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| This Week's Metalcasting News Review |
| Citation Sees 20% of Revenue from "Green" Manufacturing "With an increased emphasis on launching sustainable solutions into the market, our lost-foam technology is one example of how we're developing environmentally friendly products that our customers and end–consumers want," stated Citation Corp. CEO Doug Grimm. Read more |
| Laempe Buys Hottinger Sales/Service Biz The core machine manufacturer also acquired Hottinger's patents and engineering data, and forged a strategic alliance with Rperwerk, to develop, manufacture, and distribute equipment related to coremaking. Read more |
| Auto Cast Inc. in Chapter 11 A Grandville, MI, aluminum and zinc diecaster recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to a statement by Auto Cast Inc. CEO Carl Homrich, the filing resulted from "an aggressive position" by the diecaster's only secured lender, Huntington National Bank. Read more |
| Featured This Week |
| 2009 Hall of Honor Some metalcasters have a family connection to the industry, or their interest is sparked by their education, or early job experience. Dave Shanks was a U.S. Army veteran who recalls he was working for a job–placement firm in 1969, when he found a job that "looked right" for him — as a Market Research Analyst for FOUNDRY Management & Technology. Read more |
| FM&T 2009 Online Where-to-Buy Directory The online presentation of the Foundry Management & Technology Buyers Guide has been updated with the latest information. Scan the process-oriented listings to locate suppliers of metalcasting-specific equipment, products and services. Read more |
| Announcements |
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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.
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 |
| NADCA Committee & Board of Directors Meetings Wheeling, IL — October 1-2, 2009 Read more |
| CMI's Introduction to Metalcasting Schaumburg, IL — October 6-8, 2009 Read more |
| Non-Ferrous Founders' Society Annual Meeting Henderson, NV — October 9-12, 2009 Read more |
| ICI Annual Technical Conference & Expo Indianapolis — October 11-14, 2009 Read more |
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