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 moreBrembo Conducts First Pour in New Michigan Facility
Brembo has conducted the first pour at its new cast-iron casting facility in Homer, Michigan.
The pour was a test of the systems in the facility to make sure they are functioning. It is the initial step before the ramping up of production begins.
According to a news release, the…
Meridian Lightweight Technologies, Fiat Win Casting of the Year
Meridian Lightweight Technologies and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles have won the AFS/Metal Casting Design & Purchasing Casting of the Year award for their liftgate closure inner casting for the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica. The casting is a collaboration between Fiat, Meridian and Thai Summit America…
Waupaca CEO Gigante Retiring, to be Replaced by Nikolai
Waupaca Foundry values its culture. It likes knowing that its employees, everybody from the top to the bottom, appreciate what Waupaca values and is trying to accomplish.
The same goes for parent company Hitachi Metals, which sees the importance of promotions to keep continuity and local…
Metalcasting Industry Gathers for CastExpo’16
AFS hosted CastExpo’16 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, April 16-19. The four-day event featured more than 460 exhibitors on the show floor, keynote speeches, technical presentations and AFS institute courses.
"There was an exceptionally positive vibe on the show floor…
Spartan Once Again Honored by Toyota
Spartan Light Metal Products, St. Louis, was recognized with an Excellent Quality Performance Award from Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (TEMA) at its Annual Supplier Business Meeting.
Spartan Light Metal’s Hannibal, Missouri plant has been recognized for…
Grede Indiana Facility Honored
Grede, Southfield, Michigan, announced that its facility in New Castle, Indiana, has been given Ford Motor Company’s Q1 Award, which recognizes outstanding quality and performance. According to a news release, the Ford Q1 award means the facility has achieved excellence in “product quality,…
AFS Member Voices Industry’s Concerns With OSHA’s Silica Rule at House Hearing
On April 19, the House Committee on Education Workforce Protections Subcommittee held a hearing on the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) recently finalized crystalline silica rule and the impact it will have on the nation’s workplaces.
AFS member Janis…
Wisconsin Company Expanding Facility
Fall River Group, Fall River, Wisconsin, announced it will be constructing a 60,000 sq.-ft. addition to the Fall River Foundry facility in Fall River. The machining operations currently in Milwaukee will be in the addition.
According to a news release, “the move is targeted to increase the…
AFS Launching eLearning & Library Subscription Program
AFS and its Institute are introducing a new training and knowledge program that gives businesses full control over their education through a new subscription-based online learning system as well as unlimited access to the world’s largest metalcasting library.
With an AFS eLearning &…
AFS Holds Webinar on OSHA’s New Silica Rule, Readies Industry for Compliance
On April 12, AFS hosted a Silica webinar to help the metalcasting industry navigate OSHA’s new crystalline silica rule.
In the webinar Tom Slavin, CIH, CSP, CSHM, Slavin OSH Group, outlined what is included in the final silica rule, how the final rulemaking differs from the proposed rule,…