Metalcasting documentary filmed in January, coming soon to PBS.

In January, National Public Television filmed a metalcasting documentary at Signicast Corp., Hartford, Wis., for "Spolight On." Sponsored by the American Foundry Society, the "Spotlight on Metalcasting" will run on PBS.

The documentary is intended to educate the general public on the nature of metal castings, processes of metalcasting and the positive ways metal castings affect everyone's lives. It also demonstrates metalcasting's role in recycling waste products, as well as in the economy and U.S. national defense.

The 5 minute television spot is scheduled to air for the first time in late spring, but it will continue to appear over the next year. According to the show's producer Trivue Entertainment, Watchung, N.J., the short program will air a minimum of 500 times and on average reach at least 3 million viewers nationwide per broadcast. Trivue estimates that approximately 40% of the airings will be during prime time.

"Spotlight On" has been airing shorts about a variety of industries for more than 17 years. The portions filmed at Signicast Corp., one of the most technologically advanced metalcasting facilities in North America, illustrate the advancements in the metalcasting industry. Signicast pours steel, copper-base, nickel-base and cobalt-base alloys in the investment process. With 670 employees, it serves the power tool, hand tool, fluid handling, heavy equipment, lawn and garden, railroad, firearms, fitness equipment, safety, agriculture, recreational vehicle and electronic control industries.

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