April 2011 News Flash

Vulcan GMS and the Olympics	The support Vulcan provides the USA Luge Team was chronicled in the March issues of Modern Casting and Metal Casting Design & Purchasing. Luge legend Mark Grimmette is quoted saying “It's meaningful for us to have sponsors who share our passion for the sport. But in addition to financial support, Vulcan also helps us develop the best equipment to compete with. That's a contribution on another level.” See the online article (Enter "Vulcan GMS" (without quotes) in search box at upper right. Click Go, then click the highlighted words "Vulcan GMS" and go straight to our article in the inside-back-cover position.
Customers Benefit from Concurrent Engineering	Dan Rauwald Dan Rauwald, Vulcan's Manager, Manufacturing Engineering, has published a case study of six concurrent-engineering projects he has participated in, identifying different customer new-product-development styles, success factors and lessons learned. Your organization will benefit from doing concurrent engineering effectively. Get tips from Dan's case study. Click here to download the case study.
Customers Benefit by Knowing Suppliers' Full Capabilities	Matt Macur Today Vulcan GMS published a press release via Marketwire. In the release Matt Macur reports how one customer benefited from having up-to-the-minute knowledge of his suppliers' full range of capabilities. Click to read the Vulcan GMS release on Marketwire. It is also posted here on the Vulcan website.