The American Metalcasting Consortium (AMC) has finalized its release of the 2016 Metalcasting Industry Roadmap. The project culminates a two-year industry collaboration to identify future research and development needs to accelerate the growth of advanced manufacturing in the U.S.
AFS presented Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Reps. Bob Gibbs (R-OH) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI) with the Metalcasting Industry Eagle Award during the industry’s Government Affairs Conference in Washington, D.C.
AFS exhibited at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) RAPID conference in Orlando, Florida, May 17-19
On Wednesday, May 11, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its final rule to expand electronic recordkeeping requirements for workplace injury and illness data.
AFS announces its participation in the national advocacy and educational event, Infrastructure Week, which takes place from May 16-23.
Meridian Lightweight Technologies and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles have won the AFS/Metal Casting Design & Purchasing Casting of the Year award for their liftgate closure inner casting for the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica.
AFS hosted CastExpo’16 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, April 16-19. The four-day event featured more than 460 exhibitors on the show floor, keynote speeches, technical presentations and AFS institute courses.
AFS and its Institute are introducing a new training and knowledge program that gives businesses full control over their education through a new subscription-based online learning system as well as unlimited access to the world’s largest metalcasting library.
The annual AFS award winners have been announced by the AFS Board of Directors for presentation at CastExpo’16 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 16-19.
On April 4, 2016, the American Foundry Society (AFS) and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit Court to review the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) new respirable crystalline silica rule.