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Publisher/Editor Alfred T. Spada,
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Senior Editor Shea Gibbs,
sgibbs@afsinc.org Business & Advertising Sales Senior Editor
Shannon Wetzel,
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Advertising Sales Manager Rolf J. Petersen,
rpetersen@afsinc.org Art Director
Advertising Sales Jim Beckwith,
jbeckwith@afsinc.org Production Support Michael J. Berrafato,
mberrafato@afsinc.org
Manager of Customer Service Barbara Jackowski,
bjackowski@afsinc.org Consulting Editors
Casting Technology
Management Safety & Health
Tom Prucha,
tprucha@afsinc.org Stephen T. Robison,
str@afsinc.org Scott Lammers,
scottl@afsinc.org Gerald G. Call,
jcall@afsinc.org Fredrick H. Kohloff,
fhk@afsinc.org
American Foundry Society David Krugman,
dkrugman@afsinc.org Advisory Board
David M. Charbauski, Development Engineer, Global Purchasing, Caterpillar Inc., Aurora, IL
Michael A. Gwyn, Director of Metals Technology, Advanced Technology Institute, North Charleston, SC Paul H. Mikkola, Retired President, Metal Casting Technology, Inc., Milford, NH
Raymond Monroe, Executive Vice President, Steel Founders’ Society of America, Crystal Lake, IL Gene L. Muratore, Senior Foundry Metallurgist, Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium Inc., Rosemont, IL
Russ Rosmait, Professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Pittsburg State Univ., Pittsburg, KS Jitendra V. Shah, President, Product Development & Analysis LLC, Naperville, IL Edward J. Vinarcik, Product Engineer, Robert Bosch Corp., Ft. Wayne, IN Ron P. Walling, Technical Advisor, Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN
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