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Aluminum has had mixed success in infiltrating vehicle areas that have traditionally belonged to steel, but one component where it has become a clear winner is wheels. In 1980 steel was the material of choice for 90% of wheel production, but by 2003 aluminum had surged to 60% of production, leaving steel with less than half of the market it had once practically owned. What happened? The biggest factor was probably the rise in interest by consumers in upscale trim level packages that accompanied the economic bubble of the 1990s. Automakers found that adding styled aluminum wheels was an easy way to communicate that a vehicle was a cut above

A method is also provided for forming a pipe joint with the sealing and restraining system described above. To begin, a fluid piping system is provided which has one or more as-cast ductile iron pipe fitting, previously cast at a foundry, each having a mouth region adjacent an end opening thereof. The mouth region has an annular groove therein, and the end opening of the fitting is sized to receive a mating male pipe having an interior surface and an exterior surface.

SAN ANGELO, Texas — The San Angelo City Council on Tuesday approved a bid for the implementation of a fixed-base automatic meter reading system, which Water Utilities Director Will Wilde and other city staff said will be a more accurate and fair way to calculate water usage.