星期三瓦克夏铸造厂（Waukesha Foundry）工人埃米利亚诺坎波斯（Emiliano Campos）正在使用磨床清理一个铸件。这个铸件将被波音公司用于缠绕碳纤维。这家铸造厂在2011年的销售额增长了15%，2012年有望保持类似的增长。
路边炸弹使美国在伊拉克的军队大受挫折，于是美军求助于瓦克夏铸造厂。 这家铸造厂有一项专利－穿孔装甲。这种装甲可以嵌入车辆。
瓦克夏铸造厂开足马力每班生产90个装甲板，在18个月的时间内生产出价值3000万美元的装甲板。对瓦克夏铸造厂来说，这是一项浩大的工程。该铸造厂为顾客量身订做各种铸件，有时一种型号只做一次。当工厂昼夜不停地生产装甲板的时候，每个月产生的电费高达10万美元。
瓦克夏铸造厂的总裁肯库勒（Ken Kurek）先生说：“由于需求紧急，我们全力以赴加紧生产”。
当瓦克夏铸造厂进入成立100周年诞辰的时候，国防方面的订单减少了。但工厂一直忙于生产其他的订单，包括波音公司梦想飞机模具和用于石油钻探的钻头。
由助长资本基金（Facilitator Capital Found）持股的瓦克夏铸造厂2011年销售额达3000万美元，比去年增长15%。2012年的目标是达到3500万美元，2014年达到5000万美元.
瓦克夏铸造厂为很多公司生产过金属铸件包括：哈雷戴维森公司，水星海事，沃尔沃集团，罗克韦尔自动化公司，奥什科什公司，导航星公司（Navistar），卡特彼勒公司，迪尔公司等。
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Waukesha Foundry's work pours forth
Waukesha Foundry employee Emiliano Campos uses a grinder Wednesday to clean up a casting that will be used by Boeing Co. for winding carbon fiber. The foundry has enjoyed a 15% increase in sales in 2011 and anticipates a similar rate of growth in 2012.
Frustrated over roadside bombs killing troops in Iraq, the US military turned to Waukesha Foundry for help. The company had a patent for perforated armor that could be bolted onto vehicles.
Waukesha Foundry geared up to make 90 armored plates per work shift, producing USD 30 million worth of plates in 18 months. It was a lot of work for the foundry, which makes custom castings for highly specialized items, sometimes one at a time. Its electric bill shot up to USD 100,000 a month while it worked round the clock to produce the armor.
Mr Ken Kurek president of Waukesha Foundry said "We were going as fast as we could because the need was urgent."
As Waukesha Foundry enters its 100th year in business, defense contracting has slowed but the company remains busy making other castings, including tooling for Boeing Corporation's 787 Dreamliner and drill bits used in petroleum exploration.
Locally owned by Facilitator Capital Fund, the foundry generated USD 30 million in sales in 2011, up about 15% from the year before. Sales goals are USD 35 million in 2012 and USD 50 million in 2014.
The foundry has made metal cast parts for Harley Davidson Inc, Mercury Marine, AB Volvo, Rockwell Automation Inc, Oshkosh Corporation, Navistar, Caterpillar Inc, Deere & Co and many others.
