Ladish’s ZKM Produces New Capabilities Brochure

Stalowa Wola, Poland — ZKM (www.zkmforging.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ladish Co., Inc. (www.ladishco.com) (Nasdaq: LDSH) has published a brochure in English to support ZKM’s global sales effort. “Since our founding in 1978, ZKM has established a reputation for technologically advanced forgings,” says Josef Burdzy, ZKM’s President of the Management Board and General Director. “This publication is designed to give our growing number of customers around the world up-to-date information about our organization and resources.”

ZKM has an extensive base of customers, primarily in the EU, and supplies numerous heavy industries with forgings for load-bearing and fatigue-resisting applications. Upon completion of the acquisition in 2005, Ladish began investing in ZKM to support upgrades to ZKM’s quality and manufacturing systems. “ZKM will secure AS9100:2004 accreditation by the end of the year and this pending accreditation is already facilitating our expansion into new markets,” says Thomas Trisco, Ladish’s Director of Sales and Marketing, European Operations.

According to Trisco, ZKM has the quality and production systems to serve the most demanding customers in Europe and around the world, as well as play an increasing role in aerospace markets. “Located in Poland’s ‘Aviation Valley’ in the southeastern part of the country, ZKM is well positioned to supply aerospace OEMs,” Trisco says. “ZKM currently has the equipment and materials knowledge to produce a variety of aero-structures and we will soon be accredited to bid on gas turbine component work. The new brochure communicates these capabilities and points out the direction we are headed for the future.”

Ladish Co., Inc. is a leading producer of highly engineered, technically advanced metal components for the jet engine, aerospace and general industrial markets. Ladish is headquartered in Cudahy, Wisconsin with operations in Wisconsin, Oregon, Connecticut and Poland.  Ladish common stock trades on Nasdaq under the symbol LDSH.

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