AFS Begins Work on Aluminum Casting Performance Initiative (ACPI) Projects
AFS announced that contracting for three new projects as part of the Aluminum Casting Performance Initiative FY2024 funding package has been finalized. These projects will provide a critical step towards improving reliability and quality of aluminum casting methods.
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CastingConnection, an open forum initiated by AFS four years ago, is an outstanding individual member benefit available to all individual AFS members.
The open forum serves two purposes: it provides members with wonderful discussion context in which individual members may solicit…
Experience powerful metalcasting relationships at summit
The Foundry Leadership Summit (formerly the Foundry Leadership Conference) brings metalcasting industry leaders together for the best in networking, facilitated discussions, and presentations for a unique annual experience.
“I’ve always felt it’s one of the premier events that we have…
It's time to advocate for metalcasting
With hundreds of new lawmakers and congressional staff on Capitol Hill, it’s time to stand together as an industry.
At the AFS Government Affairs Fly-In, June 11-12 in Washington, D.C., attendees will hear from policy experts, meet with lawmakers, and call for commonsense policies…
Wisconsin Chapter looks toward tomorrow at Regional
In its 81st year, the AFS Wisconsin Regional kicked off with AFS President Jean Bye (Dotson Iron Castings) announcing the direction of AFS and the success of the metalcasting industry.
The Wisconsin Chapter’s Vice President and 2019 Regional Chair, Mike Kamin (Carpenter Brothers Inc.),…
Column: Great stories to tell
By Doug Kurkul, AFS CEO
Every day, nearly 200,000 people go to work in America’s foundries, producing the complex engineered parts that are essential to modern life. From this economic activity – which constitutes a $33 billion industry – emerge countless great stories. One of the roles…
See the future of metalcasting at CastExpo
Six-thousand people. More than 400 exhibitors. Dozens of technical and management sessions. A show floor measuring 106,000 square feet. And it’s all happening in one place: CastExpo 2019, April 27-30, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
As North America’s largest…
AFS opposes proposed hike in costs to finance equipment and machinery
The American Foundry Society (AFS) opposes a Treasury Department proposal that would make it more expensive for manufacturers, including metalcasters, to finance the purchase of depreciable equipment by limiting interest deductions four years earlier than Congress intended.
Speaking up…
AFS exceeds 900 corporate members, welcomes new businesses
The American Foundry Society’s corporate membership has grown to more than 900 for the first time in more than a decade. This base of corporate members includes foundries, industry suppliers, and purchasers of castings who have chosen to align themselves with AFS.
“AFS is doing…
What are the Future Directions in Steel Castings?
The American Foundry Society will sponsor a steel-castings workshop this July for the first time in more than 15 years. As technological advancements and other developments continue to shape steel casting, this one-day workshop will explore emerging trends in steel.
Future Directions in…
Milwaukee, Columbus to hold North America’s largest metalcasting events
The American Foundry Society, a dynamic trade and professional association serving the $33 billion metalcasting industry, has chosen Milwaukee and Columbus as host cities for Metalcasting Congress 2021 and CastExpo 2022, respectively.
Milwaukee will host the 125th …