A facility where components weighing several tons are cast daily — and now also produces honey? The Siempelkamp Foundry demonstrates how industrial value creation and nature can exist in harmony. By establishing beehives on its premises, the company is making sustainability tangible at its site. Siempelkamp Foundry, one of the largest hand-molding foundries in the world, has long contributed to sustainable…

While many industrial companies are shifting operations abroad, Hydrotec Technologies AG is making a clear statement in favor of Germany as a business location. In Wildeshausen, at the heart of Lower Saxony, we witnessed firsthand one of Europe’s most advanced iron foundries — a flagship project in a time of industrial transformation. From the moment you arrive, it becomes clear: this is more than just a…

Fudike, an iron foundry based in Ibarra, Northern Spain, has transformed the performance of its non-Wheelabrator hanger-type shot blast machine by upgrading to TITAN 15 Smart blast wheels from Wheelabrator. A full blast cycle now takes 5 minutes instead of 11, and the team are getting 2300 blasting hours out of a single set of wheel blades – more than triple the blade life of the previous wheels. Fudike…

Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel LLC, a manufacturer of reinforcing steel grades, is strategically upgrading its eight-strand Concast continuous caster at its facility in Sohar Port, Sultanate of Oman, to meet increasing demand from construction industry customers. This modernization strengthens the long-standing relationship between Jindal Shadeed and SMS. By leveraging SMS expertise, Jindal Shadeed will be…

Private Assets acquired the company, located in Abadiño near Bilbao, out of insolvency in July 2023 and subsequently restructured it successfully. Alongside the introduction of a rigorous cost management system, significant investments were made in operational organisation and technology. By reorganising and expanding its sales function, the company achieved a substantial increase in incoming orders. In…

CASTFAST, the only online platform dedicated exclusively to sourcing cast components, is urgently seeking foundries to join its supplier network in order to fulfill a rapidly growing pipeline of casting inquiries. Headquartered in Mainz, Germany, CASTFAST was founded in 2023 with the goal of radically simplifying the sourcing process for castings—by digitizing the quotation process and connecting foundries…

The WFO's biannual Technical Forum is a conference supported by the organization and hosted by one of its member countries in conjunction with its national conference. Following the 2023 edition in India, the latest forum was held in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), in connection with CastExpo 2025 and with the valued support and collaboration of the American Foundry Society (AFS). The estimated 6,000 attendees of…

Herborner has been relying on Laempe since 1985 – previously in the field of core shooting machines. With the new L3D-200, the company is now pursuing the strategic goal of additively manufacturing not only cores but also casting molds in-house in the future. The system is used for prototypes and small series, which are the norm in Herborner's production environment: The medium-sized family business is one…

Established by foundry technology experts DISA, the test facility will run production trials for new and existing castings to physically prove the green sand process meets both casting specifications and cost expectations. The test facility will also aid foundries producing iron castings. DISA president Ulla Hartvig Tønnesen, wants to make it easier for casting producers to unlock the potential of green…