Weekly Update - July 29, 2008

Turkcast 2008 Foundry Products Trade Fair TURKCAST is an international exhibition that focuses on the business interests of Casting Suppliers and Casting Buyers. TURKCAST offers an unparalleled opportunity for Castings producers to showcase their products that have been specifically designed to meet the needs of Castings Buyers. To learn more: Click Here.

This Week's Metalcasting News Review

Two Metaldyne Plants Up for Sale, or Closure Metaldyne Corp. is offering a diecasting operation and a machine shop for sale, or else will close them, as part of its “action-oriented plan to create value” for shareholders. Read more

FATA Aluminium Acquired by FATA Automation Casting equipment manufacturer FATA Aluminium Inc. has been acquired by FATA Automation Inc., according to a release. FATA Aluminium designs and manufactures casting machinery, automated casting carousels, sand regeneration systems, and aluminum foundry equipment. Read more

Roberts Sinto Opens Surface-Treatment Center Roberts Sinto Corp. has started up the Sinto Surface Treatment Test Center in Grand Ledge, MI, a design/engineering operation for customer-specific applications. Read more

Featured This Week

Continuous Vibratory System for Deburring Aluminum Diecastings “The high productivity was mainly achieved by the automatic loading system,” said Christian Barth manager of Visiocorp's metalcasting department. “This allows us to run the machine with 1.5 people. We would not have achieved this with any other system available.” Read more

Forums And Blogs

REB blog: Buy? Sell? Hold? There are considerable everyday challenges to owning and operating a metalcasting operation, including the effort to maintain equitable advantages with casting buyers and product/service suppliers, both of which groups have become much more consolidated in the past decade — leaving less latitude to metalcasting operations, which have not consolidated to nearly the same degree. Read more

Upcoming Events

Permanent Mold Coating Fundamentals - Aluminum Schaumburg, IL; August 5-6, 2008 Read more

Metallurgy of Gray and Ductile Iron Cleveland, OH; August 12-15, 2008 Read more

Workplace Emergency Planning / Electric Safety-Arc Flash St. Louis, MO; August 12-13, 2008 Read more

Designing & Building Metal Stamping Dies Cincinnati, OH; August 13-14, 2008 Read more

Metallurgy of Copper Base Casting Alloys Hamilton, ON; August 19-21, 2008 Read more

Free On-Line Event

Simufact: Simulating Manufacturing for Profitability In a recent survey of US Metal Forming Companies, three out of four respondents say that their primary competitive advantage globally is to become a technology leader, including developing new value-added processes and services. Next comes leveraging overseas production, followed closely by focusing on reducing lead times to better serve the customers. This Forging Magazine webinar sponsored by Simufact-Americas will show how simulation of your manufacturing processes can provide an answer to all your questions. By attending this free webinar, you will also learn technical and business aspects addressed through actual case studies. Learn more and Register today! Click Here

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