New Affinity Program Provides AFS Members with Exclusive Shipping Benefits
The American Foundry Society (AFS) has announced a new member affinity partnership with Worldwide Express (WWEX), providing AFS Corporate Members access to exclusive shipping benefits designed to improve logistics efficiency and reduce costs.
Read moreSt. Croix Castings Honored
St. Croix Castings, Inc., Woodville, Wisconsin, has been named the 2015 “Small Business of the Year” by the St. Croix (Wisconsin) County Economic Development Corp. St. Croix Castings sells aluminum castings in both sand and permanent molds.
"St. Croix Castings is well-regarded as a foundry…
Taurus 80 Opening Illinois Diecasting Operation
Taurus 80, Torino, Italy, is setting up its first U.S.-based facility, Taurus Die Casting LLC, in Rockford, Illinois.
The zinc die caster is hiring 37 full-time workers and will invest $6.4 million into a 44,000-sq.-ft. facility. Taurus 80 manufactures zinc diecast parts and employs 268…
Hillary Clinton Visits UNI Metal Casting Center
On Dec. 9, 2015, former First Lady and current Democratic candidate for president Hillary Clinton visited the University of Northern Iowa Metal Casting Center at the Cedar Valley, Iowa TechWorks campus in Waterloo, Iowa. There, she saw the University of Northern Iowa’s Additive Manufacturing…
Registration Opens for CastExpo’16 and Metalcasting Congress
CastExpo’16 online registration is now open for exhibitors and attendees. CastExpo’16, to be held April 16-19 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will be the largest metalcasting industry event of 2016, offering attendees access to the whole metalcasting supply chain…
Metal Technologies and Quimmco Agree to Form Joint Venture
Metal Technologies (MTI), an Auburn, Ind.-based metalcaster, and Quimmco, a Mexican industrial conglomerate, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly own and operate Quimmco’s Blackhawk de México, S.A. de C.V. (Blackhawk), an iron foundry located in Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon,…
OSHA Activates Injury Reporting Form on Website
On December 24, 2015, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced its long delayed online injury reporting form is now available to employers to satisfy the agency's recordkeeping rule (29 C.F.R. 1904.39) requiring employers to provide notification of fatalities…