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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Merton Flemings BACKGROUND This report presents the results and conelusions from a study of the Japanese foundry industry con due ted by a WTEC study team in Janu ary 1996. Resu Its of that study were suppl erne nted by additional visits later in the spring to foundries and foimdry laboratories in Europe. During its week in Japan, subgroups of the team visited 22 facilities. Included in these were four metal mold foundries, five iron and steel (sand mold) foundries, four investment. casting foundries, four industrial research 1aboratories, four universities, one governme