Industry experts see a signifi cant opportunity to lower consumption of gas and electricity, especially in melting operations.


about green initiatives and corpo- rate responsibility, and metalcasters, if they aren’t already, will need to prepare an answer. Additionally, buyers need to know a


metalcasting facility has a plan to be in business for the foreseeable future. It’s about stability and risk management— the supply chain won’t break when a metalcaster operates as expected. “There isn’t another industry, in


terms of raw materials, that recycles as much as we do,” said Mike Le- nahan, CEO of Resource Recovery Corporation, Coopersville, Mich., and president of AFS-FIRST (Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today). “Look at the national aver- age for household recycling. The numbers are between 22-30%. In addition to recycling foundry sand within the casting process, a foundry with a strong beneficial use program may be recycling as much as 95% of their discarded sands and slags. This eliminates the need for an end-user to mine virgin materials for their application. That’s incredible. “On top of that, guess what they’re


consuming as feed stock? T ey’re accepting somebody’s old washing machine or a 20-year-old engine block


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