Daily Archives: Tuesday July 11th, 2017

Busche Performance Group (Busche), part of Shipston Equity Holdings LLC, is crystal clear in its goal: position itself to fill a void in the automotive Tier-1 supplier marketplace with what Busche founder, CEO and president Nick A. Busche calls a “long-term, customer- and employee-centric approach to building a business.” Busche […]

Busche Builds Its Platform

11 Jul, 2017 in Features tagged Foundry / North America by Global Casting Magazine

Magnesium alloys have been gaining consideration as possible alternatives to aluminum alloys to reduce vehicle weight in aerospace and automotive applications. Magnesium alloys are about 35% lighter than aluminum alloys. However, only 0.3% of the total automotive vehicular weight in North America is composed of magnesium alloys, while 8.3% is […]

Inclusions in Permanent Mold Cast Magnesium

11 Jul, 2017 in Features tagged Metals & Alloys / North America by Global Casting Magazine

1. The status of the Japan foundry industry In 2015, the total output of the Japan foundry industry was 5.4 million tons, which was the fourth largest production volume in the world. The production value was 1,951.2 billion yen. Looking at the trend in the production value, with peaks at […]

Status and Vision of the Japan Foundry Industry

11 Jul, 2017 in Features tagged Asia / Japan by Global Casting Magazine

Anyang Qiang Ji Precision Manufacturing Base Co.,Ltd. is a new, high-technology enterprise which is established on the basis of Anyang Precision Manufacturing Industrial Park. Relying on the integrated investment casting technology, Anyang Qiang Ji develops oversized or super small sized, thin walled, complex precision castings and various castings by integrated […]

First Aluminum Integrated Casting Frame in China Developed by Anyang ...

11 Jul, 2017 in Products tagged Aluminium by Global Casting Magazine

Waste management is no longer a “like to do” but rather a necessity, both in terms of a legal requirement, an environmental responsibility and a tool to control costs and improve efficiencies throughout the business. In foundries a reduction in waste sand is particularly rewarding minimising landfill costs. While numerous […]

Reducing Waste the Intelligent Way

11 Jul, 2017 in Products by Global Casting Magazine

A vast amount of literature and advice is written on the best ways to nodularize ductile iron with magnesium ferrosilicon–ladle design, pockets, alloy compositions and so on. However, little is said about the Mg alloy reactivity management to get the best magnesium recovery. Elkem has developed a family of specialized […]

Topseed Conditioner to Improve Nodularization

11 Jul, 2017 in Products by Global Casting Magazine

John Davies, CEO of the South African Institute of Foundrymen, and his team organized an international metal casting conference for the 7th BRICS Foundry Forum, WFO technical Forum and South African metalcasters. The conference included a number of national and international industry presentations, academic papers, and technical papers. The 291 […]

South Africa Hosts Brics Forum, WFO and Metal Casting Conference ...

11 Jul, 2017 in News tagged Africa / Industry Events by Global Casting Magazine

On June 11th, the 13th annual conference of China Foundry Association (CFA) was held in Shanghai. During the conference, CITIC Dicastal won the “Single Champion Enterprise of China Foundry Association” with its major product: aluminum alloy wheels. There were only seven enterprises which won altogether seven single product championship this […]

CITIC Dicastal Awarded as “Single Champion Enterprise of China Foundry ...

11 Jul, 2017 in News tagged Asia / Industry Events by Global Casting Magazine

American Axle & Manufacturing (Detroit) was named a GM Supplier of the Year by General Motors during its Supplier of the Year awards ceremony. GM recognized 118 of its best suppliers from 15 countries that have consistently exceeded GM’s expectations, created outstanding value or brought new innovations to the company. […]

American Axle Honored by GM, Acquisition of Metaldyne Complete

11 Jul, 2017 in News tagged North America by Global Casting Magazine

Aluminum from the state-of-the-art facility will help lightweight millions of new cars each year – enabling them to further curb emissions. The new automotive line in Grevenbroich Germany, is one of Hydro’s strategic investments in European industry. Car makers increasingly use aluminum to lightweight their vehicles and curb emissions. As […]

Hydro Opens EUR 130 Million Automotive line in Germany

11 Jul, 2017 in News tagged Aluminium / Europe / Foundry / Germany by Global Casting Magazine