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AFS Helps to Secure More Than $5 Million in IOF Research Funds for 2002. (Washington Alert).


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 and the Cast Metals Coalition (CMC (Common Messaging Calls) A programming interface specified by the XAPIA as the standard messaging API for X.400 and other messaging systems. CMC is intended to provide a common API for applications that want to become mail enabled.

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 Die Casting Assn. and the Steel Founders' Society of America) were successful in securing $5.3 million in federal funds for the 2002 government/industry research partnership with the U.S. Dept. of Energy Industries of the Future (IOF IOF Imposto Sobre Operacoes Financeiras (Brazil)
IOF International Orienteering Federation
IOF Independent Order of Foresters
IOF Interactive Output Facility
IOF Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
) program.

The IOF program focuses on energy efficiency research to develop process and technology improvements for the betterment of all foundries. During the last 10 years, the CMC partners have matched the federal governments' contribution of $30 million for a total of $60 million in metalcasting research.
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Title Annotation:Dept. of Energy Industries of the Future (IOF) program.
Comment:AFS Helps to Secure More Than $5 Million in IOF Research Funds for 2002. (Washington Alert).(Dept. of Energy Industries of the Future (IOF) program.)
Publication:Modern Casting
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2001
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