AFS Announces Promotions for 3 Key Staff Leaders
SCHAUMBURG, IL -The American Foundry Society (AFS), North America’s largest metalcasting association, today announced promotions for three of its key staff leaders: Brian Began, Cathy Potts and Chris Oswald. The promotions reflect growth in responsibilities and contributions to the industry, as well as outstanding performance.
Read moreBrian Began Joins American Foundry Society as Vice President, Metalcasting Technical Services
The American Foundry Society announced today that Brian Began will join AFS on Oct. 25 as Vice President, Metalcasting Technical Services. Began comes to AFS from his current employer, ASM International.
Began brings a strong technical and business background to AFS, including:…
Outstanding foundry EHS achievements honored with division awards
Two eminent foundry EHS experts were among several dozen people and organizations honored by the AFS Environmental, Health & Safety Division at the 33rd EHS Conference in Alabama.
Craig Schmeisser was presented on Oct. 6 with the Childress-Loebler Lifetime…
AFS Actions on Biden Administration Vaccine & Testing Mandate
President Biden on Sept. 9 announced his intention to have OSHA implement an emergency standard requiring vaccines and testing at businesses with more than 100 employees. This mandate poses enormous logistical challenges for employers and employees, and may not be constitutional.
AFS…
AFS Opposes Tax Increases, New Mandates in Budget Reconciliation Package
The American Foundry Society is warning lawmakers that U.S. metalcasters will be harmed by a new federal spending package that would significantly hike the tax burden on businesses and stifle the nation’s economic recovery.
House committees finished marking up the Biden Administration’s…
IJMC, FEF partner on student research competition
Undergraduate metalcasting students can win money for college and receive publication credits as part of the newly relaunched IJMC/FEF Student Research Competition.
New for the 2021-2022 school year, this competition replaces prior contests with an updated presentation format…
Some U.S. Foundries Subject to Administration’s New Employee Vaccination Requirement
A new COVID-19 vaccine requirement recently announced by President Joe Biden will affect some U.S. metalcasters.
Biden announced a six-point initiative on Sept. 9 intended to boost vaccinations, increase testing, and make COVID-19 treatments more widely available. Of particular interest…
Upgraded Alloy Database Project Goes Live
An online database of alloy properties has been upgraded thanks to a partnership between AFS, the American Metalcasting Consortium, and the Defense Logistics Agency.
Casting Alloy Data Search, commonly referred to as CADS, is a tool to assist design and foundry…
Exhibit Sales Open for CastExpo 2022, First Major Metalcasting Show Since 2019
Companies across the worldwide foundry supply chain will build brands and close deals at CastExpo 2022, North America’s largest metalcasting trade show and the first of its kind since 2019.
…For Aluminum Foundries: New AFS Book Tackles Inclusions in Baths and Castings
The newest book from AFS promises to be a must-have technical resource for aluminum foundries and the companies that serve them.
Released in print this month, Molten Aluminum Cleanliness — Minimizing Inclusions in Baths and Castings by Rafael Gallo tackles two major…
Engineering/Smart Manufacturing Division Creates New Working Groups
The AFS Engineering and Smart Manufacturing Division has launched several new working groups focused on smart manufacturing in metalcasting. Following up on the recent AFS Foundry Industry 4.0 conference, AFS held a virtual roundtable meeting on smart manufacturing in early August,…