Date: January 10th, 2012

Time:
4:00 – Board Meeting
4:45 – No Host Cocktails
(Complimentary Pizza Bread)
5:15 – Dinner
6:00 – Presentation

Dinner Choices:
Roast Pork Loin with Dijon
Sauce or
Stuffed Seafood Pasta Shells
$35 / Person

Please RSVP by Jan 5th (with
your dinner choice) to:

Zeydi.Gutierrez@abifoundry.com

Phone: (510)632-3467

At Scott’s Seafood

(Jack London Square)

2 Broadway, Oakland (510) 444-3456

Date:  December 13^th

Social Time:  5:30-6:30

Dinner:  6:30-9:00

Dinner Choices:

Cedar Planked Orange Bourbon Salmon and Prosciutto and Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken

Orange Bourbon Glaze

or

Sliced Tenderloin of Beef and Grilled Salmon, Red Wine Shallot Marmalade

or

Roasted Vegetable Ravioli

Dessert:

Mascarpone Cranberry Cheesecake with Cranberry Compote

$70.00 / Person

Please RSVP (with your dinner choice) to: Zeydi Gutierrez

by December 7th

zeydi.gutierrez@abifoundry.com

Calendar of Events

2012

January 10^th, 2012

TBD

February 14^th, 2012

TBD

Spouse’s Night

At Scott’s Seafood

(Jack London Square)

2 Broadway, Oakland (510) 444-3456

Date:  December 13^th

Social Time:  5:30-6:30

Dinner:  6:30-9:00

Dinner Choices:

Cedar Planked Orange Bourbon Salmon and Prosciutto and Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken

Orange Bourbon Glaze

or

Sliced Tenderloin of Beef and Grilled Salmon, Red Wine Shallot Marmalade

or

Roasted Vegetable Ravioli

Dessert:

Mascarpone Cranberry Cheesecake with Cranberry Compote

$70.00 / Person

Please RSVP (with your dinner choice) to: Zeydi Gutierrez

by December 7th

Prior to coming to California to work for CCMA in 1977, Dr. Simonelli served for 5 years as the Director of Government Affairs for the Steel Founders Society of America (SFSA), the national trade association for the steel foundry industry.

Dr. Simonelli also has extensive experience in government, serving as staff assistant to U.S. Congressman Charles A. Vanik of Ohio, as a member of the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Democratic Executive Committee, and as an elected member of the Euclid (Ohio ) City Council (1971-1975) where he served as Chair of the Council’s Environment Committee. In addition, Simonelli was a member of the Euclid City Council Finance Committee and was appointed by the Council President as the council’s representative in contract negotiations with the city’s municipal unions.

Dr. Simonelli served as a campaign advisor to Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan, Euclid Ohio Mayoral candidate Joseph Farrell, and his brother, Connecticut State Representative Jerry Simonelli.

Dr. Simonelli is the recipient of numerous awards including the Irwin J. Tetzlaff Memorial Award from CCMA (1985), the Outstanding Graduate Award from the Department of History, California State University, Sacramento (1990), the Outstanding Faculty Award from Mount St. Mary’s College (1992), and Research Fellowships from Yad Vashem in Israel (1999) and the Skirball Institute (2001).

Dr. Simonelli holds a B.A. degree in Communication Studies from John Carroll University, an M.P.A. degree in Public Policy from the University of San Francisco, an M.A. degree in History from California State University, Sacramento, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Location:

Francesco’s

8520 Pardee Dr.
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 569-0653

Date: November 15^th, 2011

Time:

4:00 – Board Meeting

4:45 – No Host Cocktails (Complimentary Pizza Bread)

5:15 – Dinner

6:00 – Presentation

Dinner Choices:

Chicken Santa Fe or

Talapia Picata

$35 / Person

Please RSVP by Nov. 8^th (with your dinner choice) to:

Zeydi.Gutierrez@abifoundry.com

Phone: (510)632-3467

Spouse’s Night – Scott’s

This Month’s Meeting:

Presenters: Fred Simonelli –

Pre-election Insight

Location:

Francesco’s

8520 Pardee Dr.
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 569-0653

Date: November 15^th, 2011

Time:

4:00 – Board Meeting

4:45 – No Host Cocktails (Complimentary Pizza Bread)

5:15 – Dinner

6:00 – Presentation

Dinner Choices:

Chicken Santa Fe or

Talapia Picata

$35 / Person

Please RSVP by Nov. 8^th (with your dinner choice) to:

Zeydi.Gutierrez@abifoundry.com

Phone: (510)632-3467

NINO V. DAVI

1921 – 2011

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF NINO DAVI ON OCTOBER 18, 2011.

NINO JOINED PACIFIC STEEL IN 1950 AND WAS ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS IN 1969. HE SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN’S SOCIETY IN 1956-1957 AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SFSA WESTERN DIVISION TECHNICAL AND OPERATING GROUP IN 1958-1959.

NINO PRESENTED SEVERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PAPERS AT SFSA MEETINGS AND WON THE GUSTAV A. LILLIEQVIST AWARD IN 1959 FOR THE BEST PUBLISHED TECHNICAL PAPER IN THE INDUSTRY. IN 1972 THE SFSA PRESENTED NINO THE INDUSTRY’S HIGHEST AWARD FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT, THE CHARLES W. BRIGGS TECHNICAL AND OPERATING GOLD MEDAL. THIS AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO NINO ONLY UPON THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE SFSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE METAL RECOGNIZED OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. IN MORE RECENT YEARS, NINO WAS HONORED BY THE CALIFORNIA CAST METALS ASSOCIATION WITH THE ERWIN G. TETZLOFF MEMORIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY.

WE ALL AT PACIFIC STEEL ARE PRIVILEDGED TO HAVE KNOWN AND WORKED WITH NINO DAVI. HE WAS A TRUE LEGEND IN THE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACIFIC STEEL CASTING COMPANY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

A memorial service for Nino will be held on

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

at 1:00 p.m.

St. Paschal Baylon Catholic Church,

3700 Dorisa Avenue

Oakland, CA.

Presenters: Frank Smith & Matthew Smith – Rayteq, LLC

Since the early 1980s many metalcasters have come to appreciate the quality advantages of clean, quiet electric melting right at the molding line or permanent mold station, particularly wherever machined castings are involved. They’ve also learned that electric melting can greatly reduce air quality problems while improving the working environment by eliminating excessive heat stress and noise. As a result, many metalcasters installed electric melting to gain these advantages while reducing plant energy costs compared with fuel fired melting.

However, in the past decade many electric utilities have worked at cross purposes to the metalcasting industry by increasing electricity cost, particularly with respect to kW demand charges, making electric power less competitive with fuel fired melting. This led some metalcasters to return to fuel firing at the price of forfeiting their gains in casting quality, air cleanliness and improvements in the working environment.

But new technology has now arrived that reduces electric utility charges so electric melting once again makes economic sense. While this technology includes improved furnace design for better thermal efficiency and new, high power density electric heating elements, the main focus is on bringing down the aggregate kW demand of a group or fleet of electric melting furnaces with a novel interactive demand management system (IDMS) to interact with and synchronize each furnace’s power demand.

Rayteq’s unique interactive demand management system effectively holds total fleet kW demand to the minimum required to meet production melting needs without adversely impacting casting cell performance. Each IDMS-equipped furnace features unique hybrid digital/analog power controls that maintain two-way digital communication with the central IDMS while avoiding failure prone and waste-heat generating solid state SCRs or thyristors.

Location:

Francesco’s

8520 Pardee Dr.
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 569-0653

Date: October 11^th, 2011

Time:

4:00 – Board Meeting

4:45 – No Host Cocktails (Complimentary Pizza Bread)

5:15 – Dinner

6:00 – Presentation

Dinner Choices:

Walnut Crusted Chicken with Honey Mustard Sauce or

Broiled Salmon

$35 / Person

Please RSVP by Oct. 5 (with your dinner choice) to:

Zeydi.Gutierrez@abifoundry.com

Phone: (510)632-3467

Metropolitan Golf Links
10051 Doolittle Dr Oakland, CA 94603
(510) 569-5555

Make checks payable to:

AFS Northern California Chpt

Pacific Steel Attn: Lalit
1333 Second Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

Schedule of Events:

11:00-12:30 Check In
(Lunch will be available at 11:30)
11:00-12:30 Putting Contest
12:45
Report to Carts
1:00
Shotgun Start
5:30-6:30
No Host Bar
6:30
Dinner

Questions Contact: John Helfrich
510-367-7630 or john@eastbaybrass.com
GOLF AND DINNER RESERVATION FORM

DINNER ONLY: $35.00 Per Person
(Includes dinner and raffle ticket)

GOLF ENTRY ONLY: $105.00 Per Person
(Includes tee prize, golf, cart and lunch)

GOLF AND DINNER: $140.00 Per Person
Number of People:______________
(Includes all of the above)
Total Amount Enclosed:________________

THIS YEAR’S DINNER WILL BE HELD AGAIN AT METRPOLITAN GOLF
COURSE

If you have a group established or prefer to play with someone list them below:

Number of People:______________

Number of People:______________

1.____________________­­­__________

3.______________________________

ENTRIES DUE BY: FRIDAY SEPT. 9, 2011
FIRST 80 PAID ENTRIES RECEIVE A TEE PRIZE

2.______________________________

4.______________________________

PDF file is attached for download for those who are interested

Metal_Melting_Public_Workshop_Flier_English_Final(1)

Cordially,

Keith Krook
Chair – American Foundry Society NorCal Chapter
Business Development Manager
General Foundry Service – “Custom Cast & Machined Aluminum Components”
1390 Business Center Place – San Leandro, CA 94577
Office: 510-297-5040 / Mobile: 510-599-9800 / Fax: 510-614-2171
www.genfoundry.com
Since 1946, Celebrating Our “65th” Year of Service.

Presenter:
Dr. Frederick J.
Simonelli, Ph.D. – Vice
President, Government
Affairs – California
Metals Coalition

Location:
Francesco’s
8520 Pardee Dr
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 569-0653
Date: June 14th, 2011

Time:
4:00 – Board Meeting
4:45 – No Host Cocktails
(Complimentary Pizza Bread)
5:15 – Dinner

Dinner Choices:

Half Roast Chicken with
Mushroom Sauce
or
Osso Bucco
$35 / Person

Please RSVP (with your
dinner choice) to:

keithk@genfoundry.com
Phone: (510)297-5040 ext. 104

RSVP by June 9th, 2011

If you have not sent in your

donation for the Coast Caster

sponsorship, please send it to:

Lalit Anand

Pacific Steel Casting Co.

1333 Second St.

Berkeley, CA, 94710

Please join us for a tour of A&B Die
Casting. A&B Die Casting is one of the
leading companies providing precision
aluminum and zinc die castings to the
global marketplace. They specialize in low
to medium volume/high quality solutions,
with the highest precision products at fair,
competitive prices.

900 Alfred Nobel Dr.
Hercules, CA 94547
(510) 741-3170

Date: May 10th, 2011

Time:
3:30 – Arrive
4:00 – Tours Begin
5:00 – Dinner

Kinder’s Barbeque
$35.00 / Person

Please RSVP to:

Keith Krook

keithk@genfoundry.com
Phone: (510)297-5040 ext. 104

RSVP by May 4, 2011