INDUSTRY FACES


Harry Moser Reminds Buyers to Consider Total Cost of Ownership Harry Moser, founder and president


of advocacy group the Reshoring Initiative, participated in President Obama’s White House Insourcing Forum in January and testified in a congressional hearing on reshoring and manufacturing in March. “Troughout the [Insourcing


Forum], a common theme emerged,” Moser said. “Many American com- panies make sourcing decisions based on price and ignore the total cost of sourcing offshore.” With four decades in the manufactur- ing industry under his belt, Moser be- lieves an examination of a business’s total costs may bring to light the benefit of reshoring components like metal castings. Te Reshoring Initiative’s goal “is to


the group’s mission statement. Moser’s new initiative encourages


industry leaders to consider every aspect of a purchase before deciding an offshore supplier is the way to go. Trough the total cost of ownership


calculator available on the Reshoring Initiative website, business owners can make educated purchasing decisions that are based on more than the cost of a component. “Instances where offshoring may


bring good, well-paying manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. by assisting com- panies to more accurately assess their total cost of offshor- ing, and shift collective thinking from ‘offshoring is cheaper’ to ‘local reduces the total cost of ownership,” according to


PERSONALS Ray Ostrowski accepted an en-


vironmental manager position with Griffin Pipe Products Co., Lisle, Ill.


Lawrence Jacobs was named the


new chief financial officer for Spara LLC, Lexington, Ky.


Te Committee E34 of Occupa-


tional Health and Safety of ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa., named Tomas Slavin, global safety and health director for Navistar Inc., Lisle, Ill., as a new chairman.


OBITUARIES On Sept. 9, 2011, Joseph Semens,


Antioch, Ill., passed away at the age of 90. Semens was a lifetime service member of the American Foundry Society (AFS) Chicago chapter.


Milton Galinsky, retired president


of Sioux City Foundry Co., Sioux City, Iowa, died on Oct. 7, 2011. He was 92. Galinsky attended the Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, where


he received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1941. Im- mediately following his graduation, he joined Radio Corp. of America (RCA) as an engineer. In 1945, he was made a partner in the Sioux City Foundry. He was named president in 1970, the position he held until his retirement. A longtime member of AFS, Galinsky served as a Director Class of 1985. He was also a member of the Iron Castings Society.


Floyd Kopp, Denison, Texas, died


on Nov. 3, 2011, at the age of 66. Kopp received his Bachelor of Science from the Univ. of Missouri, Rolla, Mo., and began his career at General Motors in 1967 as a lab supervisor. He moved on to become senior lab technician at Wagner Castings Co. He moved into foundry superintendent and foundry manager positions at Scullin Steel, Walker Machine & Foundry Inc., Waterman Industries Inc., Richmond Foundry and Omaha Steel Castings before becoming foundry superinten- dent for Denison Industries, Denison, Texas. As well as a long-time member


of AFS, Kopp served on the California Foundry History Institute board and was president from 2000-2004. He sat on the San Luis Cal Poly College of Engineering board from 1997-2004, the California Cast Metals Associa- tion board from 1996-2003 (serving as vice president from 2000-2003), the CCSOJ/CA Committee to Save Our Jobs board from 2003-2004 and the California Cast Metals/Valley CAN board from 2003-2004.


Russell Hard died on Dec. 9,


2011, at the age of 99. Hard attended Washington Univ. and Rankin Trade school before he joined St. Louis Coke & Foundry Supply Co., St. Louis, Mo., as a salesman in 1933. He worked at the company for 47 years, retiring at age 67 as its execu- tive vice president and chief financial officer. In 1977, Hard was given the AFS Service Citation Award for his dedication and service to the society. In 1980, he was honored as chairman of the 84th


AFS Casting Congress &


Exposition. Hard also served on the AFS board of directors.


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Moser is leading an initiative to return manufacturing jobs to the U.S.


still make the most financial sense include cases where the majority of the product sales are offshore, the product has a high labor content vs. material content and shipping cost, the product has infrequent design changes and the intellectual property risk is low,” Moser said. Te success of the Reshoring


Initiative led to Moser’s induction in Industry W seek’


Manufacturing Hall of Fame in 2010, sharing the honor with legends like Steve Jobs and Jack Welch.


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