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.

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.

Ted Schorn has a story to tell about visual inspection, and he’s sharing it three ways: in a course sponsored by AFS, at the AFS Aluminum Casting Conference, and in a new book.

OSHA’s crystalline silica rule did not clearly state which types of industrial sweepers are permitted under its new standard. For the past several months, AFS and its attorney have been engaged in conversations with OSHA staff and their attorneys in order to clarify the types of sweepers that are acceptable under the rule.

The deadline to book a hotel room for the 2018 Aluminum Casting Conference has been extended to Oct. 10.

Conference attendees can reserve a room at the Crowne Plaza Knoxville at the AFS-negotiated group rate until Oct. 10. After that date, attendees should contact the hotel’s reservations manager at 865-522-2600, ext. 2330.