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Articles in March, 2006 issue of Foundry Management & Technology

• IdraPrince Inc. has added Automated Comercio as its sales and service organization in Brazil.(Brief article)
• Inventory management software.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• Contoller area network technology.(A Comprehensible Guide to Controller Area Network)(Brief article)
• Wall Colmony Aeronautical and Aerospace group.(NEWSMAKER BRIEFS ...)
• Donsco.(METALCASTING BRIEFS)
• Alcoa Automotive Castings wins Hyundai contract.(METALCASTING NEWS)
• Safety pressure transmitters.(FREE LITERATURE)
• Dr.Shrink.(Dr. Shrink shrink-wrap's website)(Brief article)
• The American Foundry Society recently formed the Area Source Working Group with the primary goal of developing industry input on the rulemaking of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create standards for iron and steel metalcasting facilitie
• Intermet supplies cam covers for Toyota hybrid.(Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc.)(Brief article)
• Plates, chutes, hoppers resist abrasion.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• Instrumentation.(ABB Instrumentation's brochure)(Brief article)
• Badger Die Casting.(METALCASTING BRIEFS)
• The David J. Joseph Co., Cincinnati, purchased Northwest Recycling of Houston, which includes full-service scrap processing with an automobile shredder.(SUPPLIER BRIEFS)
• Mueller water products files for IPO.(METALCASTING NEWS)
• NA2006: The Material Handling & Logistics Show and Conference.
• Corrosion-resistant plastic valves.
• Vibration improves refractory installation for channel furnace inductors: the expanded use of channel induction furnaces has highlighted some problems for refractory installation--and led to the development of a new approach for that process.
  by Opatt, William M.; Williams, David C.
• Single Source Technologies South.(a new startup)(Brief article)
• Air quality booth.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• Adjustable slide gate for granular material.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• U.S. EPA Region 5 also cited Concast Birmingham for alleged clean-air violations at the bronze ingot production plant in Birmingham, OH.(Briefly Noted ...)
• Aisin Seiki Co.(METALCASTING BRIEFS)
• B&L Information Systems announced that several new clients have selected its Odyssey ERP package.(SUPPLIERS BRIEFS)
• Hazardous area static electricity applications.(FREE LITERATURE)
• Cerbide blast nozzles.(websites)(Brief article)
• Georg Fischer Automotive (Suzhou) Co Ltd.(signed a contract with Chery Automobile Co.)(Brief article)
• Control Instruments Corp.(website update)(Brief article)
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• Nemak orders new sand processing/handling system for windsor.(signs contract with Foundry Solutions & Design)(Brief article)
• 21-in. panel PC.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• Rubber lip seals in process industries.(Inpro/Seal Co.'s booklet)(Brief article)
• Accuride makes executive management appointments.(NEWSMAKERS)
• 3M enterend into a definitive agreement to acquire General Industrial Diamond Co.(SUPPLIER BRIEFS)
• KUKA Robotics Corp. signed Automation Engineering Corp. (AEC) as its newest system partner.(METALCASTING NEWS)
• Flexible tool completes automated finishing cell: programmable robotic deburring brings flexibility and consistency, for more efficient automated finishing processes.
• Georg Fischer sold its steel foundry in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, to a local building consortium.(of Gabl AG and Klaiber AG )(Brief article)
• Ear plugs for flash environments.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• McWane Inc. units hit with CAA, OSHA charges.(Clean Air Act)(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co.(celebrates 150-year anniversary)(Brief article)
• Heating elements increase temp limits.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• Computational fluid dynamics software.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• U.S. Pipe & Foundry Co. in Birmingham, AL, was cited by OSHA for safety violations, resulting in penalties totalling $236,000.(Briefly Noted ...)
• Great Lakes Castings.(METALCASTING BRIEFS)
• Wheelabrator Group was purchased by Mid Europa Partners (MEP), completing acquisition of all outstanding Wheelabrator equity from an investment group led by Bard & Company.(SUPPLIERS BRIEFS)
• Measuring instruments, cutting tools, machines, etc.(FREE LITERATURE)
• Royal Diversified Products.(websites)(3C Part-Stream.NET)(Brief article)
• Hydraulic Institute.(online job management services)(Brief article)
• New mold-sand handling and feeding system increases productivity, cuts maintenance for Wescast.(largest producer of exhaust manifolds for passenger cars )
• KUKA Robotics Corp. has signed C.M.H. Manufacturing, Lubbock, TX, as one of its newest system partners.(Brief article)
• Horizontal machining center.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• Columbus day for the 110th Metalcasting Congress.(organised by American Foundry Society and North American Die Casting Association)
• The U.S. EPA Region 5 recently cited Stroh Die Casting Co. Inc., Milwaukee, for alleged clean-air violations.(Briefly Noted ...)
• SME Education Foundation.(METALCASTING BRIEFS)
• Guardian Software Systems.(SUPPLIERS BRIEFS)
• Customer care for air compressors.(FREE LITERATURE)
• Alemite ordering.(website update)(Brief article)
• Blasch ceramics.(Blasch Precision Ceramics Inc.'s website)(Brief article)
• Central Ohio AFS honors OSU professor's revival plan.(American Foundry Society)(Foundry Educational Foundation's professor Dr. Doru Stefanescu )(Brief article)
• Centrifugal disc finishing machine.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• Case study on modular flow-thru workstations.(FREE LITERATURE)
• Taiwan Foundry Society.(METALCASTING BRIEFS)
• The American Machine Tool Distributors' Association has formed a strategic alliance with BlueSwarf Manufacturing Laboratories, enabling members to offer custom-designed tooling systems, in turnkey tooling packages, specific to their customers' application
• J.L. French declares bankruptcy.(METALCASTING NEWS)
• Cost savings, environmental impact recommend new diecasting alloy.(TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT)
• Comprehensive clean-air treatment equipment.(clean-air treatment equipment catalog )(Brief article)
• Heat-treating technique: doubles the strength of HPDC aluminum.(high-pressure diecastings)
• Case Western Reserve University.(center of excellence)(Brief article)
• Blast finishing system ensures all-around coverage.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• Nitride-bonded silicon carbide parts.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• Molding supervisors to fit your profitability pattern: a consistent difference between profitable foundries and substandard performers is the ways they prepare their mid-level managers, provide them with the right managerial tools, and reward them for suc
  by Imberman, Woodruff
• Tennessee Tech.(METALCASTING BRIEFS)
• Brock Solutions recently completed a design, build, and commission contract with Astech Alloy Steel Technology for a new matchplate molding machine to produce a 16x20 mold.(SUPPLIERS BRIEFS)
• Carbide inserts for turning, milling applications.(FREE LITERATURE)
• Investment Caster finds water blasting effective, productive.(investment casting operation)
• Eclipse Inc. announces changes.(Harry Steltmann as a vice chairman and Lachlan Perks as president )(Brief article)
• Ford wheel supply goes to superior industries.(Ford Motor Co. signed contract with Superior Industries International Inc.)(Brief article)
• Hand-held reader for DPM.(NEW PRODUCTS)
• Coming together, or falling apart?(foreign trade competition)(Editorial)
  by Brooks, Robert
• Crane Cast Ltd.(METALCASTING BRIEFS)

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