Mexican Metalcasters to Unite in Saltillo for FundiExpo 2000.To be held May 23-25 in saltillo, Coahuila This article is about the city in the Mexican state of Coahuila. For other uses, see Saltillo (disambiguation). Saltillo is the capital city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. , Mexico, FundiExpo 2000 is the technical congress and supplier exhibition organized by the Sociedad Mexicana de Fundidores for the Mexican foundry industry. Last held in Guadalajara in 1998, this year's conference is expected to draw 2000 foundrymen and 144 industry suppliers from North, South and Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. and Europe. Over the last decade, interest in FundiExpo has grown on a global scale. This is due in large part to the proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of greenfield Greenfield, town (1990 pop. 18,666), seat of Franklin co., NW Mass., at the confluence of the Deerfield and Green rivers, near their junction with the Connecticut; settled 1686, set off from Deerfield and inc. 1753. foundries within Mexico and the global free trade partnerships being formed between foreign casting companies and Mexican firms (including the openings of Caterpillar/Citation and VAW/Cifunsa plants in the Saltillo-area alone within the last year). For the suppliers to the foundry industry, Mexico's rapidly growing market provides endless opportunities for their new technologies. For foundrymen across the globe, FundiExpo provides an opportunity to gauge the development of their Mexican brotherhood. As part of FundiExpo's congress, 36 presentations will be delivered on technical and management topics ranging from melting, pouring and molding of iron, aluminum and steel to marketing cast components. In addition, the conference will host four panel discussions to close the technical presentations on each of the conference's 3 days. These topics for the panel discussions include: the current and future state of foundry technology; current problems facing the Mexican foundry industry; and the current and future state of the nonferrous non·fer·rous adj. 1. Not composed of or containing iron. 2. Of or relating to metals other than iron. nonferrous Adjective 1. Mexican foundry industry. FundiExpo's exhibition will attract the latest in foundry industry technology to this rapidly growing industrial sector. In addition to the technical program and supplier exhibition, attendees can tour various foundries and industry supplier plants within the region of Saltillo. As of February 15, the scheduled tours are: Cifunsa Planta planta /plan·ta/ (plan´tah) the sole of the foot. plan·ta n. pl. plan·tae The sole. 3, Ditemsa, Mahle Pistones, Mabe, Comimsa, DeAcero, Cinvestav and Metales y Aleaciones Especiales. During the exhibition and congress, attendees will receive modern casting's special Guide to FundiExpo 2000 issue, an official show publication translated in Spanish. Exhibition attendees also will have the opportunity to visit 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 booth, which will showcase its metalcasting bookstore and member services, as well as modern casting and Engineered Costing Solutions magazines. |
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