On Thursday, March 8, President Trump officially signed two proclamations enacting tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum. The tariffs are set to take effect on March 23, 2018, and contain an initial exemption for Canada and Mexico, as the administration seeks broader trade concessions from both countries as it renegotiates the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

One of the foremost experts in quality inspection has released a new book through the American Foundry Society.

Data from a five-year, $1 million project from the American Foundry Society is being presented this week for inclusion in the Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS) handbook.

American Foundry Society members have full access to a wide array of resources designed to guide them toward compliance with OSHA’s new, more restrictive, crystalline silica rule:

Designers and buyers of metal castings can learn from industry experts, network with their peers and make new business connections at American Foundry Society’s Metalcasting Congress, April 3-5 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Professionals in the field of component design and purchasing, Metalcasting Congress offers a wide range of alloys and processes, lots of foundry expertise packed into a small footprint, and perhaps most importantly, an educational track focused on designing, specifying, and buying metal castings.

In a victory for industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in January eliminated the “once in, always in” policy under the Clean Air Act.

The policy required “major sources” -- facilities that release at least 10 tons per year of a single hazardous air pollutant or 25 tons of any combination of HAPs each year –- to comply with applicable maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards in perpetuity, even when they reduced emissions below major-source thresholds.

Jean Bye, president and CEO, Dotson Iron Castings, will share a keynote speech at the AFS 2018 Metalcasting Congress on the challenging story of how the Dotson foundry and its employees responded to a disastrous fire.