KSB has announced the completion of its US$44 million multiphase enlargement of the GIW facility in Grovetown, Georgia, USA.
The expanded GIW manufacturing advanced in Grovetown.
The first two phases of the expansion had been approved in 2013 in response to growing market demand for bigger equipment. Since then, the Grovetown facility has accomplished upgrades, added tens of 1000’s of sq. feet to its foundry, increased furnace capability, completed development on a distribution centre, and gained approval for three further phases of enchancment.
With the completion of the project, KSB has quadrupled its capability to mould castings over 20,000 lbs (9000 kg), elevated its maximum pouring output by as much as sixty six,000 lbs (30,000 kg), reduced the variety of required shot blast runs by 50%, added particular cleaning stations for large castings, applied new technology and efficiency solutions, and doubled worker locker room amenities.
KSB went ahead with the project’s completion, regardless of the Covid-19 pandemic and its financial fallout.
“Our customers in the mining trade are doing important work to keep the economic system afloat. KSB is extra dedicated than ever to offering our companions with an uninterrupted provide of pumps and parts. Completing this growth improves our ability to serve our prospects, and we’ll stop at nothing to assist the success of our clients’ operations,” says Wolfgang Demmler, president of KSB Mining.
In 2020, the KSB Group launched KSB Mining, a model new market-driven organization providing expertise on centrifugal pumps to mining operations.
The expanded facilities in Grovetown serve as the headquarters of GIW Slurry Pumps.
GIW presently employs over weksler ea14 at its Grovetown facility.
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