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Investment Casters’ Federation


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ICI BOARD OF DIRECTORS President


John Marcin, Raytheon Technologies Vice President


Nipendra Singh, S&A Consulting Group LLP Past President Timothy Sullivan, Esq., Hitchiner Mfg. Co., Inc. Board of Directors Brad DeSplinter, TPM, Inc. Russell Gallagher, Bescast, Inc.


Michael Hascher, Eagle Engineered Solutions Robert Johnson, Shellcast, Inc. Joseph Laflamme, Vestshell, Inc. Julie Markee, Key Process Innovations Al Torok, Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers, Inc.


Ty Ueland, SeaCast, Inc. James B. Wright, 3M Technical Ceramics


EICF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman


Virgilio Oliveira, Zollern & Comandita Vice Chairman


Philippe Hoste, Castingpar Group Treasurer


Emmanuel Falisse, IMC Board of Directors


Dr. Julio Aguilar, Safran Ingo Bitzer, Alumni


Dr. Owen Draper, Rolls-Royce Steve Goodier, Tritech Group Ane Irazustabarrena,


Tecnalia Research & Innovation Uri Joseph, IPCS


Dr. John Machielse, Paramelt Mathew Marsh, ICD Europe


Dr. Pam Murrell, UK Cast Metal Federation Guillaume Noir, AMA Services John S Paraszczak, Remet UK Michael Rünz, Deloro Group Karl Szulakowski, Doncasters Amadeo Torrens, GF Precicast Calogero Vassallo, IMERYS Ron Williams, The Blayson Group Ltd.


Inside ICI 4 Welcome to INCAST Magazine! 6 A New Era of Collaboration – Off and Running! 8 Next in our Webinar Series... 8 Institute Welcomes New Members 13 Early Bird Registration Open for 2021 Technical Conference & Expo 14 68th Annual Technical Conference Agenda Abstracts 21 68th Annual Technical Conference Sponsorship Form 22 2021 Annual Conference & Exposition Booth Reservation


Inside EICF 10 A Passion For The Industry


Featured Foundries 24 BIMAC Precision Castings 26 Tritech Group


Investment Casting Case Studies 28 Casting Conversion from Fabrication/Weldment 28 Intrepid and Avalon Collaborate on WCIC Souvenir


Special Section: Investment Casting Buyer’s Guidebook 30 ICI Investment Casters 45 EICF Investment Casters


Legal Ease 50 Employee Relations in Challenging Times


Departments 52 Industry News 55 Classifieds / Ad Index


INVESTMENT CASTING INSTITUTE Joseph E. Fritz


Executive Director Nora D’Ambra


Business Administrator Barbara Tiseo


Meeting & Event Planner


EUROPEAN INVESTMENT CASTERS’ FEDERATION Carlos Olabe


Julie Boyce Executive Director Administration Office Manager Erin Almaleh


INCAST Editor Margureta Watson


Staff Accountant


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