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 The 2008 Casting of the Year award was presented to Carley Foundry Inc., Blaine, Minn., for the oil tank it cast for Harley Davidson. The semi-permanent molded aluminum casting was chosen over a plastic design initially conceived by the customer. Using a unique surface finishing technique and subcontracted machining and painting, the metalcaster delivered a complete part to the customer.
To see photos of the Casting of the Year, as well as Best-in-Show and Honorable Mention winners, click here.
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 General Motors' Saginaw Metal Casting Operations, Saginaw, Mich., is the 2007 Metalcaster of the Year. The firm's newly installed precision sand casting process has made it one of only a few facilities with the technology. The Metalcaster of the Year award is presented annually to a North American metalcaster that has demonstrated engineering expertise to advance the capabilities of the industry. It is based on the recipient of the American Foundry Society's Plant Engineering Award.
Past winners include Dotson Iron Castings, Mankato, Minn.; Hayes Lemmerz Montague, Montague, Mich.; John Deere Foundry, Waterloo, Iowa; International Truck and Engine Corp.'s Waukesha Manufacturing Facility, Waukesha, Wis.; Neenah Foundry Co., Neenah, Wis.; Mercury Marine-Mercury Castings Div., Fond du Lac, Wis.; and American Cast Iron Pipe Co., Birmingham. Ala.
To nominate a metalcasting facility for this award, click here.
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Best of the Year