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.
AFS Corporate Member Grede, an MPG Inc. company, has been recognized with a 2016 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year–Energy Management Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year recognizes world class corporate energy management programs.
On March 24, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finalized its workplace exposure standard for crystalline silica for general industry that would sharply reduce the existing permissible exposure limit (PEL) for quartz.
The Grede Holdings LLC facility in St. Cloud, Minnesota, has earned Finance and Commerce’s Progress Minnesota 2016 Award as one of the companies, organizations and individuals driving business growth and economic development in Minnesota.
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The SE Regional gathered metalcasters in Charleston, South Carolina to hear discussions on relevant topics affecting the industry in 2016.
AFS has announced it has secured Charlie Cook, one of the nation’s leading authorities on U.S. elections and American political trends, as a keynote speaker during for the Government Affairs Conference.
The American Foundry Society is pleased to announce it has hired Dr. Zayna Connor as its new Vice President Technology.