Japan
The Japanese Foundry Society would like to announce an investment casting event taking place in Japan. “ISIC-Tokyo 2017” the international seminar on investment casting in Tokyo. Hosted by the Japan Foundry Society, Inc., is held once every two years, and is scheduled to be held September 12-15, 2017. This seminar was fi rst held in 1999, and has contributed to the development of the industry in the Asian region, with 150 participants from Asia and around the world, including seminar participants. In addition to the seminar, plant tours of Japanese investment casting companies will be conducted.
installed in new models, such as Boe- ing B787 and Airbus A350XWB, has started mass production in Europe and the United States. It is expected that the production of investment cast products for newly developed engines will con- tribute to growth.
General Industry Production weight in other fi elds was 267 tons, a 5% increase over the previ-
Figure 3: The result of sales by each application
ous year and sales also increase 4.1%. While sports and leisure use continues to decline, it seems that medical equip- ment and implant parts are increasing little by little. It seems that this direction will not change in future. Regarding the Japanese market in 2016, the trends seen in 2015 are ex- pected to continue, with further growth
in automobiles and continued decline in gas turbine. As a result, overall sales also show a downward trend. For 2017, crude oil prices will recover and de- mand is expected to resume growth for general
industrial equipment such as
pumps and valves and gas turbines in relation to this.
Metal Standards & Specifi cations for Investment Castings
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