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In this December 23, 2009 Publication:
Chrysler To Invest In Michigan Engine Plant
Registration for CastExpo 2010 Now Open!
Most Die Casters Not Required to Report Greenhouse
Gas Emissions
LINKS Magazine Wants to Know about
Your Energy-Saving Efforts!
Die Casters Respond: Holiday Pay
Chrysler To Invest In Michigan Engine Plant
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Fiat SpA will build a new, more
fuel-efficient engine for Fiat and Chrysler vehicles at a plant near
Detroit, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said Thursday.
Marchionne said production of the 1.4-liter, four-cylinder engine
will begin in the fourth quarter of next year. It will power the Fiat
500 minicar, which will be made in Mexico and will go on sale in the
U.S. next year. It will eventually replace engines in other Chrysler
vehicles.
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Registration for CastExpo 2010 Now Open!
Attendee registration for CastExpo 2010 is now open! CastExpo'10 will be held March
20-23 in Orlando, FL. To complement the show floor, CastExpo is held in conjunction with
the annual Metalcasting Congress, where the latest advancements in metalcasting research
and practice is presented every year.
For more information, please
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Most Die Casters Not Required to Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has finalized and issued its mandatory
rule for reporting greenhouse gas emissions. Reviewing the rule reveals that a majority
of die casters will not be regulated under this rule. There are five categories for
business under the rule. Of the five categories only one could apply to die casters.
This category is stationary fuel combustion sources. To fall under this rule the source
must satisfy all three of the following conditions:
1: A facility must not be explicitly listed in 40 CFR part 98 subparts C – JJ.
Primary aluminum facilities are in this list. However, die casters are not included
2: A facility must have an aggregate maximum rated heat input capacity of the
stationary fuel combustion units of 30 million BTU’s / hr.
3: The facility emits 25,000 metric tons CO2e or more per year from all stationary
fuel combustion sources.
Under this rule the only emissions that are counted towards die caster’s 25,000 metric
ton limit are natural gas, propane, gasoline, and other fuel combustion that takes place
in the plant. If only natural gas were used, roughly 4.5 million therms of be combusted
in a year to reach this limit at a die casting plant. You can calculate your GHG
emissions by using NADCA’s
GHG estimator,
and get the most up to date information on greenhouse gas regulations
and their effect on die casters at the 2010 CastEXPO.
Learn the top five ways to reduce your carbon footprint and increase your profitability
by reading the full report in the January issue of the Die Casting Engineer
magazine. After reading the full report get the most recent developments on the pending
regulations, climate science, and ways to prepare by attending the
2010 Executive Conference.
LINKS Magazine Wants to Know about Your Energy-Saving Efforts!
The upcoming April 2010 issue of Links will feature energy-related articles. Last year,
Robert Eppich wrote about the starting point, which is measuring your usage —
establishing the baseline. What LINKS is looking for are case studies that show the
initial efforts in establishing the baselines, either for individual processes, systems
or facilities. Ideally, there might be case studies that illustrate energy-saving
efforts. E-mail Bob Eppich at eppichtec@earthlink.net to share your
energy-saving efforts.
Die Casters Respond: Holiday Pay
NADCA recently conducted a survey of die casting companies regarding holiday pay policy
when 10-hour, four-day workweeks are used. More than 53 companies responded to the
following two questions:
1. If your normal plant schedule is 10 hours per day, four days per week, how many hours
do you pay for a holiday that falls on a normal workday?
2. How many hours do you pay if the holiday falls on a day that is in addition to the
four normally worked days in a week?
To read the results of this survey,
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