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ICI honors Manzullo for work of Small Business Committee.


The Investment Casting investment casting

Precision casting for forming metal shapes with minutely precise details. Casting bronze or precious metals typically involves several steps, including forming a mold around the sculptured form; detaching the mold (in two or more sections); coating its
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, N.J., commended Congressman Don Manazullo (R-Ill.) for the work of the House of Representatives Small Business Committee, which Manzullo chairs. ICI's Executive Director Michael C. Perry led a group of Institute members in presenting the award, a model F-16 military jet, on behalf of U.S. manufacturing.

Manzullo was recognized for a number of efforts, such as the support of tax relief for U.S. manufacturers and the move to stop East Asian countries Noun 1. Asian country - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
Asian nation

country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
 from undervaluing their currencies.

"Chairman Manzullo is one of the primary leaders in the effort to persuade (the government) to take actions that might arrest the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to overseas competitors," Perry said.

The F-16 model symbolizes the use of investment castings to produce full-combat military units. Perry said job losses in investment casting foundries to overseas competitors erode Erode (ĕrōd`), city (1991 urban agglomeration pop. 361,755), Tamil Nadu state, S India, on the Kaveri River. The city is located in a cotton-growing region, and its industries include cotton ginning and the manufacture of transport equipment.  defense technology.

"This trend may have a profound impact on our future national security capabilites," he said.
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Title Annotation:Metalcasting Associations; Investment Casting Institute, Don Manzullo
Publication:Modern Casting
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2004
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