® INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE OF THE INVESTMENT CASTING INSTITUTE
OCTOBER 2017 Volume XXX Number 10
OCTOBER 2017
Volume XXX Number 10
CASTING CONTEST
CONTENTS
Investment Casting Institute
www.investmentcasting.org Inside: ICI 64th Conference & Equipment Exposition
Program Agenda ❘ Exhibitor Listings Casting Contest Winners ❘ Finalists
Editor Erin Almaleh
Executive Director Joseph E. Fritz
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President Frank Lysiak
Kovatch Castings, Inc. Vice President
Timothy Sullivan, Esq. Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Past President Brad DeSplinter TPM, Inc.
Cliff Fischer Wisconsin Precision Casting
Russell Gallagher Bescast, Inc.
Michael Hendricks Ransom & Randolph
John Marcin Pratt & Whitney Julie Markee
Key Process Innovations Doug Neece
Cleveland Tool & Machine, Inc. Nipendra Singh
S&A Consulting Group LLP Al Torok
Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers, Inc.
Ty Ueland SeaCast, Inc.
Investment Casting Institute
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Member Profile 16 Barron Industries Celebrates a Successful Family Business
64th Technical Conference & Equipment Exposition 18 Top Investment Casters Take Honors 22 Casting Contest Finalists Recognized 26 64th Annual Technical Conference & Exposition Agenda 32 2017 Equipment Exposition Floor Plan 34 Exposition Exhibitor Booth Listings
Feature Article 52 Investment Casting and the Industrial Internet of Things
Legal Ease 56 Five Must Have Workplace Policies
Departments 51 The Revenue Growth Habit 58 Industry News 63 Classifieds / Ad Index
Inside ICI 4
Investment Casting Institute Welcomes New Members
6 Preserving Investing Casting Industry History 8 Annual Spring Management Meeting Planned 10 Institute's Regional Meeting A Success 11 Institute Board Election Results Announced 12 Institute Presents Intern Scholarship Awards 14 Japanese Foundry Society's Ninth International Seminar
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