AFS Unveils Advanced AI Search Tool to Transform Metalcasting Research
ATLANTA, GA - The American Foundry Society has officially launched its groundbreaking AFS Library Advanced AI Search Tool, a next-generation research aide designed to revolutionize how professionals across the metalcasting industry discover and apply knowledge.
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AFS Corporate Member AB&I Foundry (Oakland, California), a subsidiary of McWane, has earned the International Living Future Institute's Declare label. The ILFI created Declare, a 'nutrition-label' for products that provides a clear, elegant, and informative method to disclose a product's…
GF Linamar Gets $300M Order
GF Linamar, a venture between GF Automotive and Linamar, has been awarded a large order from a U.S. manufacturer to produce lightweight magnesium components. The value of the contract amounts to a total of around $300 million over five years.
The order consists of cross car beams for a new…
VanKirk Memorialized with Sculpture
Dallas “Pete” VanKirk was honored with a sculpture that was lit during a ceremony in Perry, Iowa.
VanKirk died in August 2016 and was the CEO of Progressive Foundry. The sculpture, named “Born of Fire” depicts a ladle pouring molten metal. According to a report in The Perry News, LED…
Associations Urge Administration to Reopen the Silica Rule OSHA is Putting Jobs and Companies at Great Risk
The American Foundry Society (AFS) and five other trade associations sent a letter to the Secretary of Labor strongly urging the re-opening of the rulemaking record on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) final rule on Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica…
AFS Issues Final Call for Papers for the 122nd Metalcasting Congress
The American Foundry Society (AFS) has issued a final call for papers for the 122nd Metalcasting Congress to be held April 3-5, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. AFS is seeking papers covering all issues relating to metalcasting, diecasting and foundry management and operations, including unique…
Fairfield Castings Gets New Ownership
Fairfield Castings (Fairfield, Iowa) has been bought and renamed Faircast Inc. In July, the AFS Corporate Member Faircast received $855,000 from the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
The award included $600,000 in direct financial assistance as well as $255,000 in investment tax credits…
AFS Testifies on Burdensome Regulations in Washington, D.C.
Testifying at the 2017 National Regulatory Fairness Hearing at the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of the National Ombudsman on Aug. 28, Brad Muller, AFS’ Government Affairs Chairman and Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co., urged action on OSHA’…
Rep. Cheri Bustos Tours Galesburg Castings
August 24, 2017--Galesburg Castings Inc., an AFS Corporate Member (Galesburg, Illinois), hosted Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Illinois) for a plant tour and presentation on Tuesday, August 22. Bustos serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, as well as the Agriculture…
AFS Research Aids Development of A206 Standards
August 23,2017--The American Foundry Society (AFS), as part of the American Metalcasting Consortium (AMC), has provided material design data properties for the incorporation of aluminum cast alloy A206 into the Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS) handbook.
…AFS Urges Every Corporate Member to Take Action on OSHA Silica Rule Now
After weeks of discussion with the U. S. Department of Labor (DOL) staff, the government informed the American Foundry Society, the National Association of Manufacturers and a coalition of construction associations that it is not willing to:
a) Reopen the record and fix critical portions…