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| This Week's Metalcasting News Review |
| GF Group Outlines Downsizing Plans Industrial group Georg Fischer AG is reducing its operational structure and cutting corporate operating costs by 350 million Swiss francs (est. $330 million,) explaining that it has been “heavily affected by the present economic crisis.” CEO Yves Serra added, "The structural program creates the conditions for GF to emerge strengthened from this crisis and to benefit from its good market position." Read more |
| Citation Earns Navistar Supplier Award The Diamond Supplier Award is presented to suppliers who exceed its performance expectations for quality, delivery, and cost during a particular year, and also acknowledges the suppliers’ efforts to align themselves with Navistar’s strategic business goals and demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement. Read more |
| NovaCast Takes New Order for Heavy Castings The order includes production of a set of die shoes, as well as construction, completion, and testing of stamping dies. It also includes construction and casting of a press pallet weighing approximately 6 metric tons. Read more |
| Featured This Week |
Grinding "Centers" Bring Speed, Quality, Consistency Since installing the Maus SAM 300, Grede Foundries has determined it will pay for the machine in less than one year, based on direct savings it realizes by not using outside vendors for contract finishing. Read more
| Forums And Blogs |
| REB Blog: Save the apologies "Still to come will be the fundamental adjustments to material supplies, like foundry-grade scrap. If it is not already clear, the entire supply chain is going to have to be reconceived." Read more |
| Announcements |
VIDEO OF THE WEEKEcono-Pour Automatic Pouring Unit The Roberts Sinto Econo-Pour systems have only one objective… to reduce your pouring costs by improvement in some or all of the following areas: The Roberts Sinto Econo-Pour system is a proven tool to help the foundry operator reduce costs in today's highly competitive environment. Have a company video? Want the metalcasting industry to view it?FIND OUT HOW! From the producers of Foundry Management & Technology - Watch videos about the metalcasting industries. You'll see technical developments; new equipment; coatings; new technologies that lower cycle times; automation systems; cleaning processes and new products.
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 |
| CMI's Metallurgy of Aluminum Casting Alloys University Park, PA — June 16-18, 2009 Read more |
| CMI's Hands-On Introduction to Metalcasting Pittsburg, KS — June 23-26, 2009 Read more |
| ASME Power 2009 Albuquerque, NM — July 21-23, 2009 Read more |
| OCMA Annual Meeting Columbus, OH — July 22, 2009 Read more |
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