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…

AFS Selling Foundry Artwork to Benefit FEF

Sales of new artwork celebrating the American Foundry Society’s 125th anniversary will benefit the Foundry Educational Foundation thanks to a generous gift from the AFS North Mexico Chapter.

“125 Years of AFS,” a striking oil…

New Business Development Manager to Focus on Member Success

A new member of the American Foundry Society Business Development team will focus on delivering superior services and supporting the success of corporate and individual members of AFS.

Kimberly Farrugia is the new AFS Business Development Manager, a role which includes serving as a…

AFS Technical Journal’s Influence Grows Again

For the third consecutive year, the International Journal of Metalcasting has grown in worldwide influence. AFS’ peer-reviewed technical and research journal saw its Impact Factor, a widely used measure of the number of times a journal is cited by researchers, grow 34% from 2019 to 2020,…