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    Pratt & Whitney
    Pratt & Whitney PW4000 high-bypass turbofan engine.
    Tupungato | Dreamstime
    U.S. Capitol building.
    Dmytro Zinkevych | Dreamstime
    Manufacturing workers and cyber-security.
    Waupaca Foundry
    Dual pouring at Waupaca Foundry.
    Tatsiana Kuryanovich | Dreamstime
    Tatsiana Kuryanovich | Dreamstime | Split in global market.
    Honda of America
    Honda’s Anna (OH) Engine Plant is now home to six, 6,000-ton high-pressure diecasting machines. Megacasting machine at Honda, Anna, OH.

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    Justlight | Dreamstime
    Industrial engineer working at a computer, overseeing production processes and monitoring advanced machinery.
    Issues and Ideas

    Managing Data Effectively and Securely

    March 3, 2025
    Cyber threats are escalating. Embrace cloud-based systems and adhere to best practices for data security.
    Nordroden | Dreamstime
    ID 148254241 © Nordroden | Dreamstime.com
    Issues and Ideas

    Nano Dimension Tries to Reset the Agenda

    Jan. 30, 2025
    The additive manufacturing business’s interim CEO initiated a share-repurchase plan and presented new management principles, and cast some doubt on pending takeover plans.
    ABB Robotics
    ABB Robotics AppStudio software tool.
    New Products

    No-Code Robot Interfacing

    Jan. 21, 2025
    Software tool offers simplicity and flexible functionality for creating customized interfaces for robots and cobots, with a cloud-based template library.
    Vital Hil | Dreamstime
    Foundry scrap and metal recycling.
    Materials

    Best Practices for Reducing Waste in Foundries

    Jan. 14, 2025
    Align sustainability with profitability by adopting automation and AI to identify waste streams, implement recycling strategies for byproducts, and train workers to optimize recycling...
    Foundry 2025 Metalcasting Outlook
    White Papers

    Download: 2025 Metalcasting Outlook

    Jan. 13, 2025
    Get the results of our annual survey of foundry and diecasting managers and decisionmakers as they share their 2025 outlook.

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    Foundry 2025 Metalcasting Outlook
    White Papers

    Download: FM&T's 2025 Metalcasting Outlook

    Jan. 14, 2025
    Download the results of our annual survey of foundry and diecasting managers and decisionmakers as they share their 2025 outlook.
    Vgraphic Farao
    Industrial worker in a factory wearing safety gear.
    Issues and Ideas

    Foundry Draws Multiple OSHA Citations, Heavy Fine

    Nov. 21, 2024
    Frazer & Jones faces 27 charges for failing to ensure workplace safety, plus almost $1 million in penalties.
    Investment Casting Institute
    ICI Casting Contest 2024 medley
    Issues and Ideas

    Top Investment Castings of 2024

    Nov. 14, 2024
    The 71st Annual ICI Technical Conference and Exposition included a presentation of the most impactful investment-cast products of the year – cost-saving, timesaving, aesthetically...
    GF Casting Solutions
    A GF Casting Solutions high-pressure diecasting operation.
    Issues and Ideas

    GF Puts Casting Group on the Block

    Nov. 7, 2024
    A strategic reorganization of the Georg Fischer group has landed its precision CNC machine business in the wide portfolio of United Grinding.
    Tinger Omega
    Tinker Omega sand mixing machine.
    Molds/Cores

    Sinto America Adding Tinker Omega

    Nov. 5, 2024
    The Michigan operation will absorb the manufacturing activities for the supplier of sand processing machinery.