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Lean-Thinking Conference
Slated for Baltimore in November

Plan now to attend the 2010 International Excellence Inside Conference, November 15-19 in Baltimore, MD. Hosted by the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), the conference will feature six keynote speakers who will share their lean strategies and success stories, and discuss best practices for continuous improvement. Among the speakers is Dr. John Izzo, author of Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, who will discuss the integration of values and purposeful leadership into business practices; and Howard Putnam, former CEO of Southwest Airlines, who will address out-of-the-box thinking and development of a people-centered culture. Learn more and register to attend at www.ameconference.org.

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Website a Hot Spot for Info on Low-Melt Alloys

Learn all about fusible alloys (also known as low-melt alloys) at the newly redesigned website of Bolton metal Products Co., Bellefonte, PA (formerly Cerro Metal Products Co.) The site contains product specs, technical data and application info, as well as a request-for-quote/contact form; www.boltonmetalproducts.com. Among the applications for low-melt alloys: drop-hammer dies for short-run sheetmetal forming (made by casting fusible alloys against wood or plaster patterns); and tooling for the bending of thin-walled tubing and channels.

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AME Rolls Out New Website

Sitema safety catchers for hydraulic presses, as well as metal-cutting sawing systems, hydraulic/pneumatic rod locks and other machine tool components are all highlighted on the new website of Advanced Machine & Engineering Co., Rockford, IL. The site offers literature downloads, CAD files, video and more. Also, visitors can access an ISO calculator that provides tolerance data on shafts and bores with the quick input of a few key parameters. Check out the site at www.ame.com.

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