November 2019 Volume 1

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DEPARTMENTS 1 President's Not e 3 Industry News & Calendar 18 Washington Update 21 Economic Update 26 Equipment & Technology 28 Materials 30 Operations & Management

PRESIDENT'S NOTE 1 It's All About the People INDUSTRY NEWS & CALENDAR 3 How the Forging Foundation Supports the Forging Industry 10 FIA Marketing Workshop 2019 Recap 12 Fall Meeting of Members was a Great Success! WASHINGTON UPDATE 18 FIA Lobby Firm Report ECONOMIC UPDATE 21 FIA Quick Read Economic Update EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY 26 Siempelkamp Forges Ahead with Massive Multifunctional Press MATERIALS 28 Controlling Maximum Die Temperature for Better Die Life

OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT 30 Do Your Employee Reviews Really Work For You? 32 We Can’t Find Good Help! ASSOCIATION NEWS 35 Welcome New Members 38 Member Spotlight: McKees Rocks Forgings 40 Vaughan & Bushnell Celebrates 150 years FORGING RESEARCH 42 Forging and Casting Industry Summit 46 Modelling of the Forging Process for a Magnesium Alloy Automotive Control Arm

35 Association News 42 Forging Research 55 Members Speak

OfficialPublicationofthe Forging IndustryAssociation ControllingMaximumDie TemperatureforBetterDieLife page28 DoYourEmployeeReviews ReallyWorkforYou? page30

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MEMBERS SPEAK 55 The Power of Two

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COMMUNITYCOLLEGE INITIATIVES

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FIA Magazine (ISSN 2643-1254 (print) and ISSN 2643-1262 (online)) is published 4 times annually, May, August, November and February by the Forging Industry Association, 1111 Superior Ave., Suite 615, Cleveland, OH44114. Telephone: (216) 781-6260, Fax: (216) 781-0102. Print version distributed at no charge only to members of the Forging Industry Association. Digital version distributed at no charge to qualified individuals. Subscription requests available at www. forging.org. Printed in the U.S.A. Periodicals postage paid in Cleveland, OH and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Forging Industry Association, 1111 Superior Ave., Suite 615, Cleveland, OH 44114. Copyright © 2019 by the Forging Industry Association in both printed and electronic formats. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in whole or part without the consent of the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for product claims and representations or for any statement made or opinion expressed herein. Data and information presented by the authors of specific articles are for informational purposes only and are not intended for use without independent, substantiating investigation on the part of potential users.

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