Columns: 2011

After seeing my first metalcasting facility, touring a diecasting plant was next up on my journey through the metalcasting industry.

At the beginning of this year, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation issued a 2018 deadline for all street signs to be standard across the state: six-inch lettering and a highly reflective

Alcoa is by any measure a giant in the metals game, so it’s a good sign that the company has remained committed to its casting branch since purchasing Howmet in 2000.

Back in September 2010, we published a short article on 57,000-lb. ductile iron