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Weekly UpdateJanuary 5, 2010
This Week's Metalcasting News Review

Researchers Combining Metalcasting with Nanotechnologies
The U.S. Commerce Dept.'s National Institute of Standards and Technology has allocated $71 million to 20 different projects it identifies as “innovative, high-risk research in new technologies that address critical national needs.” These projects, to be funded under NIST’s Technology Innovation Program (TIP), involve various emerging manufacturing concepts. Read more

McWane Pleads Guilty to Clean Water Act Violations
McWane Inc. agreed to plead guilty to nine felony violations in order to settle a federal criminal case involving Clean Water Act violations at the group’s McWane Cast Iron Pipe plant in Birmingham, AL. Read more

Start-Up Specializes in Refurbishing Railroad Components
Illini Castings will refurbish for reuse couplers, yokes, side frames and bolsters from retired rail cars. It expects to employ 17 people in its first year and may eventually hire up to 30 individuals, most of whom would be skilled welders. The complete operation may take up to 11 months to start. Read more

Featured This Week

Mobile Processing Unit Helps Manufacturers Cut Emissions, Increase Profit from Scrap
Pennsylvania-based Scrap Salvage & Surplus Inc. has patented a mobile processing unit for heavy torching oversized metal scrap generated by metalproducers. It reduces energy consumption and labor costs, SS&S claims, and effectively eliminates 99.8% of airborne emissions generated by ferrous and nonferrous metal torching in the traditional cutting process. Read more

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