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            Washington Alert:
  OSHA Releases 2015 Regulatory Plans
    
              
            Shaping Strategy:
  7 Bottom Line-Increasing New Year's Resolutions
    
              
            Industry to See Continued Short-Term Growth,:
  U.S. casting sales are forecast to grow moderately in all metals through 2016, and then flatten out in the long term through 2023.
            
      
    
              
            State of the Union:
  Modern Casting breaks down the U.S. metalcasting industry by material, process and state.
            
      
    
              
            Investment Casting Metal Matrix Composites:
  The design freedoms inherent in investment casting help keep aluminum metal matrix composites cost effective.
            
      
    
              
            Clean, Safe, Productive Steel Finishing:
  American Foundry Group's finishing department renovation greatly improved operations.
            
      
    
              
            Understanding the Heat, Improving the Shell:
  Researchers hope to improve investment casting shell performance by building a database of thermal properties.
            
      
    
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