The metalcasting industry comes together every three years at CastExpo, the largest metalcasting trade show and congress in North America, to meet new customers, to network with all the contacts they haven’t seen in three years, to see the best in new foundry equipment, and to discover new business opportunities. Metalcasting success starts with CastExpo 2019, and registration is open today.

The Foundry Leadership Conference is coming to Michigan next year.

Hosted annually by the American Foundry Society, this popular event for industry executives and other leaders will be Sept. 22-24, 2019, at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Traverse City, Michigan.

About 15 years ago, Ted Schorn wasn’t able to easily find materials about visual inspection. His company, Enkei America, produces aluminum wheels for the automotive industry, and it was important for them to use inspection to find defects recognizable by a trained employee.

Fifty professionals and students from across the U.S. and Mexico attended the annual FLM Meeting this week in Mankato, Minnesota, hosted by Dotson Iron Castings, Oct. 15-17. It was the largest gathering of Future Leaders of Metalcasting in the past several years.

In an exciting development for AFS, the AFS Cupola Committee held its first ever Advanced Cupola Concepts Seminar Oct. 10 at McWane Ductile Foundry in Coshocton, Ohio. 

Kaihan Krippendorff will serve as the opening keynote speaker at CastExpo 2019, April 27-30, in Atlanta. Krippendorff is the founder of the Outthinker Roundtables with a reputation as a thought-leader and battle-tested consultant. He is a sought-after keynote speaker on the topics of business strategy, growth, transformation and innovation.