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Newscast First Automobile Works Foundry
Co. Ltd. (FAW), Changchun, China, has entered into a contract to pro- duce compacted graphite iron with SinterCast, Stockholm, Sweden, process control technology for CGI production.
McWane Inc., Birmingham, Ala.,
pleaded guilty in federal district court to environmental crimes and was sentenced to pay a criminal fine of $4 million and serve a five-year term of probation, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. McWane pleaded guilty to nine felony counts of knowingly violating the Clean Water Act at its Birmingham facility, McWane Cast Iron Pipe Co. James Delk, the former general manager and vice president of the plant, pleaded guilty to eight counts of negligently violating the act and for- mer plant manager Michael Devine pleaded guilty to five counts of negligently violating the law.
chanical Engineering Society has released the program for the 69th
The Foundry Institution of Chinese Me- World Foundry
Congress in Hangzhou, China, Oct, 16- 20.The full program can be found at
http://www.wfc2010.com.
I²R Power Cable Co., Canton, OH
recently launched a new improved website.
KMT Robotic Solutions Inc.,
Auburn Hills, Mich., and Acme Manufacturing Co., Auburn Hills, Mich., announced an alliance that will offer automation for investment casting companies, with special focus on aerospace and medical device markets, in the areas of shell and core material removal and gate cut-off, grind and polishing.
According to the Sheboygan Press,
Kohler Co., Kohler, Wis., intends to upgrade more than 800 light
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fixtures in its metalcasting facility. Standard Filter Corp., Carlsbad, Ca-
lif., announced it has shipped its first orders of replacement filter bags from its new facility in Rock Hill, S.C. MC
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