ME Elecmetal Applies Alloy & Casting Expertise to Bring Space Shuttle to Launch

摘要

when the space shuttle began its eight-hour, four -mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Bilding to the launch pad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center in March -before its planned May launch-the 18 million-pound shuttle and launch platform will ride smoothly on crawler track shoes designed and manufactured by ME Elecmetal. NASA's Kennedy Space Center recently recognized the exemplary work of the Minnesota-based company, with headquar-ters in Minneapolis and a casting facility in Duluth, by nominating ME Elecmetal as its vendor of the year, although the company did not earn the NASA-wide honor. What started out as casual, trade-showcon-versation ended three years later in February, when ME Elecmetal made its last shipment to NASA - marking the end of an intense research and development effort and an all-out production schedule to meet the deadline for the multi-million dollar contract.