Quad City Die Casting Closes Plants
CALL for Support: 2009 Currency Reform Legislation
OEM LEADS – Ready for Corporate Members
Aluminum Industry Takes A First-Quarter Hit
‘Card-Check’ May Be Dropped From Union Measure,
Harkin Says
DCE “Tip List” Gives Readers a Chance to Contribute
Quad City Die Casting Closes Plants
According to the Quad City Times, after more than a half
century in business, Quad-City Die Casting has notified its work force that it will close its doors this
summer.
Company spokeswoman Linda Norberg confirmed Monday that operators of the manufacturing plant at 3800 River
Drive, Moline, sent out Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification, or WARN, letters Friday to notify
employees of the July 12 closing. The action will affect about 100 employees, including members of Local 1174,
United Electrical.
To read the full article, visit The Quad City Times website and
click here.
CALL for Support: 2009 Currency Reform Legislation
Click here and
join the efforts to stop prolonged currency misalignment. Enter your company’s information and become part of the
support for currency reform.
The Coalition for a Prosperous America along with the Fair Currency Coalition and many others are leading a state-by-state
petition for currency reform. Additional information on the causes of the U.S. trade deficit can be found on the Coalition
for a Prosperous America website.
Click here to view.
The 2009 currency reform legislation will presented by Representatives Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Tim Murphy (R-PA) in the House,
and Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Jim Bunning (R-KY) in the Senate. Past versions of the bill had over 180 House
co-sponsors and more than a dozen Senate co-sponsors. The goal is to surpass this number this year – the more NADCA
and industry members sign this petition, the greater the chances are in getting the currency bill noticed.
Click here to sign-up.
OEM LEADS – Ready for Corporate Members
This is your monthly reminder to corporate members. Leads
generated during April can now be accessed by logging in to myNADCA.
Click here to login.
Not sure of your login? Click here to get your login resent.
Want to export your leads? Click on "Lead Report Data Export" and search ALL the leads by categories such as
state, company type, metal. Results can be viewed online or exported to an Excel document. If you need further
assistance accessing the leads, please contact NADCA President, Daniel Twarog at
twarog@diecasting.org or
(847) 808-3162.
Aluminum Industry Takes A First-Quarter Hit
According to an article on from Swiss Info Tech, a weak automobile
market has put a dent in figures for Switzerland's aluminum manufacturers who say business in early 2009 slipped
40 per cent.
The Swiss Aluminum Association announced on Monday that factories processed 3,700 tons of light metal in the first
quarter compared to 6,100 tons for the same period last year.
The die-casting sector, which is closely tied to the struggling automobile industry, was hit particularly hard,
the association said.
The figures show that the industry has slipped further into a recession that began in mid-2008. Global orders for
rolling mills and presses slipped 5.8 per cent to 166,400 tons compared to a record year in 2007.
Most of Switzerland's aluminum is exported, largely to the European Union. But domestic use in 2008 also appears
to have slipped about four per cent to 183,800 tons compared to the previous year.
As a result, producers have had to layoff workers and cut back on hours. Industry experts say they do not expect
business to turnaround until 2010 at the earliest.
To read the article online on Swiss Info Tech’s website,
click here.
‘Card-Check’ May Be Dropped From Union Measure, Harkin Says
According to Bloomberg.com, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin,
who sponsored legislation to make it easier for workers to join unions, said the main provision of the
proposal may have to be dropped to get the votes to pass it.
There isn’t enough support for a provision called card-check that would allow workers to bypass an election
and form a union when a majority of them sign cards requesting one, Harkin said in an interview.
“Compromises are going to be made,” said Harkin, an Iowa Democrat. “It probably won’t be card-check because
too many people are opposed to it now.”
The legislation stalled in the Senate after several lawmakers whose votes would be needed to overcome Republican
opposition, such as Sen. Blanche Lincoln, an Arkansas Democrat, said they wouldn’t support the measure. To read
the full story, click here.
DCE “Tip List” Gives Readers a Chance to Contribute
DCE needs your help! Die Casting Engineer magazine
lets its readers report tips on how to improve, implement or sustain a process. We ask a specific question
each issue, and then the anonymous tips are compiled into a list and printed in the magazine for the
benefit of all the readers. This issue’s question is on Advanced Technologies.
To participate, click here, read the question and type
in your response. Then, watch your mailbox for the next issue of the magazine to see if your ideas were
published!
