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| This Week's Metalcasting News Review |
| GM Supplier Trimag Seeks Bankruptcy The decision follows the loss of its major customer General Motors Corp., to which Trimag had supplied nearly all of its high-pressure diecastings. GM cancelled its business with Trimag due to low automotive demand. Read more |
| Cat, Navistar Launching New Truck Lines The JV will produce heavy-duty vocational trucks for sale in North America, and will form a 50/50 joint venture to “pursue global commercial truck opportunities” elsewhere in the world. Read more |
| U.S. Aluminum Castings Gets Boeing Quality Endorsement Boeing’s SQS Suppliers are not required to request a source inspection for the release of completed castings. Read more |
| Featured This Week |
| To Focus Improvement Efforts, Find the “Leverage Point” The "Ultimate Improvement Cycle" is based upon principles associated with Lean, Six Sigma, and the Theory of Constraints, but it is unique in that it capitalizes on a time-released formula for use of the key tools, techniques, principles, and actions of all three initiatives focused on the right area. Read more |
| Forums And Blogs |
| REB Blog: Ripple effects " … we need economic policies, business strategies, and personal habits that encourage growth." Read more |
| Announcements |
Foundry Management & Technology announces launch of Foundry Theater. Watch videos about foundry and diecasting industries. You'll see technical developments; new equipment; finishing technologies; automation systems; quality instruments and new products. You'll see how to reduce cycle times and increase productivity Watch Videos Now
Case Studies / Whitepapers Sponsored case studies from the Foundry Management & Technology collection provide real-world accounts of what's happening in the foundry 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 involves a change in their business strategy. Latest case studies added to the Foundry M&T collection:
Intelligent Demand ResponseImpact Markers Support Manufacturing's Desire to Apply Green Manufacturing TechniquesFor Foundries, Necessity is the Mother of InventionClick Here or on the links above to start reading.
Intelligent Demand ResponseImpact Markers Support Manufacturing's Desire to Apply Green Manufacturing TechniquesFor Foundries, Necessity is the Mother of InventionClick Here or on the links above to start reading.
| FM&T Hall of Honor The FOUNDRY Management & Technology Hall of Honor recognizes men and women whose technical and process innovations; organizational leadership; professional and industrial standards; and personal contributions and achievements have improved and enhanced metalcasting as a science, as an industry, and as a community. Help us identify the next metalcaster to join the FM&T Hall of Honor. Read more |
| Upcoming Events |
| Aluminum Assn. Spring Meeting San Antonio, TX — April 20-22, 2009 Read more |
| 2009 SAE World Congress Detroit — April 20-23, 2009 Read more |
| NADCA's Die Cooling Systems Engineering Course Wheeling, IL — April 21-22, 2009 Read more |
| ISRI Annual Convention & Expo Las Vegas — April 26-30, 2009 Read more |
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