Global competitiveness: identifying our challenges: a recent U.S. ITC investigation addressed domestic and global influences on U.S. metalcasters. This article reveals U.S. ITC data detailing how foreign competition affected the U.S. metalcasting industry from 1999-2003.

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Global competitiveness: identifying our challenges: a recent U.S. ITC investigation addressed domestic and global influences on U.S. metalcasters. This article reveals U.S. ITC data detailing how foreign competition affected the U.S. metalcasting industry from 1999-2003.

What is the Cost of U.S. Metalcasting?

This article begins Part 3 in a three-part series. Part 1 of the series was published in the October issue of MODERN CASTING, and Part 2 appeared in the November issue.

Part 1: Domestic Competitiveness: Investigating U.S. Casting Costs--Data revealed by the U.S. ITC Section 332 study detailed how U.S. metalcasting operations fared from 1999-2003.

Part 2: Domestic Business: What is Our Cost of Operation?--A recent metalcasting operational cost survey broke down production and business expenses for the U.S. industry. Wages, benefits and executive compensation were detailed in an article discussing two recent surveys.

Part 3: Global Competitiveness: Identifying Our Challenges?--Data collected regarding the metalcasting industries of India, China, Brazil, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Canada in the Section 332 study is revealed and potential remedies to global competition are analyzed. Also, the annual world census of casting production is detailed.

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When MODERN CASTING first reported on the results of the United States International Trade Commission (U.S. ITC) Section...

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