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In this August 4, 2010 Publication:
EPA's Attempts To Regulate Carbon Emissions
Attacked From Many Sides
NADCA’s Updated Die Casting Shipment Report
Available at a New Low Price
Register for NADCA's Arc Flash Seminar!
Register Today for the Plant Management Conference
Strategic Buffers: Don’t Take J-I-T Too Far
EPA's Attempts To Regulate Carbon Emissions Attacked From Many Sides
Politico (8/2, Samuelsohn)
reports President Obama's "'Plan B' for tackling global warming is under attack in the courts and on Capitol
Hill," as "two conservative attorneys general, a major coal company...are leading the charge to overturn the
Environmental Protection Agency's ability to write its own climate rules" in federal court. And "key
coal-state Democrats and nearly all Republicans are also unified in their bid to slow down the EPA via
legislation - and they're determined to force a series of votes on the issue before the next big suite of
rules start kicking in next January." Although "bids to stop the EPA started even before the agency concluded
last December that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health and welfare," the EPA's decisions "are now
front and center as the Obama administration starts exercising its administrative muscle after Senate
Democrats last month shelved a broader climate bill for the year."
NADCA’s Updated Die Casting Shipment Report Available at a New Low Price
NADCA has released an updated version of its Die Casting Shipment Report. This report details the shipments,
by alloy, of die castings in 2007, 2008 and 2009. It also includes a custom versus captive breakdown, and
industry sales estimates. In addition, the report includes projections for shipments in 2010 and a forecast
for 2011.
The 2010 Die Casting Shipment Report is now available at the significantly reduced price of:
$30 for Corporate Members
$45 for Individual Members
$60 for Non Members
This report assists in providing the most current insight on the North American die casting industry and
enables companies to forecast future shipments in specific markets and overall. Visit: publication #880-2
to order or download your copy today!
Register for NADCA's Arc Flash Seminar!
Registration for NADCA's Arc Flash Seminar is now open. The seminar will be held September 30 at NADCA
Headquarters in Wheeling, IL. Topics include Arch Flash & OSHA, The OSHA Bottom Line for Electrical Work, and
Addressing Arc Flash Hazards without Breaking the Bank. To register or for more information, click here.
Register Today for the Plant Management Conference
Registration for this year’s Plant Management conference is now open. The conference will be held
September 22-24 in Grand Rapids, MI at the Amway Plaza Hotel. Featuring presentations on Quality and Cost
Improvement through Process Control and Crisis Management and an offsite tour to Die-Tech & Engineering.
To register or for more information please click here!
Strategic Buffers: Don’t Take J-I-T Too Far
Having parts sitting around in any form of storage is the antithesis of “Just-in-Time” (J-I-T) parts supply
ideology. It costs money to have parts sitting around, and the J-I-T advocates have convinced some of us that
those costs are so horrendous that it is sinful — if not criminal — to have any. As a result, one sees many
situations that are horribly cost ineffective even though there is very little work-in-process. The reality
is that properly sized work buffers between the right operations can reduce costs significantly. To read more
about strategic buffers, click here to login
and view this month’s issue of LINKS magazine.
