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 moreAFS 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.
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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,…
AFS Commends Senate Passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Package, Urges Quick House Passage
The Senate approved a sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure package after weeks of negotiations on August 10, by a vote of 69-30 with 19 Republicans joining all Democrats.
The package provides much-needed new federal investments in a wide range of infrastructure projects. These…
AFS Issues Revised Economic Forecasts for Casting Sales
A new report from the American Foundry Society includes updated estimates for U.S. metalcasting sales in 2021 and beyond.
The AFS 2021 Mid-Year Forecast & Trends revises previous estimates for casting sales originally released in January. AFS compiles two economic…