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dollars in gross sales. The MAIOF Metal Processing
Initiative als includes related industries
to Metal Casting including metal forging, powder
metalurgy, finishers, platers, heat treaters
and fabricators. These ancillary industries
raise the labor and gross revenues of the whole
sector by a factor of 5.
The
main challenges of the industry, reflected
in the National
Roadmap include: products and market, materials
technology, manufacturing technology and environmental
technologies. The Office of Industrial Technologies
utilized nearly 6 million dollars in 2000 to
fund technology partnerships, educational programs,
showcases, and technology outreach and technology
transfer.
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Links
to: Industry Trade Organizations
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| American
Foundrymen's Society |
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| Castings
Development Centre |
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| Casting
Industry Suppliers Association |
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| Cast
Metals Institute |
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| California
Cast Metals Association |
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| Diecasting
Development Council |
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| Ductile
Iron Society |
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| Ductile
Iron Marketing Group |
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| Foundry
Educational Foundation |
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| FIRST
(Foundry Industry Recycling
Starts Today) |
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| Illinois
Cast Metals Association |
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| Investment
Casting Institute |
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| Iron
Casting Research Institute |
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| Non-Ferrous
Founders' Society |
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| North
American Die Casting Association |
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| Steel
Founders' Society of America |
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| Tooling
and Manufacturing Association
(TMA) |
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| Texas
Cast Metals Association |
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