This year’s AMAFOND Conference, held as always in Rezzato, focused on the challenges and opportunities currently facing the foundry industry. Andrea Todeschini, the new President of AMAFOND and CEO of HA Italia SpA, opened the event by welcoming the many attendees and addressing the difficult market conditions. In addition to industry statistics and facts, the program featured inspiring contributions from…

On this occasion, elections were held for the renewal of the Executive Committee for the 2024-2026 period: Andrea Todeschini was elected new President of Amafond. He is the CEO of HA Italia SpA and the Vice President Europe of HA Group. The following people were elected as Vice Presidents for the Product Group: Luca Casella (General Director - Sipag Bisalta Spa) and Maurizio Sala (President – Foundry Ecocer…

A few days before the start of EUROGUSS 2024 in Nuremberg, AMAFOND President Riccardo Ferrario comments on relevant issues for our industry. He sees the European die casting industry in an exciting position as a leader of transformation in a difficult environment. It's about having the courage to invest and to develop technically and intellectually.

It currently represents about 100 manufactures responsible for the majority of the Italian output in this sector, which is sold worldwide. AMAFOND, in collaboration with ITA-Italian Trade Agency, organizes for the 2024 edition of EUROGUSS, the collective presence of a group of 20 companies. On show the technological and product innovations in the sector of die-casting, on a total of more than 550 square…

As always, AMAFOND, the Italian Association of Foundry Industry Suppliers, invited 310 registered participants to its annual convention on the last Friday in November. AMAFOND President Riccardo Ferrario welcomed the guests with his usual optimism, even with a clear view of the concerns and needs of the foundry industry in Italy, in Europe and particularly in Germany. Ferrario pointed out that the…

In a podcast in front of GIFA I was talking with Riccardo Ferrario, President of Italian AMAFOND and General Manager of IDRA about the Italian foundry industry, the challenges, and the chances. Riccardo carries out that there is a lot of work to be done and many changes to be made.

This year, Fonderia d'Arte Massimo Del Chiaro of Pietrasanta (Tuscany) - www.delchiaro.com - one of the most important artistic foundry in Italy, allows us to present at the Italian Pavilion in Hall 16 (booth n. 16F17) of Gifa some works from its classic art collection. Massimo del Chiaro's first experience began in 1949 at Fonderia Lera, where he was able to deepen the ancient method of lost wax, the only…

Founded in 1946, AMAFOND is the Italian association of foundry machinery and product suppliers. Among its members, Amafond counts the leading Italian manufacturers of industrial furnaces, green sand and no-bake plants, core shooters, gravity and low pressure plants, die casting machineries, moulds and cores and products for the ferrous and non-ferrous foundry industry. It currently represents about 100…

As AMAFOND President Riccardo Ferrario could not personally welcome the guests of the AMAFOND Convention at short notice, his deputy Dr. Piero Starita took over the role in his usual sovereign manner and recited Ferrario's text. The annual Amafond Congress is a great event that has become a traditional date over the years to stimulate discussion on the prospects of the foundry industry. In doing so, he…

On this occasion, elections were held for the renewal of the Executive Committee for the 2022- 2022 period: Riccardo Ferrario was confirmed as President of Amafond for a new term. He is the General Manager of Idra Group of Travagliato (Brescia area) since 2009, a company that boasts over 70 years of experience in the production of die casting machines and auxiliary equipment. The following people were…