ABP Induction, New Brunswick, N.J., and Pillar Induction, Brookfield, Wis., merged companies in early 2008 to establish a joint enterprise under the ABP name.

Newscast

Aluminum melting furnace.

Literature+PLUS+

AmeriCast sells remaining iron plant.

Industry News

Americast sells remaining iron plant Prospect Foundry.

North America

AMT spends $3 million on facility in China.

Around the World

Ashland commits to India expansion.

North America

Automated casting finishing systems.

Literature+PLUS+

Automated pouring.

Literature+PLUS+

Automatic Inoculation System.

Literature+PLUS+

Award maker R.S. Owens takes home prize for marketing, branding.

North America - Brief article

Boosting production at Boose: the cross pollination of ideas between two different plants has turned the Boose companies into a jobbing juggernaut.

Company overview

Bremen Castings Inc., Bremen, Ind., has purchased Odyssey software by B&L Information Systems, Bridgman, Mich., to help implement its continuous improvements initiative and to focus on profitability.

Newscast

Building character.

SHAKEOUT: In case you didn't know ...

Calendar of events.

Conference news - Calendar

CastExpo attendee registration open, tickets for special events released.

AFS/CMI NEWS

Ceramic media.

Literature+PLUS+

Chapter meetings.

AFS/CMI NEWS - Calendar

Citation Corp.

Personals

CMI course schedule.

AFS/CMI NEWS - Brief article - Calendar

Coming clean on chemicals: recent legislation requires metalcasters to report to the government on the chemicals in their plants.

Complete Foundry Solutions.

Literature+PLUS+

Complete no-bake machinery & systems.

Literature+PLUS+

Cookware caster lodge wins Design Award for iron, stainless steel skillet.

North America

CoreCenter.

Literature+PLUS+

Custom and non-standard alloys.

Literature+PLUS+

Defense Bill includes FMLA expansion for military families.

On the Hill

Dewaxing Autoclave Systems.

Literature+PLUS+ - Brief article

Diecaster Contech receives new automotive business.

North America

Direct metal manufacturing.

METALCASTING SUPPLIES - EOS of North America Inc - Brief article

Enterprise software solutions.

Literature+PLUS+

EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems, Munich, Germany, and TrumpfWerkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen, Germany, announced they have signed an agreement with MCP Tooling Technology Ltd., Stone, U.K., and MCP-HEK Tooling GmbH in Germany.

Newscast

Flexible DeGate Cell.

Literature+PLUS+

Foundry software package.

Literature+PLUS+

FSI Group ends operations at Ravenna Aluminum after failing to find a buyer.

North America

Grede Foundries Inc.

Personals

Gudgeon Thermfire.

Newscast

Heat treating services.

Literature+PLUS+

Heat treating, streamlined: as the costs associated with heat treating increase, heat treat companies rely on technology and service to compensate.

Heat treatment for diecast parts supplies stronger castings.

Product Innovations

Heat treatment for diecast parts supplies stronger castings.

New Product

Here's an idea ... innovate.

EDITORIAL

How sand expands.

Hugh Kind.

Personals

IJMC includes study on modification of Al-Si alloys, endurance of ductile iron.

AFS/CMI NEWS

Innovation as a battle cry.

NOVEL SOLUTIONS - Editorial

Innovation in shakeout.

Literature+PLUS+

Intelligent Demand Response (IDR).

Literature+PLUS+ - Brief article

Intermet Corp.

Personals

L A Aluminum wins a portion of two government contracts worth more than $400 million.

North America

Management information systems.

Literature+PLUS+

Mazak Corp.

Newscast

Mexico: more than simply automotive castings.

North America

Modern Casting hires new advertising staff member.

North America - Appointment of Jim Beckwith - Brief article

Morgan Crucible, Windsor, Berkshire, U.K., has acquired two technical ceramics businesses, Certech and Carpenter Advanced Ceramics for $147 million.

Newscast

Nationwide I-9 campaign targets illegal workers.

On the Hill

Nemak Canada plant, losing pricing war, closes.

Industry News - Brief article

Nemak Canada plant, losing pricing war, closes.

North America

New MSDS forms available for magnesium alloy castings.

AFS/CMI NEWS

Obituaries.

INDUSTRY NEWS - Obituary

On Jan. 31, 2008, Simpson Technologies GmbH, Steinhausen, Switzerland, acquired the Disa sand laboratory testing equipment product line.

Newscast

Paper maker Metso's in-house metalcasting facility expansion inaugurated in Finland.

Around the World

Patrice Chartrand, associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique.

Personals

Precision borescopes.

Literature+PLUS+

Quality certifications.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Question of the month.

Moderncasting.com

Refractory maker Allied Mineral Products Inc., Columbus, Ohio, purchased 100% of AMETSA, its sales and manufacturing facility in Germiston, South Africa, at the end of 2007, according to a release issued by the company.

Newscast - Brief article

Remet Corp.

Personals

Rotary Medium Drum.

Literature+PLUS+

R.S. Owens.

Personals

Sale of Foseco nearing completion.

North America

Sand additive.

METALCASTING SUPPLIES

See inside your designs with FLOW-3D[R].

Literature+PLUS+

Selas Heat Technology Co. LLC.

Newscast

Silicosis crackdown: metalcasting facilities are targets of a new OSHA program intended to reduce hazards related to lung disease.

WASHINGTON ALERT

Simulation software.

Literature+PLUS+

Steelmaker Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., announced it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire scrap recycler David J. Joseph Co.

Newscast

Synchro32.

Newscast

Synchro32.

Personals

The future of process instructions.

Literature+PLUS+

The hip, knee, elbow, toe and shoulder movement: cast titanium and cobalt-chromium joint components help hundreds of thousands of people move without pain and stiffness.

Twelve plants earn top millionaires safety award.

AFS/CMI NEWS

U.S. metalcasters to gather in Washington D.C. in April, corporate members buy one get one free.

AFS/CMI NEWS

Value-driven management.

CAPITAL GAINS

Vibratory stabilizers.

METALCASTING SUPPLIES

Vision systems lend accuracy to robotics.

New Product

Vision systems lend accuracy to robotics.

Product Innovations

Wescast Industries Inc.

Personals

Worth repeating.

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