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AFS and its endorsed insurance and risk management broker, Willis HRH, have announced the HR Solutions Casting Care program, intended to help Corporate Members control health care costs.
Key aspects of HR Solutions Casting Care include:
- a health benefit program with premiums tailored to each employer;
- financial protection with an A+ rated carrier;
- multiple design options through a PPO, EPO or high-deductible plan with a health savings account or health reimbursement arrangement;
- the ability to save up to 10-15% by eliminating costly state mandated benefits;
- potential savings annually for good claims experience;
- cost-effective claims processing administered by a fully automated third party administrator.
This program is intended to complement HR Solutions, an AFS corporate member service designed to use the cumulative strength of the U.S. metalcasting industry to offer competitive and cost-effective employee benefits and risk management solutions.
For more information on the HR Solutions Casting Care program, contact Leo Baran at 800/537-4237 x 201 or
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The quarterly technical journal of the American Foundry Society (AFS), the International Journal of Metalcasting (IJMC), has been given the distinct honor of being accredited by Thomson Reuters, a world renowned information source. In addition to being accepted as an accredited source of technical information, the IJMC now is included in the Thomson Reuters research and citation database.
The database provides a platform for finding scholarly peer-reviewed materials–materials that are unbiased, current and accurate, and achieve a level of quality not reached by solely searching the internet. It also is used to evaluate the scientific performance of authors.
“The IJMC continues to strive to be the global leader in transfer and dissemination of research and technology for the global metalcasting industry,” said Tom Prucha, AFS vice president of technical services. “It also is important that our authors have the best platform to present their work and that our readers are being presented the best information available. That is why we will continue to pursue the widest coverage for our product. Being selected for database indexing is a testament to the quality of the journal, our editorial review board and our contributing authors.”
In addition to Reuters, the IJMC also is included in three other databases: Chemical Abstracts, ProQuest and EBSCO. These links can be found by visiting http://www.metalcastingjournal.com/.
For more information or to subscribe to the IJMC, contact AFS customer service at 800/537-4237 or visit the AFS e-store at www.afsinc.org/estore.
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Climate change legislation and greenhouse gas regulatory requirements that could impact the metalcasting industry are receiving increased attention and focus in Washington, D.C. The AFS Committee for Air Quality (10-E) greenhouse gas emissions working group has prepared a tool for metalcasting facilities to calculate their direct greenhouse gas emissions from fuel consumption. The tool can be downloaded from the AFS website by clicking here.
The primary purpose of this tool is to generate a preliminary estimate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a metalcasting facility. The tool is not intended to be a substitute for a detailed GHG inventory or to meet the reporting and other requirements of any current or future local, state, or federal laws or regulations. The GHG estimate can, however, help a facility determine how Climate Change legislation and GHG emissions regulations may impact their business.
For more information, contact Jeff Hannapel, AFS Washington Office, at
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In an effort to further promote beneficial reuse of sand in the metalcasting industry, the American Foundry Society (AFS) is announcing a new consortium with Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today (FIRST). The new organization, which is now called AFS-FIRST, is currently developing a plan to aid the metalcasting industry in recycling 50% of sand used in its facilities by 2015.
Beyond that goal, other organizational purposes include:
- Promotion of the reduction, reuse and recycling of metalcasting industry by-products through education, research and information dissemination;
- Development of educational partnerships with governmental agencies, universities, industry associations and other corporations;
- Conducting and sponsoring research in cooperation with governmental agencies, universities, industry associations and other corporations.
“AFS is proud to work with FIRST on this new consortium,” said Jerry Call, AFS executive vice president. “One of the immediate goals of AFS-FIRST is to develop the necessary tools to help metalcasting facilities increase the amount of sand they recycle annually. In addition, we are working on ways to find more outlets for by-products of metalcasting operations. As things progress, we feel the industry will find itself in a better position to reduce its cost of operations due to recycling sand.”
In addition, AFS will be working on integrating the existing FIRST website from its current domain, which can be located at http://www.foundryrecycling.org/, to www.afsinc.org/first.
For more information, contact Dave Krugman, AFS PR and marketing coordinator, at 800/537-4237 x 286 or
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AFS will be producing a free webinar on hearing conservation July 9 at 11 a.m. EST. The goal of this webinar is to help prevent employee hearing loss in metalcasting facilities as well as educate on OSHA requirements for a hearing conservation program. Topics will include:
- Assessing employee noise exposures;
- Elements of hearing conservation programs;
- Selection of hearing protectors and new noise reduction rating labels;
- Education & training.
To register for this webinar, click here or contact Dave Krugman, AFS PR and marketing coordinator, at 800/537-4237 x 286 or
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