Articles from Modern Casting (August 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
AFS to hold energy savings workshop, seeks to develop energy working group.			173
Alcoa's AVDC process wins Nissan award.			205
Australian company to acquire AmeriCast for $288 million.			416
Calendar of events.		Brief article	251
Chapter meetings.		Calendar	225
Chinese engine maker building new casting facility.			212
Chipping hammer makes light of cleaning castings.			462
Citation Corp. reduces capacity at Lufkin automotive ductile iron plant.			187
CMI course schedule.		Calendar	263
Energy saving gating system wins Danish award.			180
Foseco Canada to close.			220
Help wanted: finding and keeping good employees isn't impossible. Three companies share how they successfully approach recruitment and retention.	Wetzel, Shannon		2543
Holding furnace.			83
Increasing nodule count through additives.	Zavadil, R.; Popescu, M.; Sahoo, M.		1875
ITC revokes anti-dumping order.			129
Keeping tabs on workers: the White House has ordered federal contractors to use E-Verify to check Social Security numbers.			502
Leggett & Platt completes sale of diecasters.			203
Metalcaster of the Year: Signicast: with its newest investment casting facility improving on an already innovative continuous flow model, Signicast has been named Modern Casting's Metalcaster of the Year.	Wetzel, Shannon	Cover story	2216
Metaldyne to eliminate automotive manufacturers, including diecaster.			264
MetalTek buys British firm.			123
Monomoy buys ferrous caster, expands automotive group.			616
Nominate your facility for Plant Engineering Award.			136
Obituaries.		Brief article	196
Paying green to go green: by following a few practical tips, your facility can begin the process of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. AFS Technical Dept., Schaumburg, Illinois.			1778
Pritzker group acquires Signicast.			233
Reinventing the wheel through thixomolding.			536
Sculpting Olympic spirit.			236
Slow dip in 2008 leads to small bump in 2009: casting shipments continue to decline this year, leading to a slight uptick next year.	Kirgin, Ken		2742
Steel pipe industry wins against China.			200
Two ways to be right.	Spada, Alfred T.		483
Your best advertisement: the three Ps.	Barnhard, Dwight		829