Article also available in The Dutch, Belgian and German foundry union as well as the VDMA had invited to the “Große Gießereitechnische Tagung 2008” which was held from April, 16th until the 18th of 2008 in Aachen. Already during the pre program on April, 16th many of the conference attendants used the opportunity to visit factories (see list below) which partly offered an interesting view of the…