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From strategies for managing human resources and technology, to policy positions and long-range forecasting, the insights of experts offer tools for enhancing every foundry operation.

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How Do We Get So Smart?
Aug 14, 2018
NIST is defining how to select, implement, and optimize plant-wide wireless communication
2018 Foundry Metalcasting Outlook

Free when you register. Managers and executives of North American foundries and diecasters evaluate current business conditions, and give their perspectives on the factors shaping their sector’s activity in the coming year.

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The Opposite of Growth
Aug 13, 2018
Consider an under-appreciated reason that Americans today are less disciplined, more self-serving, more isolated, and less optimistic about their futures,
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Now, What Do You See?
Jul 08, 2018
The vision of a global economy has been fulfilled. What’s left to see, or believe?
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Thoughts and Prayers
Jun 01, 2018
We have a grim but facile awareness of the dangers and difficulties of this life. Expressing sincerity about others'...
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What Does This New Information Mean?
May 10, 2018
Bit by bit the information we give up makes us poorer – in the sense that we become more quantifiable, and less able to convert our own capital into resources.
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Maximizing Lining Life and Coil Life
May 10, 2018
In a coreless induction melting furnace, promoting longer lining life can also improve coil life, resulting in less downtime, lower production cost-per-ton, and reduced maintenance costs.
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