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Casteel Reporter
January 15, 2006
Happy New Year 2006. This month's Casteel Commentary makes predictions for 2006 ahead. Business will remain strong but we will continue to face challenges like staffing and materials cost and availability…
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December 16, 2005
The Casteel Commentary is about accelerating our business. We need to reduce the time it takes to respond to quotes to improve our reputation, reduce our costs, and attract more profitable work. It would also help to track and reduce the time from order to payment. Accelerating our business throughput is critical and order to payment time is a key measure of our speed…
China Trade - USCC
December 15, 2005
US-China Economic and Security Review Commission's Executive Summary on China Trade
November 16, 2005
Many steel casting producers use surcharges to adjust each order based on the current cost. It is probably time to look at the past two years, establish a new base cost to use in pricing and reestablish the surcharge based on the new market conditions…
Hexavalent Chromium - Congressional Letters
November 15, 2005
Congressional letters on Hexavalent Chromium
October 15, 2005
The Casteel Commentary focuses on the need to become more product-oriented. It is highlighted in the way we give foundry tours - instead of following the product backwards through the process to see how it is made, we follow the material flow through the process. We should give tours backwards to be better at showing off our process. We should also think about our plant in terms of how each operation contributes to the casting we ship…
R&D Tax Credit
Presentation on the R&D Tax Credit given at the 2004 SFSA Annual Meeting
September 15, 2005
Extreme price pressure stemming from excessive capacity has resulted in a systematic failure of the past 20 years to hire staff. Now in a market of limited supply and with an aging near-retirement workforce, we need to recruit and train the needed leaders for our future…
Special September 2005 Casteel Reporter about the possible impact of a natural disaster on the steel casting industry
Test Coupons and Casting Quality
Mechanical Properties of Test Bars Compared to Castings
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