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Nicholas Leider
February 9, 2015

It’s been nearly 15 years since Dave Rittmeyer finished his five-year patternmaking apprenticeship with Hoosier Pattern Inc., Decatur, Ind.

Alfred Spada
January 6, 2015

Education is one of the most effective tools metalcasters can use to improve their bottom line.

Alfred Spada
December 2, 2014

The Annual Modern Casting Census of World Casting Production is one of our favorite projects each year.  Published in December, this feature (p.

Nicholas Leider
December 2, 2014

In May 2012, Megan Kirsh joined the family business, an iron job shop in Beaver Dam, Wis, making her the fourth generation to punch the clock at Kirsh Foundry Inc.