AFS to Bestow Highest Honors to Gold Medalists, Scientific Merit, and Service Citation Recipients at CastExpo 2025
At the 2025 CastExpo in Atlanta, five distinguished leaders will be honored by the American Foundry Society (AFS) for their outstanding contributions to the metalcasting industry. The Peter L. Simpson Gold Medal and William H. McFadden Gold Medal will be awarded at the annual banquet on Sunday, April 13, 7:00-9:00 p.m. The Scientific Merit and Service Citation Awards presentation will take place at the Volunteer Leadership Awards Luncheon, Sunday, April 13, 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Visit afsinc.org for more details.
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Accuride, Evansville, Indiana, announced that Brillion Iron Works, Brillion, Wisconsin, has been awarded a long-term contract to supply the flywheel used with the Detroit DT12 Automated Manual Transmission by the Detroit subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America.
According to a news…
Dalton Purchased By Speyside Equity
Speyside Equity, New York, announced it has purchased Dalton Foundry, Warsaw, Indiana, from Neenah Enterprises. According to a news release, the sale was completed May 2, 2016. The Warsaw casting facility and a machining plant in Stryker, Ohio were included in the deal.
Dalton has annual…
OSHA Finalizes Workplace Injury Electronic Reporting Rule
On Wednesday, May 11, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its final rule to expand electronic recordkeeping requirements for workplace injury and illness data. The new rule, effective Jan. 1, 2017, requires all manufacturers, including foundries, to…
AFS Supports Infrastructure Week
AFS announces its participation in the national advocacy and educational event, Infrastructure Week, which takes place from May 16-23. Across the United States, businesses will join together to tell citizens and policymakers the importance of infrastructure to their businesses, jobs,…
Pace Announces Minnesota Expansion
Pace Industries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, announced plans for a $6.3 million expansion of its Maple Lake, Minnesota, facility.
Pace will add 60,000 sq. ft. and adjust an existing structure, which will result in 20 new jobs.
According to a news release, the Minnesota Department of…
SATA To Place Raw Manufacturing Facility in Texas
Italian manufacturer SATA Group will build a new machining plant in Brownsville, Texas.
The project on a 350-acre parcel of land is expected to create 300 jobs and bring a $114 million investment from SATA, which manufactures machine parts for Caterpillar, John Deere and major automakers…
Dynacast Announces Renewable Energy Initiative
Dynacast Lake Forest, California announced it has partnered with a major battery company to install five state-of-the-art power pack batteries.
According to a news release, the new partnership will lower Dynacast’s annual energy consumption by more than 6% and will also take them further…
Brembo Conducts First Pour in New Michigan Facility
Brembo has conducted the first pour at its new cast-iron casting facility in Homer, Michigan.
The pour was a test of the systems in the facility to make sure they are functioning. It is the initial step before the ramping up of production begins.
According to a news release, the…
Meridian Lightweight Technologies, Fiat Win Casting of the Year
Meridian Lightweight Technologies and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles have won the AFS/Metal Casting Design & Purchasing Casting of the Year award for their liftgate closure inner casting for the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica. The casting is a collaboration between Fiat, Meridian and Thai Summit America…
Waupaca CEO Gigante Retiring, to be Replaced by Nikolai
Waupaca Foundry values its culture. It likes knowing that its employees, everybody from the top to the bottom, appreciate what Waupaca values and is trying to accomplish.
The same goes for parent company Hitachi Metals, which sees the importance of promotions to keep continuity and local…