The increasing globalization as well as the possibilities of digital media information led to a far-sighted decision ten years ago. The three partners from China, USA and Europe agreed on the objective right from the start: The motto is - Casting Competence from three Continents! That was the common and the unifying idea for a bilingual specialist interest magazine for the global foundry...

WAUPACA, Wisc. — Waupaca Foundry announced that two of its own, Sara Timm and Greg Miskinis, have recently received a combined four industry awards for their advocacy of and service to the metal-casting industry. The awards were presented virtually at American Foundry Society’s (AFS) annual Metalcasting Congress. The industry event was streamed live online starting April 12 and concluded April...

The American Foundry Society, North America’s largest and most influential metalcasting association, today announced its officers and new board members for 2021-2022. Returning for a second year are the following officers: As President, Mike Lenahan, president of KB Foundry Services in Independence, Ohio. As Vice President, Adam San Solo, director of sales and engineering at U.S....

This and other vital business intelligence was released today in the biannual AFS Metalcasting Forecast & Trends, which provides a targeted economic outlook to foundries, industry suppliers, and others who must understand analysts' projections for the short- and long-term future of the metalcasting industry. “Following an economic slowdown triggered by the pandemic and the government response, we are...

After 2019, which was in line with an excellent 2018, American foundries suffered a considerable setback, like the rest of the world, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the US being hit particularly hard. In spite of this, according to Doug Kurkul, CEO of the American Foundry Society, the US trade association, gradual recovery is expected already in the early months of 2021, even though it will reasonably...

Dotson Iron Castings was recently awarded the Plant Engineering Award from the American Foundry Society (AFS). The Engineering Division of AFS presents the award based on an onsite audit covering the following selecton criteria: State of the Art Business KPI Supporting on-going operations Project planning Energy and environmental considerations Dotson received the award...

Powercast Manufacturing Inc., a leader in the field of permanent mold aluminium castings and specializing in the production of aluminium castings of various complexities made to customer specifications, has earned the Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Foundry Society in this year's 'Castings of the Year' contest. The Casting The casting responsible for the honor is a premium product...

After purposeful consideration, the American Foundry Society Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to cancel Metalcasting Congress 2020. This outcome became unavoidable in recent days, especially after the Ohio Governor prohibited large public gatherings. Given the uncertainty relative to the duration of mass-gathering bans, AFS does not plan to reschedule the event. Since so many foundry...

The grants, awarded under Gov. Tom Wolf’s Pennsylvania Manufacturing Initiative, will allow teams of Penn State engineering faculty and students to work with small- to medium-sized foundries across the state to transition away from using silica sands in the metal casting process and reduce costs through 3D printing. Pennsylvania is ranked No. 2 on the American Foundry Society metal casting list, with...

A team of Penn State engineering faculty and students is working with small-to-medium-sized foundries across Pennsylvania to aid in the transition away from using harmful silica sands in the metal casting process and to reduce costs through 3D printing. The project is being supported by two grants totaling $140,000, funded by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s Pennsylvania Manufacturing Initiative. The...