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Steel foundries will face challenges in the marketplace, in staffing and in responding to global
economic conditions. For the commentary, I review my thoughts from last January on 2018 and share
my thoughts for 2019. Hope you enjoy and disagree. It makes the ongoing discussion more fun and
useful.
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The Casteel Commentary focusses on the challenge of developing the next generation workforce. It
argues that we will have a persistent problem finding capable workers and our future will require
developing smart automation to replace many of the manual operations common in our current plants.
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This month’s Casteel Commentary is a review of the tariff actions of the US and then possible effects
in the steel casting market. The 232 tariffs are not including steel castings. The 301 actions do
include steel casting categories and are specific actions to address trade with China…
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The Commentary argues that automation is not required for economic but for demographic reasons.
Automation, like in Japan, will be required to overcome the lack of new workers and maintain our
plants and companies…
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This month’s Casteel Commentary is some random ramblings about trade and the 232 case. I testified
on this case and…
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My Ideas for 2017 for the North American Foundry Industry - what I got wrong, and what I got right…
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We make it hard for engineers to design, purchasers to buy, and companies to use steel castings.
Strategically, we need to make it much easier and reduce the risk and uncertainty. The Casteel
Commentary this month begins the coverage of our new engineering program to develop the tools,
properties and specifications to eliminate many of the barriers to the design and use of steel castings…
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This month’s Casteel commentary advocates our industry making clean plants a priority. Instead of
seeing this as a burden, we need to recognize this as an opportunity to improve our quality and
profitability…
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Steel castings are essential for economic prosperity, raising the standard of living and for providing national security. The best technology and economic performance is enabled by competition in the marketplace. Steel casting production is a difficult business with volatility including wide swings in demands and requirements. Recent challenges include the addition of global competition that often is damaging and predatory to North American industry. The U.S. government is initiating an
investigation into the effects of steel imports on national security…
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Appendices to Raymond Monroe’s testimony to Section 232 Investigation: The Effect of Steel Imports on National Security - Closed Steel Foundries and Lost Capacity since 2000, and Steel Foundries Involved in Supplying Defense Castings
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