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Weekly UpdateJanuary 19, 2010




CastExpo'10 Registration Underway, Adds New Events
AFS and the North American Die Casting Association have opened registration for CastExpo'10, which will be held March 20-23, 2010, at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. Historically, CastExpo has offered a breadth of technical sessions, as well as hundreds of suppliers detailing the latest advancements in metalcasting products.
Learn more now.

This Week's Metalcasting News Review

Precision Castparts in Chinese Extruded Pipe Venture
Precision Castparts Corp. acquired a 49% equity interest in Chinese producer of seamless extruded pipe, Yangzhou Chengde Steel Tube Co. Ltd. The value of the all-cash investment was not released. Read more

Dotson Co. Names New President
Jean Bye, who has been with the ferrous jobshop in Mankato, MN, for 35 years, will take over for longtime president Dennis Dotson. Read more

Chinese Vehicle Builder is First Licensee for SinterCast's New Technology
China’s FAW Foundry Co. Ltd., has entered into a long-term agreement with SinterCast AB and will license the group’s process control technology for compacted graphite iron (CGI) production. This is the first commercial installation of the third-generation control suite. Read more

Massey Energy Developing New Met-Coal Mine
Massey Energy Co. has begun to develop a new mine in Raleigh County, WV, that will produce as much as 2 million tons/year of metallurgical coal by 2011. The company estimated that its capital expenditures for the mine and associated processing plant and facilities will range from $100 million to $160 million, beginning this year and continuing through 2012. Read more


SPECTRO Analytical Instruments offers the largest selection of spectrometers for elemental analysis of metals. Click on the link below to view valuable applications notes along with product brochures. If your going to the CASTExpo conference in Orlando (March 20th – 23rd) stop by booth 1711 to view our complete line of analyzers. Click Here to visit our application information.
www.elementalanalysis.org

Featured This Week

Microscopic Filter Analysis is Critical to Manufacturing Process
A new development from Olympus America is a system that inspects and analyzes residue on filters, a function that’s critical for documenting the purity and cleanliness of a manufacturing process. Read more

Forums And Blogs

REB Blog: Doing less with more
A culture of “productivity” infiltrated U.S. business during the last decade and a half, and it has not been eliminated by the recession: rather, the devotion to saving costs while improving results may become more intense. Read more

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Case Studies / Whitepapers
Sponsored case studies provide real-world accounts of what's happening in the machining 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 entails a change in their business strategy. Read More.


IndustrialProductDemos.com is your home for interactive manufacturing and industry product demos. You will find animated tutorials that walk you through product features, parts, applications, and accessories. Watch Now!

Upcoming Events

CMI's Introduction to Metalcasting
Schaumburg, IL — January 26-28, 2010 Read more

CMI's Statistical Process Control for Metalcasters Course
Schaumburg, IL — February 2-3, 2010 Read more

TMS 2010 Annual Meeting
Seattle — February 14-18, 2010 Read more

CastExpo ’10
Orlando, FL — March 20-23, 2010 Read more



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