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