensure product quality and consistency. Ceramics are manufactured by medium pressure injection moulding giving very low tool wear rates and a dimensionally accurate product for use in aerospace, medical implants, industrial gas turbines, marine and automotive industries. Typical parts include hardware, medical, structural and nozzle segments. CIC materials can be fine tuned to suit existing customer tool shrinkage, removing the need to buy new tooling if transferring any existing portfolios.
CIC like the rest of the Capital Group is accredited to the same ISO standards – ISO 9001:2000.
Capital Refractories is one of the largest independent refractory and industrial ceramics companies in the UK. It has been manufacturing, supplying and installing high quality refractory and ceramic products to metal melters for over 50 years. Capital provides a wide range of bespoke ceramic products such as iso-pressed and cast crucibles for investment casters, along with nozzles, tubes and ladles as well as dry rammed induction furnace linings.
www.capital-refractories.com
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