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February 15, 2012
As an annual practice, I have reviewed last years prognostications and added new ones for this year. I believe the market will slow midyear but that 2012 will exceed 2011 in demand and production of steel castings…
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December 15, 2011
As a culture we have insisted that all go to college and have not provided for the development of skilled craftsmen. Unfortunately this will limit our ability to compete…
Market Forecast
The 2012 SFSA Market Forecast as presented at the 2011 Technical & Operating Conference
October 15, 2011
We as an industry are facing this challenge of how to replace tribal knowledge…
September 15, 2011
Infrastructure investment is likely to be more than a temporary political game. Like steel foundry capacity, most capital infrastructure was installed in the 60’s and 70’s. There is a growing need for reinvestment in infrastructure at every level. This should provide growing business demands for steel castings…
July 15, 2011
We need to prepare to recapitalize and improve our capability to succeed in the global marketplace. Economic growth will require more and bigger equipment and there is likely to be a short supply in steel castings to support this need. In particular, complex, high quality, reliable steel castings will be in demand…
June 15, 2011
Mike Rowe’s testimony to the US Senate on the need for manufacturing skilled craftsman seems fitting to share with you, based on our prior discussions. This is an issue facing all manufacturing operations in the United States…
April 15, 2011
What are the conditions that lead steel foundries to invest in added production? Several approaches were used to consider that decision. Adding a unit of production must have been supported by the sale of that unit. The cost of adding a unit of production was typically between one half up to the full value of the sales price of that unit…
March 15, 2011
We consider anyone that has to work for a living a failure. Our goal is for our children to graduate from college and have a professional career. This is a great disservice to people who are true artisans…
January 15, 2011
This year I will again go out on a limb… The reality however is that no one knows the future but we all need to plan. I expect the coming decade to be the golden age of steel casting production…
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