Column: Great stories to tell

By Doug Kurkul, AFS CEO

Every day, nearly 200,000 people go to work in America’s foundries, producing the complex engineered parts that are essential to modern life. From this economic activity – which constitutes a $33 billion industry – emerge countless great stories. One of the roles…

See the future of metalcasting at CastExpo

Six-thousand people. More than 400 exhibitors. Dozens of technical and management sessions. A show floor measuring 106,000 square feet. And it’s all happening in one place: CastExpo 2019, April 27-30, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

As North America’s largest…

AFS committees are recruiting new members

If you’ve ever considered joining an AFS committee – or even if this is the first time you’ve given it some thought – now is a great time to get involved. 

AFS committees, especially technical committees, are currently looking for new volunteers. Committee involvement is a rewarding…

Corporate Member senior VP speaks to House committee

James M. Proctor II, senior vice president and general counsel for AFS Corporate Member McWane Inc. (Birmingham, Alabama), testified before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Feb. 26. 

The special hearing was on "Examining How Federal Infrastructure…

AFS names award-winners to be honored at CastExpo

AFS will honor five people for their contributions to metalcasting with awards at CastExpo 2019 and the 123rd Metalcasting Congress.

Von L. Richards is the winner of the 2019 Thomas W. Pangborn Gold Medal, the highest honor awarded by AFS. A professor emeritus of materials science at…

Find casting advice, conversations and more on CastingConnection

CastingConnection, an open forum initiated by AFS four years ago, is an outstanding individual member benefit available to all individual AFS members. 

The open forum serves two purposes: it provides members with wonderful discussion context in which individual members may solicit…

Experience powerful metalcasting relationships at summit

The Foundry Leadership Summit (formerly the Foundry Leadership Conference) brings metalcasting industry leaders together for the best in networking, facilitated discussions, and presentations for a unique annual experience.

“I’ve always felt it’s one of the premier events that we have…

It's time to advocate for metalcasting

With hundreds of new lawmakers and congressional staff on Capitol Hill, it’s time to stand together as an industry. 

At the AFS Government Affairs Fly-In, June 11-12 in Washington, D.C., attendees will hear from policy experts, meet with lawmakers, and call for commonsense policies…

Wisconsin Chapter looks toward tomorrow at Regional

In its 81st year, the AFS Wisconsin Regional kicked off with AFS President Jean Bye (Dotson Iron Castings) announcing the direction of AFS and the success of the metalcasting industry.

The Wisconsin Chapter’s Vice President and 2019 Regional Chair, Mike Kamin (Carpenter Brothers Inc.),…

AFS opposes proposed hike in costs to finance equipment and machinery

The American Foundry Society (AFS) opposes a Treasury Department proposal that would make it more expensive for manufacturers, including metalcasters, to finance the purchase of depreciable equipment by limiting interest deductions four years earlier than Congress intended.

Speaking up…