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| This Week's Metalcasting News Review |
| Toyota to Increase Four-Cylinder Engine Output in North America Toyota Motor Manufacturing plans to expand production at its plant in Huntsville, AL, to include four-cylinder engines, with the new capacity to be in operation by summer 2011. Read more |
| Nemak, Saginaw Recalling Workers Nemak’s Windsor Aluminum plant will resume production this week of General Motors Corp. 3.6-liter engine blocks, according to local news reports. The Ontario metalcasting plant halted its output of products for GM in January of this year, as a result of the automaker cutting production. Read more |
| Grede to Close Foundries in Michigan, Kansas A gray iron foundry in Vassar, MI and a ductile iron operation in Wichita, KS, will be close “in order to realign capacity and better position the company for profitability in a post recession worldwide economy,” according to a statement by chairman Richard Koenings. Read more |
| Featured This Week |
| Heat Treatment and Precision Air-Quenching Systems Manufactures of aluminum engine castings now have an alternative when evaluating new capacity requirements. (Featured in the 2009 Databook) Read more |
| Announcements |
Case Studies / Whitepapers Sponsored case studies from the Foundry Management & Technology collection provide real-world accounts of what's happening in the foundry industry. They chronicle the events faced by business owners and managers who had to deal with changes in the competitive environment, and plots the owners' or managers' response which usually involves a change in their business strategy. Latest case studies added to the Foundry M&T collection:
Intelligent Demand ResponseImpact Markers Support Manufacturing's Desire to Apply Green Manufacturing TechniquesFor Foundries, Necessity is the Mother of InventionClick Here or on the links above to start reading.
| Upcoming Events |
| ASM Heat Treating Society Conference & Expo Indianapolis — September 14-17, 2009 Read more |
| Analysis & Reduction of Investment Casting Defects Schaumburg, IL — September 15-17, 2009 Read more |
| Canadian Foundry Assoc. Annual Meeting Hamilton, ON — September 17, 2009 Read more |
| 2009 Flow 3D World Users Conference Seattle — September 17-18, 2009 Read more |
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