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Article: ME Global Awarded Casting of the Year Honors.
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- April 22, 2005
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SCHAUMBURG, Ill., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The metalcasting industry recognized nine cast components as top designs at the CastExpo '05 held in St. Louis April 16-19. The fifth annual Casting Competition put on by the American Foundry Society (AFS) attracted components from every metal type and casting process and from industries such as automotive, military, medical, and aeronautical.
ME Global (Elecmetal), Duluth, Minn., earned top honors in the annual Casting Competition for its crawler transporter tread belt shoe. The track shoes were developed to replace the older, cracked shoes on NASA's crawler transporter, which carries the space shuttles to the launch ...