Feb 4 2011
Florida Governor Rick Scott joined Chromalloy officials and employees today as the company broke ground on a new $5 million ceramic core production facility in Tampa, Fla.
The new 40,000 square foot production facility will be built adjacent to the company's newly operational $30 million industrial investment foundry.
"This is an important day for Chromalloy, Tampa Bay and the State of Florida," said Armand F. Lauzon, Jr., President. "We are pleased to be a vital member of the community with a new world-class foundry -- and now a new companion core production facility that will help us better serve our customers worldwide."
The ceramic core facility will be built in 2011 and online by the first quarter of 2012.
The company's new 150,000 square foot investment casting foundry in Tampa – Chromalloy Castings – was unveiled in December 2010 and is fully online. The foundry expanded the company's casting capability to pour up to one million pounds of superalloy turbine components and parts for aerospace, aero-derivative and industrial gas turbine engines.
Ceramic cores are utilized in the investment casting process to form complex cooling passages within the components, which are necessary to operate effectively in the hot and highly stress sections of gas turbine engines.
"The new facility will supply the critical ceramic cores used to cast superalloy turbine engine vanes and blades," Lauzon said. "Being co-located with the foundry, it will help us to serve our customers with even stronger production times."
Newly-elected Governor Scott met with company officials and employees after the groundbreaking ceremony.