Austcast Reveals Improvement Strategies and Green Initiatives

Online, June 9, 2010 (Newswire.com) - (San Diego, CA). In an interview with Supply Chain Digital, Graeme Worland, Managing Director of Australia's leading steel foundry Austcast, discusses the growing mining and railway industries, their continuous improvement strategies and green initiatives.

"We're leaders by reputation. In this industry, it's your actions that will be counted and your actions that will be recounted by others," said Worland in the article.

Austcast is the company behind the Properlok locking system for ground engaging tool (GET) points. Additionally, the company manufactures bogie components including axle boxes, centre pivots, air reservoirs, bolsters, engine brackets, suspension pots, brake holders, wheel and axle mounted brake discs.

Austcast designs, develops and manufactures high quality steel products for the mining, rail and engineering industries with the aid of innovative computer simulation software. The software allows the company to identify potential defects, reduce costs and eliminates lag time involved in creating numerous prototypes of a particular product.

The company proactively seeks ways to reduce their environmental footprint during the production process. "We'll always have one eye on environmental aspects of running foundries close to urban areas," Worland said. "It requires ongoing smart investment and upgrades to meet with the changing and evolving expectations of the community." Read the full article.