[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 81 (Tuesday, June 2, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1272]
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                      HONORING NI INDUSTRIES, INC.

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 2, 2009

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate NI 
Industries, Inc. for over fifty-five years of business in Stanislaus 
County. Although the company is relocating, I would like to recognize 
NI Industries for its success while in California.
  NI Industries, formally known as Norris Industries, Inc., was founded 
in 1930. The company manufactures over four hundred high quality 
munitions products including cartridge cases, mortars, projectile 
bodies, grenade bodies, rocket motors, warheads and rocket launchers. 
Headquartered in Vernon, California, NI is the United States Army's 
Industrial Mobilization Base Supplier with over one million square feet 
in manufacturing space. Their unique capabilities are unrivalled 
anywhere in the world, with over fifteen hundred pieces of equipment 
and many thousand tons of press capacity.
  NI has been the operating contractor at the Riverbank Army 
Ammunitions Plant in Riverbank, California since 1951. Since the 
reactivation of the cartridge case facility at the Riverbank plant ten 
years ago, the company has produced over half a million cases of the 
Navy's 5"/54 gun and the Army's 105mm gun on the Stryker. NI Industries 
has also been an innovative leader in the development of the steel 
cartridge case for the Navy's 155mm-Advanced Gun Systems (AGS) for the 
DD (1000) Program.
  The metal manufacturing technology that NI uses employs a deep draw 
process and a unique technology, to produce a single, unwelded piece of 
alloyed metal with high precision to fit a complex configuration. The 
company has management, technical and manufacturing teams with hundreds 
of years of experience in the defense industry. They take great pride 
in their engineers and researchers, as well as their production 
artisans and machinists. With the registration of the ISO 9001 and the 
ISO 14001, NI has taken appropriate steps to further ensure both 
products and processes meet the highest quality and environmental 
standards. Their attention to detail and technical capabilities has 
earned NI the reputation for being the only munitions manufacturer 
capable of deep drawing a combination of steel, brass and aluminum.
  Due to the outcome of the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Commission Law, the highly successful cartridge case facility at the 
Riverbank Army Ammunitions Plant will be beginning the relocation 
process in June 2009. The plant is being relocated to Rock Island 
Arsenal, Illinois, and the relocation project will be completed in 
2012. NI will operate the new facility and continue its production of 
cartridge cases and other products with the same care of quality.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to wish NI Industries the best of luck 
with the relocation. I encourage my colleagues to join me in wishing NI 
Industries, Inc. continued success.

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