East Jordan Iron Works is a company based in East Jordan Michigan. The company is a manufacturer and distributor of iron construction castings and infrastructure access products. In 2007 the company was awarded the National Utility Contractors Association Associate of the year award.[1]
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East Jordan Iron Works was founded in East Jordan, Michigan in 1883. The company was established in November 1883 by William Malpass and his father-in-law, Richard W. Round, to service the logging industry in East Jordan and around Northern Michigan. In the early years of operation, East Jordan Iron Works, Inc. (EJIW) manufactured castings for necessities such as machine parts, ship parts, agricultural uses, and railroads.[2] In 1905, the foundry was destroyed by a fire but was then rebuilt using bricks made in its hometown of East Jordan.[3]
In the 1920s lumbering operations began to decrease, after the advent of the Great Depression. By World War II Lumbering had moved out of the area, the Iron Works then shifted their large-scale production to street castings, water works valves, and fire hydrants as well as war materials needed for the war effort such as tank parts.[3]
East Jordan Iron Works owns and operates two foundries, with locations in East Jordan Michigan, and Ardmore Oklahoma. The Ardmore location was built in the year 2000 and opened for operation in 2001.[4] East Jordan Iron Works also owns and operates sales offices and distribution centers, as well as fabricated product facilities.
Over the past century East Jordan Iron Works has grown. EJIW sales offices are strategically located across the country to serve major metropolitan markets. The main manufacturing facility, corporate headquarters and Hydrant & Valve assembly lines are still located in East Jordan, Michigan. The foundry production facility in Ardmore, Oklahoma also provides numerous castings for EJIW's sales operations throughout the United States and the world. EJIW is a producer and supplier of construction castings to hundreds of U.S. cities, townships, counties, and states. East Jordan Iron Works' product line includes manhole frames and covers, utility castings for the telecommunications industry, trench grates, tree grates, detectable warning plates, airport and design specific castings, monument boxes, meter boxes, valve boxes, drainage grates, curb inlets, and catch basins.[5] EJIW's construction castings can be found in major metropolitan areas, as well as world-wide.
East Jordan Iron Works offers Fabricated Products. These procucts include steel Riser Rings which minimize traffic disruption, the INFRA-RISER which is multi-purpose rubber composite adjustments riser that prevents infiltration, prolongs structure life, reduces traffic vibration damage, and is environmentally friendly. EJIW manufactures iron, aluminum, and steel Access Hatch doors which provide easy and secure access to subsurface installations.
East Jordan Iron Works complies with regulations set forth both by the government and environmental groups/agencies, from the design, to the manufacturing of the product. To participate in environmental conservation EJIW makes use of the by-products from the melt process (slag), and is promoting the natural patina of iron in the place of paint. These efforts allowed for EJIW to be named Charlevoix County's Recycler of The Year. EJIW products can help building customers earn LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)[6] Credit Achievement points, which help to promote green building.
Reinvestment in production facilities has allowed for East Jordan Iron Works to become a leader in the construction products industry.[7]
3-D solid modeling software assists in the development of casting designs and gives a complete idea of how completed procuts will look and perform.
At the East Jordan location a cupola furnace is used in the melt process. The mold lines in East Jordan which are used to create the castings include; an automated green sand molding line, a no bake molding line, and a Heinrich Wagner Sinto (HWS) molding line which was installed in 2009 and is capable of producing molds up to 76" long by 60" wide. The Ardmore location uses an electric induction process to melt iron, and houses a mold line that accommodates molds up to 48" long by 48" wide.
Testing occurs during the production process to allow for the production of quality products.
EJIW keeps a large inventory of infrastructure access solutions to accommodate for immediate deliveries. Through distribution centers, branch office locations and network of distributors, EJIW provides a line of construction and utility castings to contractors and municipalities nationwide. Central Distribution Centers of EJIW include Sunfeild, Michigan and Ardmore, Oklahoma. EJIW offices are located in markets throughout North America.