Editorial: Treat Your People as Your Greatest Asset, A.T. Spada

Cover Stories: Education and Training: Where Does It Fit in Your Business?

• Going Back to High School, S. Gibbs
  A handful of metalcasters and educators are working on casting curriculum.
• Casting in College, A MODERN CASTING Staff Report
  How can you get involved in and benefit from the research going on at universities?
• Keeping Education Going, S. Gibbs
  Do you see ongoing education as an expense or an investment?

A Metalcaster Goes to the Hill, Interview by S. Gibbs
Just last year, Brett Guthrie was working for his dad’s diecasting plant. Today, he’s Rep. Brett Guthrie, Republican of Kentucky, and he’s talking to MODERN CASTING.

Dualtech Does Damage Control, S. Wetzel
For a company that prides itself on short lead times, a structure fire could have been a huge setback, but Dualtech persevered.

Sand Lab to the Rescue, M. Aycardi, M. Krysiak, D. Martin and C. Frigo
The new equipment installed at Landers Foundry didn’t work properly until the metalcaster got its sand testing right.

Website-Only Article: The Emerging Castings Tiger—India, M. Swartzlander, A. Selvaraj and B. Raviraj
Take a look at the forecast for one of the world’s fastest growing metalcasting powers.

Product Innovations
Harrison Offers Lean Machine
Foam Patterns for Investment Casting

Shakeout: Dropping Cast Iron Balls on Your Stuff