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.
The Casting Source Directory provides listings of 2,500 metalcasters in North America serving all markets. Search by geographic location, casting process or alloy. The guide also includes casting reference materials for all processes and alloys
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.
On February 15-17, AFS hosted the annual Metalcasting Supply Chain and Metalcasting Supplier Summits in Chicago, Ill.
AFS is excited to announce its annual online metal casting photo contest deadline has been extended to March 15! All you have to do is send AFS your best photo of a metal casting (outside of a metalcasting operation) and you are automatically entered.
Staff from the American Foundry Society took Foundry in a Box on the road to James B. Conant High School, Schaumburg, Illinois, on Feb. 7 to share the metalcasting industry with fifth and sixth grade girls as part of the District 211 Girls in Engineering, Math and Science (GEMS) Conference.
The AFS Wisconsin Regional, held Feb. 10-12 and presented by the Wisconsin, Stateline and Northeastern Wisconsin AFS chapters, gathered metalcasters and the casting supply chain in the region together to meet with exhibitors and hear discussions on relevant topics to the industry.