Texas Lawmaker Jake Ellzey 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. Jake Ellzey of Texas’s 6th District on June 10 in a reception at the Capitol Hill Club in the nation’s capital. Ellzey is the first of several lawmakers to be announced who will receive the prestigious award.
Read moreCongressman Works to Include Language in Appropriations Bill Requiring OSHA to Conduct Additional Reviews Before Finalizing Silica Standard
Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) is circulating a Dear Colleague letter in the House of Representatives urging lawmakers to sign a letter to the House Appropriations Committee requesting the Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Labor funding bill include language that would prohibit funding for OSHA to…
AFS Hires New Vice President Technology
Schaumburg, Ill. The American Foundry Society (AFS) is pleased to announce it has hired Dr. Zayna Connor as its new Vice President Technology. Coming on board March 7, Connor will immediately begin her transition with current Vice President Technical Services, Tom Prucha. Prucha will be retiring…
Linamar, GF Automotive Choose North Carolina for New Operation
Linamar Corp., Guelph, Ontario, and GF Automotive, a division of Georg Fischer AG, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, announced they will place jointly owned GF Linamar LLC’s new aluminum diecasting facility in Mills River, North Carolina.
GF Linamar LLC will provide large light metal high-…
AFS Hosts Metalcasting Supply Chain, Supplier Summits
On February 15-17, AFS hosted the annual Metalcasting Supply Chain and Metalcasting Supplier Summits at the Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport.
The Supply Chain Summit, held Feb. 15-16, featured presentations for casting buyers and designers to provide expert advice on how to optimize casting…
AFS Metal Casting Photo Contest Deadline Extended to March 15
AFS is excited to announce its annual online metal casting photo contest deadline has been extended to March 15!
The premise of the contest is simple. Send AFS your best photo of a metal casting (outside of a metalcasting operation) and you are automatically entered. All you have to do is…
Tennessee Company Expanding, Expected to Add 20 Positions
Tennessee Tool & Engineering Inc., Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is adding 10,000 sq.-ft. of manufacturing space and is expected to create 20 jobs. The addition is to the company’s diecasting division.
According to a news release, Tennessee Tool & Engineering will have almost 90,000 sq. ft…
AFS Staff Share Metalcasting With Fifth and Sixth Graders
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.
…Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Highlights AFS Wisconsin Regional
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. The event was…
AFS Withdraws From Copper Alloy Research Project
The American Foundry Society has officially withdrawn from the Advisory Committee of a copper alloy research project due to concerns over the reliability of the research. The project, Alternatives Analysis of Lead-Free Substitutes to Lead-Bearing Brass Components in the Potable Water Supply…
Supreme Court Blocks EPA’s Clean Power Plan for the Electricity Sector
On Tuesday, February 9, the U.S. Supreme Court halted the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) landmark carbon rule for power plants while it's being challenged in court. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court granted a legal stay to states, business groups and energy…