Information Concerning

Roy W. Lobenhofer

Date October 3, 2010

Title President Company Lobenhofer Consulting, Inc.

Company Address 1806 Magnolia, Mount Prospect, IL Zip 60056-4565

Company Phone 847.640.8065

Residence Address 1806 Magnolia, Mount Prospect, IL Zip 60056-4565

Residence Phone 847.640.8065

Birthplace Park Ridge, IL Date 5/16/39

Spouse’s given name Pamela Prefers to be called Pam

Prefers to have correspondence sent to Company Address

High School Maine Township High School - Des Plaines, IL Graduation Date 6/57

Other Not Applicable

Apprenticeship Not Applicable

College (list degree and major) Illinois Institute of Technology - BS in Metallurgical Engineering

Academic Honors FEF Scholarship, Dean’s List

Career (start with first employment and list chronologically)

Company	Location	Position	From	To
Burnside Steel Foundry	Chicago, IL	Summer Employee	6/59	9/59
James B. Clow & Sons	Bensenville, IL	Summer Employee	6/60	9/60
Clow Corporation	Bensenville, IL	Assistant Metallurgist 2^nd Shift Metallurgist 2^nd Shift Superintendent Plant Metallurgist	8/61	9/71
Quinn Div. of Zeidlers	Boone, IA	Foundry Manager	9/71	9/73
Universal Foundry	Oshkosh, WI	Plant Metallurgist	2/74	2/76
Frank Foundries	Davenport, IL	Corporate Metallurgist	2/76	2/77
American Foundrymen’s Society	Des Plaines, IL	Associate Technical Director Vice President of Technology	2/77	5/88
Lobenhofer Consulting, Inc	Mt. Prospect, IL	President	5/88	Present

Company connection and title at time of election as officer, director or receipt of AFS award

Year 1998 Title or Position President

Company Lobenhofer Consulting, Inc.

City Mount Prospect State IL Zip 60056-4565

Talk Titles		Occasion		Date
In Mold Process		AFS Texas Regional		~1979
5 Steps to Solving Problems		AFS Milwaukee Regional		~1995
Program for Reducing the Variability of Gray Iron Tensile Tests		AFS Casting Congress		1997
Analysis of Effect of Melting Furnace Type on Machinability of Gray Iron		AFS Casting Congress		1999
Effect of Cooling Rate on Ductile Iron Mechanical Properties		AFS Casting Congress		2002
Coreless Induction Duplexing		AFS Chicago Chapter		~1969
Various Topics		Various Chapters		1979 – Present
Various Topics		Various CMI Courses		1977 – 1988
Cupola Bottoms		AFS Cupola Conference
Computerizing Your Window Treatment Business:		Window Fashion Conference		1990
Papers		Publication		Date
Reproducibility of Mechanical Property Measurements in Ductile Iron		AFS Transactions		1992
Program for Reducing the Variability of Gray Iron Tensile Tests		AFS Transactions		1997
Profit Improvement Through Process Simulation - A Calculation System		AFS Transactions		1997
Analysis of Effect of Melting Furnace Type on Machinability of Gray Iron		AFS Transactions		1999
Effect of Cooling Rate on Ductile Iron Mechanical Properties		AFS Transactions		2002
Effect of Cooling Rate on Ductile Iron Mechanical Properties – Pearlitic Iron		AFS Transactions		2007
Why Don’t You ...		Modern Casting		8/97
Technical Personnel - Operations or Staff		Modern Casting		9/97
How Good Is Your Control?		Modern Casting		10/97
Technical Problems Solved		Modern Casting		11/97
Why Technical Committees?		Modern Casting		12/97
N.D. Test for Ductile Iron		Modern Casting		1/78
Tougher Than Football		Modern Casting		2/78
The Channel Induction Committee Replies		Modern Casting		3/78
It Doesn’t Just Happen		Modern Casting		4/78
Something More to Worry About		Modern Casting		5/78
Another Shortage		Modern Casting		6/78
Questioning the Unquestionables		Modern Casting		7/78
Just an Idea		Modern Casting		8/78
The Big Problem		Modern Casting		9/78
What To Do First?		Modern Casting		10/78
Get the Most for Your Money		Modern Casting		11/78
An Idea Revisited		Modern Casting		12/78
Lobenhofer’s Law		Modern Casting		1/79
Increasing Profits Without Capital Expenditure		Modern Casting		2/79
We Haven’t Changed A Thing		Modern Casting		3/79
The Most Endangered Species		Modern Casting		4/79
We Only Walk on Water in Winter		Modern Casting		5/79
AFS Casting Congress - Different Things to Different People		Modern Casting		6/79
Apples, Oranges and Coke		Modern Casting		7/79
Foundry Cookbooks		Modern Casting		8/79
The Ultimate Frustration		Modern Casting		9/79
Bump and Grind Costs		Modern Casting		10/79
If It’s Important, Say So		Modern Casting		11/79
Can You Afford it?		Modern Casting		12/79
Learn Something New		Modern Casting		1/80
Jargon		Modern Casting		2/80
Wasting Money by Saving		Modern Casting		3/80
Setting Goals or How to Remember Why You’re Doing What You’re Doing		Modern Casting		4/80
Write it Simple		Modern Casting		5/80
Back to Basics or Did Chuck Tanner Really Start This Way		Modern Casting		6/80
A Foundryman’s Honey Do List		Modern Casting		7/80
“Who Cares” Research		Modern Casting		10/80
Learn From Losers		Modern Casting
Ductile Iron Reaches Puberty		Modern Casting		8/81
Are Sample Castings Samples?		Modern Casting		10/81
Beware of Uniformed Application of SPC to Hardness		Modern Casting		1/88
Close Attention Needed When ASTM A48 is Specified		Modern Casting		4/90
Evaluating Operating Costs of Melting Systems		Modern Casting		2/92
Tensile Test Reproducibility of Ductile Iron		Modern Casting		8/93
Process Control: Tensile Testing		Modern Casting		1/94
Undersized Gray Iron Test Bars Cause Reduced Tensile Strength		Modern Casting		9/96
5 Numbers to Watch		Modern Casting		7/98
Have You Killed Any Messengers Lately		Modern Casting		1/99
How Good Is Your Quality?	Modern Casting		7/99
‘So What are You Going to Do About It?’	Modern Casting		1/2000
Are There Alligators in Your Foundry?	Modern Casting		4/2000
Are You Making the Same Changes?	Modern Casting		8/2000
How Is Your Q.M.I.S.?	Modern Casting		10/2000
Selecting a Spectrometer for Your Operation	Modern Casting		10/2000
The Firestone ‘Lessons”	Modern Casting		1/01
Why Should I	Modern Casting		4/01
Don’t Just Stand There. Do Something!	Modern Casting		7/01
Saving Wasted Time	Modern Casting		10/01
Controlling Costs Through Departmental Budgets	Modern Casting		‘1/02
Scrutinizing High Scrap Jobs	Modern Casting		4/02
The Fantasy of Formalized Participative Management	Modern Casting		7/02
Assigning A VP of Bull	Modern Casting		10/02
Business Not Sport	Modern Casting		12/02
Are You A Shoulddo?	Modern Casting		4/03
Are You Getting A Good Daily ROI?	Modern Casting		7/03
Be On The Same Page	Modern Casting		10/03
Management Riddle	Modern Casting		1/04
Diets and Quality	Modern Casting		4/04
Polishing Cars With Flat Tires	Modern Casting		7/04
If You Want the Best, Tell Me Why	Modern Casting		10/04
Developing Software Smarts	Window Fashions		11/90
Back Up Carefully and Avoid the Crash	Window Fashions		2/91
Shareware Marketing Cuts Software Costs	Window Fashions		4/91
The Greatest Danger	Window Fashions		6/91
Computer Glossary	Window Fashions		8/91
An Enlightening Look at Laptops	Window Fashions		10/91

Books (List title, publisher, year, etc.)

None

Technical Organizations (Show year joined)

AFS 1962 ICS na NFA na NFFS na SFSA na

ACS na AIME na ASCE na ASM na ASME na

ASTM 1997 AWS na ASQ 1988 IBF na SAE na

Others na

Major activities in technical organizations Chairman AFS Cast Iron Division 2003 –2005, Chairman AFS Cast Iron Division’s Program & Papers Committee – two terms, Secretary, Vice-Chairman, Chairman AFS Cast Iron Division’s Quality Control Committee, Vice Chairperson Chicago Chapter of AFS 2001-2002, Chairperson Chicago Chapter 2002-2003, Awarded AFS Service Citation in 1998, AFS Cast Iron Division’s Outstanding Member Award 2002, Awarded AFS Service Life Membership 2007, Awarded AFS Scientific Merit Award 2010

Military Service NA Branch NA

Dates NA Highest Rank NA

Honors NA

Non-technical organization membership and activities

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