MULTIMEDIA
CastExpo’13 Has Gone Mobile The magic of metalcasting’s largest
industry event of 2013 is now available at your fi ngertips. Download the app for your Apple,
Android, Blackberry or Windows mobile device to experience CastExpo as if you were on the show fl oor, in the midst of all the action. Benifets of the app include: • An up-to-date list of exhibitors, including those displaying in the Cast in North America Pavilion and exhibitor booth numbers.
• An interactive fl oorplan. • The most current schedule of technical and casting design and purchasing sessions, and special events.
• Local area resources including dining options, entertainment and transportation.
The highly anticipated event
will arrive at America’s Center in St. Louis April 6-9. Cast in North America also will return, offering casting buyers and designers an opportunity to meet and mingle with metalcasters who are ready to show off their capabilities. Casting Design
and Purchasing sessions will complement the exhibit. Visit
www.afsinc.org/CE13app
to download the app for your phone. For more information on CastExpo’13, visit
www.castexpo.com.
BLOG ROLL
Manufacturing—And Metalcasting—Still Thrives
It’s not hard to fi nd an article
online today about manufacturing’s return to the U.S. But to borrow a turn of phrase from the musician Prince, whoever is claiming they are bringing manufacturing back: manufacturing never left. The attention to the industry is
nice, but the public perception that America is making a big push for the return of manufacturing holds with it some connotation that it is a risky industry to be in. Manufacturing is not a startup
company, nor is it an industry on its last legs. The same can be said for the metalcasting industry, although end-users have voiced their doubts due to a consolidation of the industry and a drop in the number of plants in the last 50 years. Just as U.S. manufacturing as a
whole still makes up a considerable portion of the U.S. (and global) economy, the metalcasting industry also pumps out a signifi cant amount of the world’s castings. Some facts: • The U.S. metalcasting industry employs more than 200,000.
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• The U.S. is the global leader in casting application and ranks second in casting production.
• The U.S. produces 12 million tons of castings annually at a value of more than $30 billion. Manufacturing is having a
resurgence in public opinion, but let’s not forget manufacturing’s longevity.
—Shannon Wetzel, senior editor
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