Metalcasting Congress 2024: Celebrating Success and New Leadership
Metalcasting Congress not only witnessed groundbreaking discussions and innovations but also celebrated accomplished leaders and honored outstanding achievers within the metalcasting industry.
Read moreAFS Welcomes 19 New Corporate Members
The American Foundry Society, North America’s largest metalcasting association, today recognized 19 new Corporate Members. They bring AFS to its highest corporate membership count in more than 15 years.
AFS has a six-part focus of Member Success…
Summit Panel to Feature Waupaca, Dotson, D&L and Osco Executives
The American Foundry Society (AFS), North America’s largest metalcasting organization, today announced that the 2022 Foundry Leadership Summit will feature a panel on “Opportunities and Challenges Facing Metalcasters in 2023 and Beyond.”
The panel, to be moderated by AFS Immediate Past…
AFS Announces Recipients of Prestigious Management Awards
The American Foundry Society (AFS), North America’s largest metalcasting society, today announced the recipients of its prestigious management awards for 2022.
The selections are Jeet Radia (McWane) and Tom Teske (recently retired from EJ) for the Keating…
IJMC's 'Impact Factor' Grows 25%
The American Foundry Society’s peer-reviewed research journal continues to grow in stature and influence. For the fourth consecutive year, International Journal of Metalcasting (IJMC) improved its Impact Factor, growing 25% from 2020 to 2021. This follows subsequent increases of 34%,…
Safety basics and EHS immersion: 2 AFS conferences coming to Milwaukee in October
Two of the metalcasting industry’s premier EHS events will be presented together in Milwaukee this October.
Hosted by the American Foundry Society, the Safety 101 Seminar and the 34th Environmental, Health & Safety Conference will take place consecutively…
September Workshop to Offer Advanced Look at Cupola Operation
Iron metalcasters will go well beyond the basics of cupola operation during the 2022 Advanced Cupola Concepts Workshop, Sept. 27-28 in Tell City, Indiana.
Presented by the American Foundry Society, this interactive workshop will teach cupola operators how to…
AFS to Host Webinar on OSHA’s Revisions to Lead Standards on July 28
OSHA has begun the process of revising its standards for occupational exposure to lead, a move which will affect some nonferrous foundries. To help metalcasters stay informed about these proposed changes to the standards, AFS will host a Members-Only Webinar at 1 p.m. CT on Thursday,…
Milwaukee to Host 2022 Sand Casting Conference
The latest advances in sand casting technology will be at the forefront of the 2022 Sand Casting Conference, Sept. 12-14 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This thorough three-day conference from the American Foundry Society is led by experts in green sand casting and…
AFS Issues Call for Papers for Metalcasting Congress 2023
The American Foundry Society has issued a call for papers and presentations for the 127th Metalcasting Congress, April 25-27, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Metalcasting Congress is one of the foundry industry’s leading forums for knowledge-sharing and the presentation of…
AFS Announces Changes to Safe Year Award Criteria, New Deadline
AFS Safe Year Awards honor excellence in manufacturing safety. Recently, the AFS Safety and Health Committee determined that lost-time incidents due to COVID-19 are not a true reflection of a facility’s safety and health management and practices.
Therefore, for Safe Year Award…