The American Foundry Society, North America’s largest and most influential metalcasting trade association, today recognized 25 new Corporate Members who have recently joined the organization. AFS Corporate Members are comprised of metalcasters across all alloys and processes, industry suppliers, and casting designers and purchasers who support the association’s mission of Advocate-Educate-Innovate.
“At a time when the $44 billion metalcasting industry is facing the twin shocks of a recession and a pandemic, it is especially encouraging to see so many companies investing in AFS corporate membership,” said AFS CEO Doug Kurkul. “Our members recognize the value and importance of the AFS Corporate Member Advantage to provide business intelligence and technical resources, government affairs advocacy, preferred pricing on industry events, workforce training and development, and marketplace visibility.”
New AFS Corporate Members include:
- Air and Energy Systems Inc.
- American Pattern CNC Works
- Bernier Cast Metals Inc.
- Cheng Pao Foundry Co. Ltd.
- Cottingham & Butler
- Davis Alloys Manufacturing LLC
- Deseret Foundry
- Effort Foundry Inc.
- GridBeyond LLC
- Hawver Aluminum Foundry Inc.
- Industry 63
- KT-Grant Inc.
- Marcellus Metalcasters Inc.
- NRB Metals LLC
- Norwood Foundry Ltd.
- P W Gillibrand Co.
- Penn-Mar Castings Inc.
- Penticton Foundry Ltd
- Romac Industries Inc.
- SunCoke Energy Inc.
- Terves, Inc.
- Thomas Machine & Foundry Inc.
- Titan Metallurgy LLC
- Total Alloy Foundry Inc.
- Transvalor Americas Corp.
The AFS Corporate Member Advantage program is expanding in the next 30 days with new energy and healthcare purchasing programs, in addition to a doubling of the frequency of the AFS Metalcasting Forecast & Trends. This is in addition to the many longstanding Corporate Member benefits.
For information on becoming a Corporate Member of AFS, please contact Ben Yates, AFS Vice President of Business Development, at byates@afsinc.org or 800-537-4237 ext. 205.
Corporate Membership applications can be found here.
The American Foundry Society is a dynamic technical and advocacy organization that serves and represents the $33 billion metalcasting industry. AFS is the only association serving the entire industry, including all metals and processes, with a three-part focus on advocacy, education, and innovation. AFS also publishes Modern Casting and Casting Source magazines and presents Metalcasting Congress and CastExpo, the largest metalcasting trade events in North America. Founded in 1896, the organization is based in Schaumburg, Illinois, with an advocacy office in Washington, D.C. More information is available at afsinc.org.