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Fincantieri
Marinette Marine
Fincantieri Marinette Marine was
founded in 1942 along the Menominee
River in Marinette to meet America’s
growing demand for naval construction.
From humble beginnings with a contract
to build five wooden barges, Marinette
Marine has grown into a world-class
shipbuilder, having designed and built
more than 1,500 vessels. The company
currently employs over 2,000 people.
After a $73.5 million capital
expansion program from its Italian
parent company Fincantieri,
the company
now has the
capacity to
simultaneously build
six Littoral Combat
Ships (LCS) in serial
production for
the U.S. Navy in
conjunction with
Lockheed
Martin
and
Gibbs & Cox.
In 2016, the U.S.
Navy ordered
construction of
LCS-25, the future
U.S.S. Marinette, to
honor the city and
its contributions
to the naval fleet.
Waupaca Foundry
In 1955, Clifford Schwenn purchased
Pearson Foundry Machine Shop and
changed the name to Waupaca Foundry
Inc. During this period the foundry
employed 13 people and poured 2-3
tons daily. Today, Waupaca Foundry has
a melt capacity of 10,000 metric tons per
day. The company has since been going
strong for more than 60 years.
Waupaca Foundry Plant 4 is located
on 40 acres in Marinette. The 327,000
square foot building employs more than
750 people.
Industry
Tyco-Johnson
Controls
Marinette’s chemicals company Ansul
began in 1912. It remained independent
until 1978, when it was acquired by
Wormald International, an Australian
corporation. Wormald was in turn
acquired by Tyco International in 1990.
Ansul now exists as a brand of the
Tyco Fire Protection segment of Tyco
International, which merged with
Johnson Controls in 2016.
The company
changed its
name over the
years, but always
kept Ansul as part of
its name. Today, it
manufactures fire
suppression
systems and
extinguishers
and offers
fire training.
Today, the ANSUL
Fire Technology
Center and Center
of Excellence in
Marinette houses one
of the most extensive
fire research and
testing facilities
in the world.
KSU
The KS Kolbenschmidt facility in Marinette
was founded in 1944 as an aluminum
piston manufacturer. Today it is a leading
manufacturer of aluminum and steel
pistons for internal combustion engines
of passenger cars, medium and heavy
duty applications, and is well known
for its advanced piston design and
manufacturing technology for gasoline
and diesel engines.
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