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Five Star Die Casting appoints GM

Five Star Die Casting, Minneapolis, a division of Marshall Mfg., has appointed Alan Koch as general manager.

Koch will lead all of Five Star's manufacturing operations, including engineering, production, and customer relations.

Koch has 25 years of experience in die casting and management. He has worked with casting process control and development at ITT, TEAM Industries, Alumax, and Ford Motor Co. He also holds four patents in induction metal heating and metal processing. He earned a degree in physics from the University of Missouri and has written articles and made presentations on the metal casting process and reducing casting defects.