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BCI's open door policy: with a new tool shop, value-added service and growing machining capabilities, Bremen Castings is working to shed its "foundry" label.	Cover story	Sep 1, 2009	1796
Dualtech does damage control; after a devastating fire, Dualtech made castings again within seven weeks and avoided losing customers accustomed to four-week lead times.		Jul 1, 2009	1311
Supersizing Peninsula Alloy: Peninsula Alloy made an aggressive change in casting capability to tap into the heavy casting market.		May 1, 2009	1506
2009 Casting Competition: Polaris achieves core vision with frame casting: motorcycle developers at Polaris designed a minimalist yet complex cast aluminum frame, which Craft Pattern and Mold engineered, tooled and delivered in less than five weeks.	Cover story	May 1, 2009	2624
Rewriting your company's future.		May 1, 2009	759
Building nondestructive know-how: customer requirements for nondestructive testing increasing? Maybe it's time to bring it in-house.		Apr 1, 2009	1672
Goldens' leap: Goldens' Foundry and Machine made a leap and purchased a new casting facility that doubled its capacity and charted a path for the company's future--for better or worse.	Company overview	Feb 1, 2009	2129
Protect your permanent molds: wear of permanent molds can lead to dimensional inaccuracy, poor casting surface quality and cracking. This article examines several steps to prolonging mold life.		Feb 1, 2009	1849
Knowing when to quit.		Nov 1, 2008	834
Does this man scare you? If the thought of an OSHA inspector walking through your door today makes you cringe, it's time to take control of your safety planning.		Oct 1, 2008	2534
Piad's conversion doctrine: Piad Precision Casting's focus on casting conversion makes its pool of potential customers deep.		Oct 1, 2008	1720
Outside the lines: Riverside Brass's green sand facility competes with diecasting in the production of small copper-based and aluminum parts.		Sep 1, 2008	1824
Simulation: not just for the big guys: small metalcasters might forego the frills, but they can still bank on the benefits of casting simulation basics.		Sep 1, 2008	1706
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.	Cover story	Aug 1, 2008	2216
Help wanted: finding and keeping good employees isn't impossible. Three companies share how they successfully approach recruitment and retention.		Aug 1, 2008	2543
Pride of the plains: a manufacturer of agricultural equipment works with its casting suppliers to seek out casting conversions.	Company overview	Jun 1, 2008	1657
Bacteria killer: testing has proven that copper kills certain disease-causing bacteria. Now that the U.S. EPA recognizes that fact, copper parts could become hospitals' newest weapon against "superbug" MRSA.		Jun 1, 2008	1287
Feeding the power-hungry: when car enthusiasts ask for more, the automotive aftermarket and the castings that supply the industry answer the call.		Apr 1, 2008	1522
Heat treating, streamlined: as the costs associated with heat treating increase, heat treat companies rely on technology and service to compensate.		Mar 1, 2008	1182
The hip, knee, elbow, toe and shoulder movement: cast titanium and cobalt-chromium joint components help hundreds of thousands of people move without pain and stiffness.		Mar 1, 2008	1905
Innovation as a battle cry.	Editorial	Mar 1, 2008	708
GM's iron finishing automation: GM's Defiance casting plant saw what aluminum casting facilities were doing in their automatic finishing departments and applied it to iron.		Jan 1, 2008	1610
Bidding on permanent mold: originally focusing on manufacturing and V-process casting, private equity firm Ligon Industries has branched out to permanent mold casting with two recent acquisitions.		Dec 1, 2007	1693
As good as gold: when it comes to casting jewelry, it's all in the detail.		Dec 1, 2007	1823
Cutting food down to size: Urschel Labs, a manufacturer of industrial food reduction equipment, relies on in-house metalcasting to support its reputation for quality and customer service.		Nov 1, 2007	2302
Dealing in Steel: casting group AmeriCast Technologies has cast its lot with the steel industry, manufacturing large tonnage structural components.	Cover story	Oct 1, 2007	2023
Technocast builds for the future: Caterpillar and Mexican firm Grupo Industrial Saltillo were the solutions to each other's quests for a strategic partnership in the casting of diesel engine blocks and heads.	Cover story	Sep 1, 2007	1593
Iron streak: cast iron memorabilia honors Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr.'s streak.		Sep 1, 2007	1308
Huge sales and fast growth? No thanks.		Jul 1, 2007	739