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            EDITORIAL:
  Customer Assistance Is Needed in the Shoe Department
            
      
    
              
            WASHINGTON ALERT:
  New Buy American Provisions Built Into Infrastructure Law
            
      
    
              
            FOR THE CEO:
  Succession Planning--Have You Started?
            
      
    
              
            COLLEGE CONNECTION:
  When Moving Backwards Is a Good Thing
            
      
    
              
            Underground Hero:
  A young, entrepreneurial manufacturing team collaborated with a U.S. foundry to design a skinny, coreless and versatile casting that easily morphs into multiple iterations that safeguard precious electrical cables—hundreds of feet into the earth. 
            
      
    
              
            Census of World Casting Production: Fewer Castings Made in 2020:
  The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on production as nearly all major countries—except China—reported fewer shipments in 2020.  
            
      
    
              
            A New Measure for Active Clay in Green Sand:
  An alternative approach to measure active clay in green sand allows direct CEC measurement by adsorption of highly selective Cu(II)-Triethylenetetramine dye and subsequent quantification in a spectrophotometer. 
            
      
    
              
            Metalcasting Industry Year in Review:
  Modern Casting reviews the major foundry industry news from the last 12 months.
            
      
    
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