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EPA MACT
May 15, 2005
Amendments to the Scrap metal and Inspection provisions of the Iron and Steel Foundry MACT
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April 15, 2005
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Casteel Reporter
With our improving financial conditions, we need to reclaim manufacturing in North America. This month's Casteel Reporter emphasizes three directions key to future success; friendly, clean and smart. Innovation will be essential for our future prosperity and this will depend on science, engineering, and manufacturing…
March 15, 2005
An historic shift from excess capacity to limited supply in the past year has fundamentally changed our marketplace. Imbedded in this shift is a move from low cost to maximum throughput as the critical limitation on profitability. This also shifts from a cost plus pricing to market valued pricing as a result of customers bidding up our limited capacity. The Casteel Commentary reflects on these two changes in our business…
February 15, 2005
One benefit of membership is listing in our online directory of foundries. Nonmembers are not listed on the site. We see about 1000 searches a month, from users looking for sources. This is just one more benefit of membership. SFSA members saved $2.4 million in total during 2004 by taking advantage of the SFSA Yellow Freight Program…
January 15, 2005
Happy New Year 2005. This month’s Casteel Commentary identifies staffing and investment as the major issues facing the industry. This year’s prediction as well as a score card for last year is included…
AFS Government Affairs Conference
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December 15, 2004
New thing replace old things. It is a fact of life. We need to examine our business and evaluate how to make it new. Where are our new customers, products, processes and people? One thing we need are new markets for steel castings. SFSA would like to organize our industry to develop new steel casting designs…
November 15, 2004
Improving labor productivity remains essential even as business improves. Just as important for the future, we need new applications. This month’s Casteel Commentary urges all of us to plan now for future success…
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