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1988 February, the inaugural


newsletter issue is published.


1988 August, the newsletter is


designated as a magazine with advertising.


1989 January, INCAST is


published in full color.


2008 January, INCAST


circulation is expanded to include casting end users.


INCAST Celebrates 35th Year P


remiering as a newsletter in 1988, INCAST magazine has gone though many changes over


the years. INCAST was the brain-child of past Executive Director, R. Russell Stratton (1987-1991) and the Board of Directors at the time. It started as a 12- page, black and white, print newsletter for foundry and supplier members of the ICI. Its mission was to promote the Institute and feature articles of industry news as technology advancements were rapidly changing the industry. In those days, single crystal and directional


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solidification was new – there was no robotic cutoff or digital spec file transfers. The first issue featured rapid prototyping and the industry was skeptical, with a headline that ran, "A Star Wars Pipe Dream.. or an Investment Casting Revolution?" As more technical articles were


added, INCAST became an educational resource. Then, with the introduction of an official editorial calendar in 1990, members were assured that every step of the investment casting process would be covered during the year. These


the


improvements helped INCAST evolve from an Institute publication into an industry publication. Editorial coverage included not just the investment casting, process but also promotion of investment casting products. So, readership then expanded to include users and buyers of investment castings. Paralleling


changes in the


industry, INCAST launched at the dawn of the transition of the analog publishing technologies to digital desktop publishing technology, which allowed the ICI to publish a high quality


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