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In this October 28, 2009 Publication:
Energy Efficiency Workshop: November 17
China Auto Output Hits 10 Million Mark
Clusters of Plug-in Cars Will Tax Local Power Grids
2009 NADCA Exhibitor Survey Results
NADCA’s New Web Site Design Features Improved
Navigation
Energy Efficiency Workshop: November 17
NADCA & CMETT Case Western Reserve University are sponsoring an Energy Efficiency
Workshop: Effects of Cap & Trade on Die Casting on November 17 at Mercury Marine in Fond
du Lac, Wi.
The event currently includes six presentations as well as a tour of Mercury Marine.
The keynote presentation, by NADCA’s project engineer Alex Monroe, is an Overview of the
Effects of Cap & Trade, Greenhouse Gas and Carbon Footprints on Die Casting. The
presentation will discuss the cap and trade bill — The American Clean Energy & Security
Act of 2009 — which was recently passed in the House of Representatives. The bill aims
at limiting the total greenhouse gas emissions throughout the United States to 42% below
2005 levels by 2020. As a result, energy costs will dramatically increase for all die
casters in the coming years. Energy efficiency programs in plants will be critical to
adapt to this tough legislation. This presentation will give an overview of this cap and
trade bill, identify the greenhouse gases emitted by die casters and address how to
calculate one’s carbon footprint in order to reduce energy costs.
To register or for more information, visit
http://www.diecasting.org/meetings. Registration deadline is
November 6.
China Auto Output Hits 10 Million Mark
Manufacturing.Net - October 20, 2009
http://www.manufacturing.net/article.aspx?id=223280
SHANGHAI (AP) -- China's annual auto production surpassed 10 million for the first time
on Tuesday, as a new "Liberation" model truck rolled off the assembly line at
state-owned First Automobile Works, state media reported.
FAW, one of the country's biggest state-run automakers, marked the 10 million-unit
milestone with a ceremony at its headquarters in the northeastern city of Changchun, the
official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Liberation, or "Jiefang" model trucks, based on a Russian design, were the first trucks
to be built in China after the 1949 communist revolution, or "liberation" as the Chinese
call it. The new model produced Tuesday carried the serial number 10000000, Xinhua said.
China has been widening its lead over the U.S. as the world's top auto market, with
September sales jumping 78 percent over a year earlier, boosted by tax cuts and
government stimulus spending.
China's total sales hit 9.66 million vehicles in the first nine months of the year, up
34 percent from a year earlier and are forecast to top 12 million units for the year.
Previously only Japan and the U.S. have exceeded 10 million vehicles in annual output.
Clusters of Plug-in Cars Will Tax Local Power Grids
DETROIT--If plug-in electric cars become popular in your neighborhood, you may face an
electricity supply crunch when it comes to charging.
There have been a number of studies measuring whether the national power grid can fuel
large numbers of electric vehicles. But the biggest concern regarding the impact of
plug-ins is at the local level, where adding just a few vehicles could strain a local
circuit, said Peter Darbee, the CEO of California utility Pacific Gas & Electric, during
a talk at the Business of Plugging conference here Tuesday.
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2009 NADCA Exhibitor Survey Results
NADCA conducted a survey of its recent exhibitors to the 2009 Metalcasting Congress and
2008 CastExpo; 93% of the respondents had exhibited in one or both of those shows. To
find out exhibitors’ thoughts on these events, visit
www.diecasting.org/links to
login and read LINKS magazine.
NADCA’s New Web Site Design Features Improved Navigation
Wheeling, IL – NADCA’s new Web site design has been unveiled, and this fresh design will
increase the ease of navigation for all viewers. Introduced on Oct. 18, the new Web site
design has the same features as before, but now each feature can be reached in only one
or two clicks.
In addition to easier navigation, NADCA rolled out a number of improvements to the site
over the summer. An updated news system, a new calendar program that includes all NADCA
events and a new advertising system are just a few of these improvements.
The NADCA Web site, last redesigned in 2004, connects its visitors to NADCA resources,
and especially helps connect NADCA members to the benefits they receive from the
association. Features of the Web site include information on die casting, marketing,
company directories, events, membership, government affairs, education, technology and
publications.
Visit www.diecasting.org today
to see the updated site.
