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.
Read moreTennessee 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The American Foundry Society has officially withdrawn from the Advisory Committee of a copper alloy research project due to concerns over the reliability of the research.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…
EEOC Releases New Reporting Requirements on Employee Pay
On Friday, January 29, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) unveiled a new proposed rule which would require companies with more than 100 employees to submit employee W-2 earnings and hours worked. Private sector employers currently have to file an EEO-1 Report, which…
Deadlines Extended for Affordable Care Act’s 2015 Information Reporting Requirements
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Notice 2016-4, which extends the deadlines for the 2015 information reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
ACA includes new information reporting requirements under IRC sections 6055 and 6056…
House Passes Bill To Eliminate Burdensome Rules
The House approved an AFS supported measure on Jan. 7 requiring retrospective reviews of federal regulations to eliminate burdensome rules and preventing new regulations from being enacted without repeal of an existing regulation. The measure, Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are…
AFS Supported Regulatory Reform Bill Approved by House
On January 6, 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act (H.R. 712) by a vote of 244 – 173. The AFS supported bill would require greater judicial and public scrutiny for “sue-and-settle” deals reached by federal agencies as…
AFS Finalizes CEO Transition Plan
New AFS CEO Doug Kurkul
The American Foundry Society (AFS) is pleased to announce it has hired Doug Kurkul to be its new CEO effective May 1, following a period of transition with current CEO Jerry Call. In 2015, Call announced he would be retiring on June 30, 2016.
“We…