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| Weekly Update – August 5, 2008 | |
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| This Week's Metalcasting News Review |
| AmeriCast Bought by Bradken; Rebranding to Come AmeriCast Technologies will be acquired by Bradken Ltd., a minority stakeholder in the North American foundry chain and the owner of Australia’s largest ferrous foundry group. Read more |
| Vermont Castings Bought by MHSC Monessen Hearth Systems Co. reports it acquired the assets of the CFM Corp.’s Vermont Castings and Majestic Fireplaces product lines. Read more |
| Dotson Orders Two Roberts Sinto Pouring Systems Roberts Sinto Corp. reports that the Dotson Co. has purchased two Econo-Pour automatic pouring units for its foundry in of Mankato, MN, which will make it the first jobbing foundry with all automatic pouring. Read more |
| Featured This Week |
Emerging Casting Process to Get U.S. Trial Eck Industries has licensed an emerging casting technology developed to produce near-net-shape components from two different alloys in a single, multi-stage casting process. Read more
| Lights, Camera, Action: Its Foundry Theater! Now available online, Foundry Theater features video releases and demonstrations for metalcasting products and processes. See high-quality video of technologies, education, products, and services at your desk. Read more |
| Forums And Blogs |
| REB blog: Union yes/no? The rift that ended 20 years of global free-trade talks might be negotiable if the “developed” nations were not already split over our own economic future. The split is between those who think growth can only be measured by capital gains and those who think progress is indicated by financial security. One representation of this split is the management-labor divide. Read more |
| Upcoming Events |
| Workplace Emergency Planning / Electric Safety-Arc Flash St. Louis; August 12-13, 2008 Read more |
| Metallurgy of Gray and Ductile Iron Cleveland; August 12-15, 2008 Read more |
| Designing & Building Metal Stamping Dies Cincinnati; August 13-14, 2008 Read more |
| Metallurgy of Copper Base Casting Alloys Hamilton, ON; August 19-21, 2008 Read more |
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