24th census of world casting production - 1989.Thirty countries are included in modem casting's 24th Census of World Casting Production, which represents casting production for 1989. Figures shown for four of the countries in this year's report-Israel, Mexico Mexico, city, Mexico Mexico or Mexico City, Span. Ciudad de México (Méjico), city (1990 pop. 8,236,960; 1991 met. area est. 20,899,000), central Mexico, capital and largest city of Mexico. , the Netherlands Netherlands (nĕth`ərləndz), Du. Nederland or Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, officially Kingdom of the Netherlands, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 16,407,000), 15,963 sq mi (41,344 sq km), NW Europe. and Norway-are from 1988. Otherwise, production statistics for the remaining 26 countries are from 1989. Five countries were dropped from this year's Census because of out-of-date out-of-date adj. Out of style or use; outmoded. out-of-date Adjective old-fashioned; outmoded Adverb old-fashioned; outmoded Adj. 1. production statistics. They are Belgium, Brazil, Egypt, Democratic Republic of Germany and the Philippines. Romania and the Soviet Union were added to the Census. With two fewer countries included in this year's Census, overall tonnages were slightly lower than the total reported last year. Of the 26 countries that reported production figures for 1989, 16 showed increases over the previous year, while the remaining nations had slight decreases or stayed about the same. The leading casting producer in the last Census, the People's Republic People's Republic n. A political organization founded and controlled by a national Communist party. of China (with 11 million metric tons), dropped down to 9.6 million tons in 1989. At the same time, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. increased production to slightly over 11 million metric tons, making it the largest casting producer participating in this year's Census. Following the U.S. and China were Japan with 7.8 million metric tons; Federal Republic of Germany with 4.2 million; France with 2.4 million; and Poland with 1.8 million. Three COuntries reported production at about 1.5 million metric tons-Romania, United Kingdom and Soviet Union. They were followed by Czechoslovakia with 1.4 million metric tons and Korea with 1.3 million. Information from countries that is received after the publishing deadline will appear in the monthly "Around the world" department of modem casting. The Census of World Casting Production has been compiled for 24 consecutive years by the staff of modem casting to serve metalcasters, foundry A semiconductor manufacturer that makes chips for third parties. It may be a large chip maker that sells its excess manufacturing capacity or one that makes chips exclusively for other companies. equipment manufacturers, suppliers and others by citing worldwide trends in metalcasting production. This is the only census of its kind available anywhere. Photocopies of the preceding 23 Censuses, which have been published since 1966, are available from the AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System Library. Any suggestions or comments regarding the Census should be directed to the Publisher/Editor, modem casting, American Foundrymen's Society, Inc, 505 State St, Des Plaines, Illinois “Des Plaines” redirects here. For the river, see Des Plaines River. Des Plaines (pronounced IPA [dɛsˈpleɪnz]) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. 600168399 U.S.A.; 708/824-0181. |
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