Metal Technology (MTI) achieved production-readiness on a new, state-of-the-art forging line at its manufacturing facility in Albany, Ore. 

France's Le Creusot Forge (LCF), a supplier of forgings to the nuclear power industry, ceased operations in December 2015 upon the discovery of quality issues pertaining to the composition of some steel components used in reactor vessels.

Selma Precision Technologies (SPT), an India-based company, will occupy the former Sona BLW Precision Forge site in Selma, N.C., and reopen it in June or July.

SMS group received an order from Zhejiang Wanliyang Transmission Co. Ltd., a gear manufacturer from Hangzhou, China, for a fully automatic, closed-die forging press.

Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (KAAP), a U.S. joint venture, plans to further expand its production facilities to meet the rising demand in North America for aluminum forged suspension products.

South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction installed a new 17,000-ton steel forging press at its forging plant in Changwon. The press, which replaces a 13,000-ton press, is expected to increase the Changwon plant’s forging capacity by 34%.

Nutec Bickley received an order from Specialty Ring Products (SRP) for two gas-fired rotary-hearth furnaces.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. announced in early April that it completed the acquisition of Metaldyne Performance Group Inc. (MPG).

Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp., announced plans to invest $386 million in its Columbus, Ga., facility to increase the production of parts and maintenance services and to reduce costs for new and existing engine programs.

Charter Steel announced plans to build a special-bar-quality (SBQ) bar mill adjacent to its existing coil mill and steelmaking operations in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio.