TriMas Corporation's Riverbank, Calif. Facility Receives $3 Million To Upgrade Plant, Produce Artillery Shells for U.S. Army
2003年10月28日 - 5:51AM
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TriMas Corporation's Riverbank, Calif. Facility Receives $3 Million
To Upgrade Plant, Produce Artillery Shells for U.S. Army BLOOMFIELD
HILLS, Mich., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- TriMas Corporation's
Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant in Riverbank, Calif. has been
awarded $3 million to install a flexible projectile manufacturing
facility to produce artillery shells and parts for the U.S. Army
and to upgrade the 34-year old facility. The 170-acre Riverbank
facility, which is run by TriMas Corporation's NI Industries, Inc.,
received the funding as part of the Fiscal Year 2004 Department of
Defense Appropriations Bill, which was recently signed by President
Bush. "NI Industries, Inc. is pleased to receive this funding to
continue our support of the nation's armed forces," said Edward L.
Schwartz, president of TriMas Corporation's Industrial Specialties
Group. "This award will help the Riverbank facility remain
competitive and become more technologically advanced, as well as
position us for future growth." NI Industries, Inc. will use the
funds to upgrade the Riverbank facility for manufacturing of
mortars and projectiles for the U.S. Army's new 105- millimeter
howitzers, which will be used in future combat systems. Upgrades
will include developing a flexible manufacturing environment. This
will allow the facility to produce parts ranging in size from 60
millimeters to 105 millimeters, which will include the 60
millimeter and 81 millimeter mortar rounds. Part of the TriMas
Industrial Specialties Group, NI Industries, Inc. is the world's
largest producer of large caliber cartridge cases and the only
domestic commercial or military manufacturing facility producing
large, deep- drawn steel cartridge cases. A U.S. Army Replenishment
Base Contractor, the Riverbank facility replaces inventories for
cartridge cases, mortar rounds and grenade bodies. The TriMas
Industrial Specialties Group is comprised of six companies -- Arrow
Engine, Compac Corporation, Lamons Metal Gasket, NI Industries,
Inc., Norris Cylinder and Precision Tool Company -- with leadership
roles in the commercial, construction, defense, electronics and
medical markets. Headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., TriMas
is a diversified growth company of high-end, specialty niche
businesses manufacturing a variety of products for commercial,
industrial and consumer markets worldwide. TriMas is organized into
four strategic business groups: Cequent Transportation Accessories,
Rieke Packaging Systems, Fastening Systems and Industrial
Specialties. TriMas has nearly 5,000 employees at 80 different
facilities in 10 countries. For more information, visit
http://www.trimascorp.com/ . DATASOURCE: TriMas Corporation
CONTACT: Rich Donley of Bianchi Public Relations, +1-248-269-1122,
, for TriMas Corporation Web site: http://www.trimascorp.com/
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