Waupaca Foundry, Inc. - Plant 5 (Tell City, Indiana)
Large load · 9856 SR 66, Tell City, IN
Waupaca Foundry's Tell City plant is a gray and ductile iron foundry that melts iron in cupola furnaces on a 170-acre site outside Tell City, Perry County, Indiana. The company lists an annual melt capacity of 450,000 tons and a workforce of about 1,000. Melting accounts for 65% of the plant's total energy use, with coke the largest energy source.
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Overview
The plant is a gray and ductile iron foundry using cupola furnace technology, with an annual melt capacity of 450,000 tons and a company specification of 80 tons per cupola per hour. The facility covers 588,000 square feet on 170 acres outside Tell City city limits.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- Melting consumes 65% of the facility's total energy, with coke the largest energy source. IDEM emergency correspondence from December 2023 reports the loss of the plant's central substation transformer.
- History and workforce
- The company's location page says the plant was built in 1997, with expansions in 1999 and 2019, and lists a workforce of 1,000. An expansion announced in October 2010 was valued at $36.5 million.
- Permits
- IDEM correspondence identifies the plant's Title V permit as No. 123-46520-00019.
Facility
- Activity
- Gray and ductile iron foundry using cupola furnace technology
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Permits and agreements
- Permit
- Title V No. 123-46520-00019
Issued Dec 19, 2023