Watertown Daily Times: AFS Corporate Member Spuncast supports industrial education in Watertown, WI
With help from local industry, Watertown High School's manufacturing courses are getting a makeover for the 2018-19 school year.
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KEYC: Dotson Iron Castings, AFS Corporate Member, shows students the value of a career in metalcasting with support for museum exhibit
You normally wouldn't let your kids pour molten metal or operate a heavy crane, but the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota is letting kids do all those things, and more!
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JD Supra: AFS commended for good work to improve safety management
I wish that time permitted us to write more often about the good work done by various groups to improve workplace safety and management. Notable examples include AGC–National and numerous state AGC-Chapters, the National Safety Council, State safety summits or “Governors Safety Conferences,” such as those in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky and Indiana; TAUC, NBWA, American Foundry Society, American Poultry Association, and many others.
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Crain's Cleveland Business: American Foundry Society's 2020 annual meeting and trade show will take place in Cleveland
The American Foundry Society is bringing its annual meeting and industry showcase to Cleveland for the first time in more than 40 years.
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Foundry Planet: Good economic situation for the foundry industry - interview with AFS CEO Doug Kurkul
The North American economy is growing at the fastest rate in nine years, thanks to a number of factors, including the adoption of pro-growth policies in the United States, and more reasonable regulatory policies at the Environmental Protection Agency. The metalcasting industry in North America is experiencing similarly strong growth across nearly all foundry sectors. metalcasters.
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Foundry Planet: Jean Bye becomes president of American Foundry Society, first woman to hold the office
Bye is president and CEO of Dotson Iron Castings in Mankato, Minnesota. Formerly the vice president of the AFS Board of Directors, she succeeds President Patricio Gil, who is CEO of Blackhawk de Mexico (Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico).
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Business Journal: AFS participates in 3-D research project to replace parts on aging Air Force aircraft
A consortium made up of Youngstown State University, research and academic institutions, manufacturers, and major players in the defense industry has completed the first phase of a project that uses additive manufacturing to replace parts on aging Air Force aircraft, officials announced Wednesday.
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Grand Haven Tribune: AFS Western Michigan Chapter shows middle school students to mold the future
Members of the West Michigan Chapter of the American Foundry Society and local foundry workers volunteered in Stahl’s industrial arts class for “foundry in a box” on Tuesday.
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Foundry Planet: AFS Corporate Member Magaldi invites attendees to its booth at Metalcasting Congress
Sponsored by the American Foundry Society (AFS), the Metalcasting Congress is North America’s largest event for the metalcasting industry, combining an exhibition of industry suppliers with technical presentations from the main experts around the world.
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Public Now: AFS Publishes Book From Quality Inspection Expert Ted J. Schorn
One of the foremost experts in quality inspection has released a new book through the American Foundry Society.