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• Table of Contents: Web-only article on the bonding properties of olivine sand.
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Chrysler Group LLC, Auburn Hills, Mich., announced it will invest $43 million
in new equipment and tooling to expand its Kokomo Casting and Kokomo Trans- mission manufacturing plants. The operations, both in Kokomo, Ind., will see the addition of 399 new positions from the investment, including up to 379 to be fi lled by employees called back from layoff status and 20 new hires in supervisory positions. The investment will be used to increase capacity at the plants, adapt them to support production of Chrysler’s World Engine and improve processes for the 62TE transmission program. The World Engine is a 2.0- and 2.4-liter I-4 model used in the Chrysler Sebring Convertible, among other models.
Investors Purchase Two Former Intermet Plants A group of investors purchased the former Intermet metalcasting facili-
ties in Radford, Va., and Lynchburg, Va., on May 7 and plans to restart the Radford-based ductile iron plant within the next six weeks. According to one of the principals in the deal, the metalcasting assets were purchased by a Michigan-based group that is part owner of Cadillac Casting Inc., Cadillac, Mich., and other manufacturing assets.
,” . Product Innovations
UNI’s Bio Binders Score Well in Casting Trials—The Center for Advanced Bio-Based Binders, a project conducted by the Univ. of Northern Iowa Metal Casting Center, has developed two new metalcasting bio-urethane binders.
Custom Castings Uses Simulation to Eliminate Defects in Aluminum Part—Custom Castings has been using Magmasoft by Magma Foundry Solutions to improve its casting quality and reduce sampling times for about a year, but a recent part presented problems the metalcaster had never before encountered
“Some may think being captive means no offsite competition. However, we have to be competitive with any and all outside suppliers”—Fran Porreca, Flowserve Dayton Foundry
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Kobe Bryant
Question of the Month The March web poll asked: Which
sports star would make the best met- alcasting CEO?
Peyton Manning
Sydney Crosby
Tiger Woods
2.4% 11.8%
4.6% 80%
1.2%
This month’s question is available at
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