Francesco Savelli rightly points out, that there are still large parts of the industry that cannot be electrified and SAVELLI is available with its sand and moulding equipment for commercial and Industrial vehicles, trucks, tractors, excavators and all the machines dedicated to heavy operations which require a traditional diesel engine. After the new large and innovative molding line for SCANIA in Sweden,…

For that reason, the foundry does not see itself threatened by the rise of direct metal processing technologies. On the contrary, they see printed (additive assisted) castings, the hybridization of 3D printing with metal casting, as the technology of the future. "Where do the geometric limits of metal casting lie? When would you say that a part should directly be printed, not casted?" we ask the team at…

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 industry. The…

When the Pandemic burst out, at the beginning of 2020, only a few people thought that this little virus would stay with us for so long and change the way we work, the way we interact and communicate and, in essence, the way we live. In FUNDIGEX, as the Export Association we are, we are used to travel around the world, promoting the Spanish foundry sector in the most prestigious international trade shows and…

Interview with AMAFOND President Riccardo Ferrario In Europe, the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic is still providing for uncertain times, and the hope is that vaccination strategies will lead to something like a return to familiar life. Regardless of this, the foundry industry was able to pick up speed again after a sharp slump in 2020, and the forecasts for Germany predict a significant recovery for…

„Italiener sind soziale Menschen“, sagt AMAFOND Präsident Riccard Ferrario und sie schätzen die Effizienz und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit derdeutschsprachigen Gießerei Industrie. In Zeiten fehlender persönlicher Meetings auf Messen und Kongressen sind Webinare großartige Alternativen und beste Gelegenheit für ein kostenfreies, virtuelles Treffen. Italiens Gießereimaschinen Zulieferer sind bekannt für eine…

Milan, April 2021 - «We could say we are confident, if there weren't two problems as big as boulders that are jeopardizing the recovery: The increases in the prices of raw materials, which they have achieved unsustainable costs and which, moreover, are starting to become scarce, and the weaknesses of the labor market, with enormous difficulties in finding professional figures suited to our needs ". The…

On 30 June 2021, Heinz Nelissen will retire after 31 years of successful service to the Foseco and Vesuvius group of companies. Heinz Nelissen was instrumental in the development and expansion of Foseco and Vesuvius, first as product manager for non-ferrous products, then for Foseco as sales manager of the foundry non-ferrous business unit. After two years of business development in Eastern Europe and the…

An annual technical conference and a series of working groups along with bespoke market research, including a Global Foundry Report on the state of the industry in the member countries, is used to meet these requirements. In addition, the World Foundry Summit, created in 2018, is a bi-annual event designed to bring industry leaders together to debate and agree on future policy and strategies for the cast…

CastForge is very impressive thanks to its unique focus on castings and forgings with processing. Over 200 exhibitors have already registered for the second edition of CastForge from 8 to 10 June 2021 and are looking forward to a safe and successful event. In spite of the various digital discussion and presentation platforms which have been created during the corona crisis, there is still demand for a trade…