AFS announces 15 new Corporate Members
The American Foundry Society, North America’s leading metalcasting trade association and professional society, announced 15 new Corporate Members have joined from February to April this year.
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Stormwater seminar to help metalcasters create defensible compliance process
When it comes to stormwater regulations, non-compliance can cost foundries hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and leave them vulnerable to expensive third-party lawsuits. An upcoming seminar from the American Foundry Society aims to teach metalcasters about defensible compliance processes, a necessity for every U.S. foundry.
Modern Casting Wins Magazine Awards
Modern Casting staff earned two writing awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) at the Upper Midwest Region awards banquet in Chicago on April 19. Called the AZBEES, the awards recognize excellence in journalistic reporting for business-to-business and trade publications.
AFS announces new chief technical services officer
Following a nationwide search, the American Foundry Society is pleased to announce the promotion of Steve Robison to chief technical services officer.
New AFS Website Provides Enhanced Online Experience
The American Foundry Society has launched a new website that serves the needs and advances the interests of the modern metalcasting industry. In aligning with the association’s strategic direction, the new afsinc.org now has a greater focus on several key elements: much-improved navigation for users, streamlined information about careers in metalcasting, a clear presentation of the economic importance of the industry to our modern quality of life, and one-stop access to information for casting designers and buyers.
Cleveland to host 2020 Metalcasting Trade Show & Conference
The American Foundry Society has announced the 124th Metalcasting Congress will be held April 21-23, 2020, at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio. The last time Cleveland hosted the show was in 1974. Columbus was the last Ohio city to host the event, in 2012.
Women in Metalcasting Presents Inaugural Award at Metalcasting Congress
The inaugural Women in Metalcasting Award for Excellence was presented April 4 at the 2018 Metalcasting Congress in Fort Worth, Texas, to American Foundry Society President Jean Bye. Bye, president and CEO of Dotson Iron Castings (Mankato, Minnesota), is the first woman to serve as AFS president.
Safety Awards
Submissions for AFS Millionaires Safety Award & the AFS Metalcasting Safe Year Award.
Winners of AFS/FEF Student Technology Contest Announced at Metalcasting Congress
Two students shared first prize in the 2018 AFS/FEF Student Technology Contest at the 122nd Metalcasting Congress in Fort Worth, Texas, April 4.
Trevor Constance from Missouri University of Science & Technology and David Sánchez from Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo were named co-winners of the annual competition, which required students to create digital posters of their metalcasting research and present their projects at Congress.
AFS Presents Industry Awards at Congress
The American Foundry Society recognized leaders and luminaries in the field of metalcasting during the 122nd Metalcasting Congress, April 3-5 in Fort Worth, Texas.
The AFS Board of Awards presented the metalcasting industry’s top honor, the Gold Medal Awards, to John R. Keough, P.E., and David V. Neff, Ph.D.
Keough, proprietor of Joyworks LLC (Ann Arbor, Michigan), was awarded the Thomas W. Pangborn Gold Medal “for pioneering efforts in the advancement of the marketing of metal castings through the education of current and future customers.”