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.
Read moreConsolidated Purchases Two Facilities in Poland
Consolidated Precision Products Corp., Cleveland, a manufacturer of engineered components and subassemblies primarily for the commercial aerospace and defense markets, announced it has completed its acquisition of two casting facilities from Pratt & Whitney Rzeszów S.A., a business unit of…
Proposed Rules from U.S. Department of Treasury Could Harm Manufacturers
Proposed U.S. Treasury regulations, under Section 385 by the U.S. Treasury Department, would give the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) broad latitude to unilaterally treat a company’s related party debt as equity, overturning longstanding tax policy and well-established case law.
The…
AFS Is Project Partner in Newest Manufacturing Innovation Institute
A new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute has been announced by the White House to support advanced manufacturing in the U.S. Led by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC), the new Institute will spur advances in smart sensors and digital…
AFS Discusses Copper Castings at American Water Works
Members of the AFS Copper Alloy Division provided a presentation on no-lead copper alloy casting for the recent American Water Works Association (AWWA) Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE16) on June 22 in Chicago. The Copper Alloy Division highlighted the various low-lead and no-lead alloys…
Update on AFS Silica Litigation: AFS Files Statement of Issues
The AFS/NAM legal challenge to the new silica PEL standard is now part of a consolidated case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In April, the court ordered all petitions for review regarding the silica rule be part of a single case, regardless of the concerns raised in the…
MAT Expanding Mexico Facility
The MAT Foundry Group, Poole, United Kingdom, a subsidiary of MAT Holdings Inc., Long Grove, Illinois, announced it will expand its production facilities in Ecatepec, Mexico.
The facility, called Mincer HD, will be expanded in two stages. The first will provide for 30,000 metric tons of…
Hüttenes-Albertus Purchases Hexion’s Interest in HA-International
Hexion Inc., Columbus, and Hüttenes-Albertus Chemische Werke GmbH, Dusseldorf, Germany, announced that Hexion has sold its 50% interest in HA-International LLC, a joint venture serving the North American metalcasting industry, to its joint venture partner HA-USA Inc., an entity controlled by HA…
Tentative Agreement Reached to Purchase Keokuk Steel Castings
The Mills Group, Earlville, Iowa, announced it has reached a tentative agreement with Matrix Metals-Sanmar Group, Chennai, India, to purchase Keokuk Steel Castings (KSC) and reopen the Iowa facility.
KSC sent its last casting March 31 but the Mills Group is looking to restart production…
Metalcasting Roadmap Identifies Industry R&D Needs
The American Metalcasting Consortium (AMC) has finalized its release of the 2016 Metalcasting Industry Roadmap. The project culminates a two-year industry collaboration to identify future research and development needs to accelerate the growth of advanced manufacturing in the U.S. AFS served as…
OSHA Issues Active Regulatory Agenda
OSHA published its spring semiannual regulatory agenda. It provides a list of all regulatory actions that are under active consideration by the agency.
Regulations of particular interest to metalcasters include:
Final rule on preventing slips, trips and falls which is…