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Greenfield Prospects: Today’s Considerations for Building a Brand New Foundry
- 1. Greenfield Prospects: Today’s Considerations for Building a Brand New Foundry Prasad Karunakaran NADICOM (North American Ductile Iron Company) AFS Foundry Executive Conference Hyatt Regency – Scottsdale, AZ – September 18-20, 2011
- 2. Vision •! Personal Passion •! Sustainable and Environmental friendly •! Energy industry •! Manufacturing Renaissance •! Why a Foundry •! Path for next gen industrialists AFS Foundry Executive Conference Hyatt Regency – Scottsdale, AZ – September 18-20, 2011
- 3. AFS Foundry Executive Conference Hyatt Regency – Scottsdale, AZ – September 18-20, 2011 Opportunity in wind energy •! Long-term growth in the U.S. wind turbine market expected to be robust. •! Issue: domestic supply chain severely under-developed. •! Large-scale castings one of the weakest links in the domestic supply chain.
- 4. State of Manufacturing •! Innovation matters •! Power of Proximity •! Solution provider •! Try and embrace new media (social) •! Stand out even in the consumer level AFS Foundry Executive Conference Hyatt Regency – Scottsdale, AZ – September 18-20, 2011
- 5. Sustainability •! Key to the execution of our vision •! No one size fits all •! Reinvest / Revisit / Lessons Learnt •! Sustainability Conscious employees •! Supplier will demand sustainability •! Increase our competitiveness AFS Foundry Executive Conference Hyatt Regency – Scottsdale, AZ – September 18-20, 2011
- 6. Environmental Sustainability •! Energy Efficiency •! Eliminate Waste •! Air Quality •! Industrial Water Use •! Packaging •! Transportation AFS Foundry Executive Conference Hyatt Regency – Scottsdale, AZ – September 18-20, 2011
- 7. Social Sustainability"Social sustainability occurs when the formal and informal processes; systems; structures; and relationships actively support the capacity of current and future generations to create healthy and livable communities” •! Equity •! Diversity •! Interconnected/Social cohesions •! Quality of life •! Democracy and governance •! Maturity AFS Foundry Executive Conference Hyatt Regency – Scottsdale, AZ – September 18-20, 2011
- 8. Greenfield •! Business Case made easier •! Intelligent use of automation •! Lean manufacturing - More with less (time/metal/labor) •! Integrated facility •! Location AFS Foundry Executive Conference Hyatt Regency – Scottsdale, AZ – September 18-20, 2011
- 9. QUESTIONS AFS Foundry Executive Conference Hyatt Regency – Scottsdale, AZ – September 18-20, 2011