Investment Casting Institute
1 Paragon Dr., Suite 110 Montvale, NJ 07645 Phone 201-573-9770 Email: incastmag@
investmentcasting.org
www.investmentcasting.org European
Investment Casters’ Federation
Rue Washington 40 1050 Ixelles, Brussels Belgium
Phone: +44 (0) 1564 743077 Email:
julieboyce@eicf.org
www.eicf.org
ICI BOARD OF DIRECTORS President
Timothy Sullivan, Esq., Hitchiner Mfg. Co., Inc. Vice President
John Marcin, United Technologies Past President
Frank Lysiak, Kovatch Castings, Inc. Board of Directors Brad DeSplinter, TPM, Inc. Russell Gallagher, Bescast, Inc.
Michael Hascher, Eagle Engineered Solutions Michael Hendricks, Ransom & Randolph Julie Markee, Key Process Innovations Nipendra Singh, S&A Consulting Group LLP Sonny Tran, Fenico Precision Castings, Inc. Al Torok, Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers, Inc.
Ty Ueland, SeaCast, Inc.
EICF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman
Virgilio Oliveira, Zollern & Comandita Vice Chairman Ingo Bitzer, Alumni Treasurer
Emmanuel Falisse, IMC Board of Directors
Ron Williams, The Blayson Group Ltd. Julio Aguilar, Safran
Guillaume Noir, Ama Services David Ford (Honorary Board member), EICF A Irazustabarrena, Tecnalia Research & Innovation
Steve Irwin, Rolls-Royce plc Uri Joseph, IPCS
Dr. John Machielse, Paramelt Mathew Marsh, Liberty Steel Magdalena Nizik, CPP Corp Poland John S Paraszczak, Remet UK Michael Rünz, Deloro Group Eugenio Salvaia, Imerys Karl Szulakowski, Doncasters Amadeo Torrens, GF Precicast Dr. Pam Murrell, CMF
Inside ICI 4 Postponement of the 15th World Conference on Investment Casting 5 Program Disrupted but Not Abandoned 6 Next in our Webinar Series... “Keeping Up Your Mojo in a Crisis” 8 Always Here for Our Readers with Both Short and Long Term Changes
Inside EICF 12 30 Years of Service with Passion, Talent, Skills and Innovation 14 What’s the “New Normal”
Feature Articles 11 COVID-19: A Wake-Up Call To Reevaluate Sourcing Decisions 16 Corona-virus Pandemic – Industry Reactions to Global Virus 19 Impact of COVID-19
Member Profile 22 Materialise Enters 30th Year in 3D Printing Innovations
Product Spotlight 20 Copper Kills Corona-virus 24 Direct Electric Heat Induction Furnace for Aluminum
Technical Article 26 An Investment Casting Foundry Experience in Improving Degassing and Grain Refining in Molten Aluminum Alloys
Legal Ease 10 COVID-19 (Corona-virus) Lawsuits Are Coming 32 Avoiding Employee Recall Issues
Departments 34 Industry News 35 Classifieds / Ad Index
INVESTMENT CASTING INSTITUTE Joseph E. Fritz
Executive Director Grayce Albanese
Senior Executive Assistant Barbara Tiseo
Meeting & Event Planner Executive Director Erin Almaleh
INCAST Editor Nora D’Ambra
Business Administrator Margureta Watson
Staff Accountant
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT CASTERS’ FEDERATION Carlos Olabe
Julie Boyce Administration Office Manager
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