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Investment Casting Institute Board Appoints New Executive Director Effective Aug. 5


The Invest-


ment Casting Insti- tute Board of Di- rectors has named Joseph Fritz ex- ecutive


director,


replacing Michael Perry who plans to leave at the end of this year. Fritz joined the Institute staff effec-


tive Aug. 5. He will work alongside Perry during a transition period and assume full responsibility by the end of the year. Fritz has spent more than 25 years in


the aerospace, defense, energy and auto- motive industries,including extensive ex- perience in investment casting.


Prior to accepting the position with the Institute, he was vice president of research and operations at Lucintel, an international management consulting and market research fi rm. Based in Tucson, AZ, Fritz was responsible for internation- al project development, and addressed market research, industry analysis, eco- nomic studies and company profi ling. He worked both domestically and in-


ternationally for a number of prestigious manufacturers that serve markets of key interest to Lucintel. As an engineer at General Electric Aerospace, he worked on several defense initiatives, including the Trident II Fire Control System and the Phalanx Close- In Weapons System.


After completing


August 1989 Marks a New Era for INCAST as Institute Newsletter


LOOKING BACK


August 1989 marked the beginning of a new era as INCAST, the Investment Casting Institute newsletter, became an industry magazine. A year and a half after its fi rst is- sue, the newsletter had established itself among the readers. While the name re- mained the same, the subtitle changed: “INcast–News from the Investment cast- ing Institute” was changed to read “IN- CAST–International News Magazine of the Investment Casting Industry.” The new magazine version


of IN-


CAST had twice as many pages as the newsletter and it sported a totally new look. A new glossy cover and a new logo gave the publication a new identity Another big change was the intro-


duction of advertising. This gave suppli- ers a new avenue for reaching investment casters and provided a means by which INCAST could become self sustaining. The 30-page issue contained fi ve pages of advertising, and by the end of the year, the number of advertisers had grown to 13.


August 2013


Becomes Industry Magazine An editorial appearing in that issue recognized advertis- ers: ”By turning the expense of the former newsletter into a viable self-sustaining monthly magazine, our advertisers will allow us to concentrate on more case histories and articles that will fur- ther our industry faster. Therefore we extend special thanks to our new advertisers and en- courage extra consideration for their services by industry members,” the article said. While some of INCAST fi rst advertisers


are no longer in existence, a faithful core con- tinues to market their products in INCAST. A group of current Institute members who were among the fi rst to advertise in 1989 are rec- ognized on the opposite page. Some of the headlines in the fi rst maga-


zine version of INCAST included: • Laser Patternmaking Gains Momentum


• Industry Reports Rash of Sellouts, Buyouts


• CAD Castings in a Big Way • Digital Replication: A New Way of Modeling Aircraft Engine Parts


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his post graduate studies, he went on to work with a number of manufacturers in the metals industry, including Alcoa Howmet Castings and Doncasters Group Ltd where he made contributions to nu- merous programs, including Joint Strike Fighter, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner and the M1 Abrams tank. Over his career, he has successfully held leadership positions in engineering, quality assurance, opera- tions, marketing and sales. Fritz has presented at the ICI man-


agement meetings, worked on the Insti- tute’s strategy team and assisted in devel- oping the monthly statistical program. He and his family will relocate to the Montvale, NJ area.


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