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of manufacturing representatives at the White House last month, including the American Foundry Society’s Tom Prucha, vice president, technical services. The event detailed new steps to
advance manufacturing in the U.S., strengthen defense and create jobs. Four National Network for Manufac- turing Innovation Institutes connecting business with research universities will facilitate those efforts, and more of the sites are coming. “We know these manufacturing hubs
have the potential to fundamentally change the way we build things here in America,” said President Obama. Metalcasting plays a significant
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role in many of the technologies the president discussed, including research and development in metals and the products those alloys are used to manufacture. The American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute, Canton, Mich., is focused on the application of innovative lightweight metal production and component manufacturing technologies. “AFS will champion the role of the
metalcasting industry as a key metals manufacturing sector in this effort,” said Prucha. AFS and the metalcasting industry also will be involved in other hubs of the national manufacturing innovation network. —Denise Kapel, Senior Editor,
dkapel@afsinc.org
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