Weekly Update — July 20, 2010

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Weekly Update – July 20, 2010

Just Announced!!

Foundry M&T Launches its New & Improved Redesigned Buyers' Guide Website
This comprehensive directory contains information from companies/organizations that you can search by keyword to locate companies by the type of product (category search) or by the company name. Find everything from alloys to plant engineering, from heat treating to safety, from pouring to prototyping and so much more.
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This Week's Metalcasting News Review

Ashland, Sud-Chemie to Merge Foundry Chemicals Businesses
Ashland Inc. will merge its Ashland Casting Solutions business unit into a new global venture, together with the operations of Germany’s Sud-Chemie AG and the two groups’ existing joint venture, Ashland-Sudchemie-Kernfest. The new company will be called ASK Chemicals GmbH and headquartered in Hilden, Germany. Read more

McWane, EPA in “Landmark” Environmental Settlement
"The proposed consent decree announced today with EPA will include a comprehensive settlement of all outstanding historical civil environmental enforcement matters at 28 of our plants, some of which date back more than 12 years in the past,” president Ruffner Page stated. “This settlement establishes a fresh and positive relationship with EPA that will help us maintain our position as the industry leader in environmental, health and safety performance." Read more

Inductotherm Books Contract for "Largest Ever" Induction Melt Shop for Steel
The order from an unnamed steelmaker is for six 30-ton coreless induction furnaces, each with an 18,500-kW VIP^® power supply. When all the furnaces are on full-power simultaneously, the installation will produce at a rate of 210 ton/hour, with a total connected load of 111 MW. Read more

Featured This Week

Zinc Slag Resistance Proven for Refractory Lining
An alumina-bonded silicon carbide can be formed into intricate and precise shapes, and resists oxidation and thermal shock. Read more

Forums And Blogs

REB Blog: Generally motivated
The manufacturing sector needs indicators that the future is brighter than the present, and a commitment from General Motors to assume the same risks and eye the same rewards can't come soon enough. Read more

Upcoming Events

CMI's Chemically Bonded Molding & Coremaking Course
Schaumburg, IL — August 3-5, 2010 Read more

ASME International Heat Transfer Conference
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CMI's Analysis & Reduction of Investment Casting Defects Course
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AFS EH&S Conference
Nashville, TN — August 22, 2010 Read more

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