The American Foundry Society Institute, formerly the Cast Metals Institute, is pleased to announce it is receiving a generous donation from Air Products of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to support the Institute’s training for innovation in the workforce for the metalcasting industry.

AFS Board Member Brad Muller appeared on Fox News Jan. 22 to discuss the theft of intellectual property by state-subsidized Chinese businesses. 

The American Foundry Society has released a pair of reports detailing standard compensation practices in North American metalcasting plants. The reports can be used by foundries to attract and retain employees and negotiate union contracts.

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — Today, American Foundry Society CEO Doug Kurkul, AFS President Jean Bye, and Eric Meyers, chairman of the AFS Government Affairs Committee, welcomed the newly convened 116th Congress. 

“AFS looks forward to working with lawmakers to address important metalcasting legislative and regulatory issues in the coming year,” Kurkul said. “It’s important that both new and returning members of Congress understand and appreciate the unique value of the metalcasting industry to manufacturing and the U.S. economy.”

A limited number of unique, high-profile sponsorships are available for North America’s largest metalcasting trade show and Congress, CastExpo 2019.

Offered exclusively to AFS Corporate Members, these sponsorships are great ways to reach the 6,000 foundry personnel, executives, purchasers and other attendees expected at CastExpo 2019, April 27-30 in Atlanta.

As momentum grows for CastExpo 2019, the continent’s largest metalcasting trade show and congress, exhibitors are asking for more space.