Pennsylvania Lawmaker Lloyd Smucker to Receive AFS Congressional Champion Award
SCHAUMBURG, IL - The American Foundry Society (AFS) today announced it will present the AFS Congressional Champion Award to Rep. Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania’s 11th District on June 10 in a reception at the Capitol Hill Club in the nation’s capital. Rep. Smucker is the second of several lawmakers to be announced who will receive the prestigious award, along with the previously announced Rep. Jake Ellzey (TX-6).
Read morePresident signs executive order to encourage increased federal purchases of iron, steel and aluminum used for infrastructure
President Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 31, 2019, to encourage federal agencies to require the use of more American-made products in infrastructure projects they help finance. The order directs federal agencies to encourage recipients of loans, loan guarantees, grants and interest…
How to recognize and prevent hypothermia and how to outfit your car for safe driving in cold and snow
Frigid temps across the country have created unsafe conditions. AFS has some professional advice from its health and safety expert, Juliette Garesché.
During the current bout of severe cold weather, frostbite and hypothermia are serious problems. Tips follow for working in the cold…Air Products Foundation to donate to AFS Institute for each visitor at CastExpo
The American Foundry Society Institute, formerly the Cast Metals Institute, is pleased to announce it is receiving a generous donation from Air Products of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to support the Institute’s training for innovation in the workforce for the metalcasting industry.
The Air…
AFS board member talks unfair Chinese trade practices on Fox News
AFS Board Member Brad Muller appeared on Fox News Jan. 22 to discuss the theft of intellectual property by state-subsidized Chinese businesses.
Muller, vice president of marketing for AFS Corporate Member Charlotte Pipe and Foundry (Charlotte, North Carolina), told Fox…
OSHA publishes crystalline silica Frequently Asked Questions for general industry
On Jan. 22, 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) concerning the agency’s final rule regulating occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica in general industry.
For months, the American Foundry…
Casting designers and buyers: Metalcasting Congress has programs for you
AFS is offering a compelling educational program for casting designers, buyers and specifiers at Metalcasting Congress 2020, April 21-23 at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
The demand for these sessions at last year’s event drove attendance past expectations by 33%.…
EHS Division honors award-winners
A new award for green foundries and a lifetime achievement award for AFS 2nd Vice President Mike Lenahan were among the honors presented by the EHS Division at the AFS 30th Environmental, Health & Safety Conference in Ohio Oct. 9-11.
The Green Foundry Case Study Awards recognize AFS…
Column: Improve your leadership IQ
Editor's note: This column’s author, talent management expert Margaret Graziano of Keen Alignment, presented at the 2018 Future Leaders of Metalcasting Meeting in Mankato, Minnesota. She will be a speaker at the FLM event at CastExpo 2019 at 1:30 p.m on April 28 in Atlanta, GA.
Being an…
From the CEO: Technical and research leadership at AFS
Doug Kurkul is CEO of the American Foundry Society.
Unique among its peers, the American Foundry Society is four organizations in one: a) A professional technical society, b) an industry advocacy organization, c) a provider of quality educational services, and d) a publisher of a broad…
Industry earns wins on water infrastructure, sweepers
A new water infrastructure law and an agreement from OSHA on non-HEPA sweepers highlight recent policy victories for the metalcasting industry.
A comprehensive infrastructure bill backed by AFS won resounding support from Congress. America’s Water Infrastructure Act (S. 3021) provides…