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Custon Casting's President MARK STRIEPE poses in their Transcona plant , which manufacturers aluminum castings and moldings that are used by equipment manufacturers as parts and components for their equipment. To go with a story on how after a decade of contraction, things are finally starting to look up for Canada’s manufacturers. Murray McNeil story. April 1, 2014 - (Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press)