Hitachi Metals Automotive Components to Be Division of Waupaca Foundry

Waupaca Foundry Inc., Waupaca, Wisconsin, announced it will merge with Hitachi Metals Automotive Components USA LLC (HMAC). The merger is part of a larger reorganization within Hitachi Metals Foundry America designed to position the integrated organization for growth and meet customer demand.…

AFS Announces Government Affairs Conference Keynote Speaker

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AFS has announced it has secured Charlie Cook, one of the nation’s leading authorities on U.S. elections and American political trends, as a keynote speaker during for the Government Affairs Conference held May 18-19 in…

Congressman Works to Include Language in Appropriations Bill Requiring OSHA to Conduct Additional Reviews Before Finalizing Silica Standard

Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) is circulating a Dear Colleague letter in the House of Representatives urging lawmakers to sign a letter to the House Appropriations Committee requesting the Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Labor funding bill include language that would prohibit funding for OSHA to…

AFS Hires New Vice President Technology

Schaumburg, Ill. The American Foundry Society (AFS) is pleased to announce it has hired Dr. Zayna Connor as its new Vice President Technology. Coming on board March 7, Connor will immediately begin her transition with current Vice President Technical Services, Tom Prucha. Prucha will be retiring…

Linamar, GF Automotive Choose North Carolina for New Operation

Linamar Corp., Guelph, Ontario, and GF Automotive, a division of Georg Fischer AG, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, announced they will place jointly owned GF Linamar LLC’s new aluminum diecasting facility in Mills River, North Carolina.

GF Linamar LLC will provide large light metal high-…

AFS Hosts Metalcasting Supply Chain, Supplier Summits

On February 15-17, AFS hosted the annual Metalcasting Supply Chain and Metalcasting Supplier Summits at the Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport.

The Supply Chain Summit, held Feb. 15-16, featured presentations for casting buyers and designers to provide expert advice on how to optimize casting…

AFS Metal Casting Photo Contest Deadline Extended to March 15

AFS is excited to announce its annual online metal casting photo contest deadline has been extended to March 15!

The premise of the contest is simple. Send AFS your best photo of a metal casting (outside of a metalcasting operation) and you are automatically entered. All you have to do is…

Tennessee Company Expanding, Expected to Add 20 Positions

Tennessee Tool & Engineering Inc., Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is adding 10,000 sq.-ft. of manufacturing space and is expected to create 20 jobs. The addition is to the company’s diecasting division.

According to a news release, Tennessee Tool & Engineering will have almost 90,000 sq. ft…

AFS Staff Share Metalcasting With Fifth and Sixth Graders

Staff from the American Foundry Society took Foundry in a Box on the road to James B. Conant High School, Schaumburg, Illinois, on Feb. 7 to share the metalcasting industry with fifth and sixth grade girls as part of the District 211 Girls in Engineering, Math and Science (GEMS) Conference.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Highlights AFS Wisconsin Regional

The AFS Wisconsin Regional, held Feb. 10-12 and presented by the Wisconsin, Stateline and Northeastern Wisconsin AFS chapters, gathered metalcasters and the casting supply chain in the region together to meet with exhibitors and hear discussions on relevant topics to the industry. The event was…