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    Let’s Run An Ad!

    April 1, 2024
    Individual, isolated marketing efforts lack the influence of a sustained brand campaign.
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    Protecting Manufacturing from Cyber-Threats

    April 1, 2024
    Many manufacturers operate on aging infrastructure that no longer supports updates – or is incompatible with modern cybersecurity solutions. You must think outside the box to ...
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    Manufacturers Eager for AI Results

    March 28, 2024
    A global survey found organizations have high hopes for the potential of Artificial Intelligence, but remain concerned about how to integrate new technologies with their current...
    Coronado Steel
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    Holding Company Buys Ohio Foundry

    March 26, 2024
    Coronado Steel, a manufacturer of specialty alloys, is joining eight other producers in the Canerector network of industrial products businesses.
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    Power, Scrap Cited in Closing

    March 21, 2024
    A Minnesota ductile iron plant will close in April. Metal Technologies Inc. indicated electrical rate increases and the cost of scrap make Northern Foundry uncompetitive.

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    2023 Robot Demand -30%

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    Q4 signaled some recovery, but a slow economy, higher interest rates, and over-purchasing during the 2022 supply-chain crisis dragged the volume of new orders after two straight...
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    Plant to Restart as Lost Foam Foundry

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    Confidence is in Short Supply

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    Simple economics have been transformed into existential questions, guiding business decision-makers deeper into circumstances where their choices are limited and their compliance...
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    Here's a Great Question

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