The American Foundry Society was founded in 1896 and has grown to an international organization of approximately 9,000 members in 47 countries. Forty-Eight local chapters and 34 student chapters in the United States, Canada and Mexico are affiliated with AFS.

The American Foundry Society offers individual and corporate memberships. Benefits of membership vary by type, but include discounts on AFS publications and events, career development opportunities, and assistance and information in human resources, employee relations and management. To view a 20-minute webinar on the many benefits of  AFS Membership, click here.

In its mission to be the leader of the global metalcasting industry, AFS must prove its value every day.  Whether this value is education, marketing or representation, if AFS is successful in its mission and creates value, those in the metalcasting industry will want to follow the AFS example and become members.  They will want to SECURE OUR INDUSTRY'S FUTURE.

AFS publishes a printed newsletter and a weekly emailed newsletter to inform its members and the metalcasting community of current events and news. Past issues can be viewed here.

With 48 local chapters and 34 student chapters, AFS provides the means for you to network with local metalcasters.  

Metalcasting is a process in which molten metal is poured into a mold (often of complex geometry) to produce a usable good or component. A wide variety of casting processes (utilizing molds made of sand, metal dies and ceramics) and metal choices can be combined to serve unique geometric and economic objectives for the final product. While all metals can be cast, the most predominant are iron, aluminum, steel and copper-base alloys.