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Companies step up wellness efforts

by Pat Coate | August 01, 2005

Birmingham, AL - To get a glimpse into the future of the battle against rising health care costs, spend a day at American Cast Iron Pipe Co., where molten iron is cast into 5,000-pound pipes.

Next door to the machine shop, workers in the company fitness center run on treadmills, do yoga or lift weights.

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