AFS to Host 2004 International Lost Foam Casting Conference
& Tabletop Exhibit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joe Santner, AFS; jss@afsinc.org
July 8, 2004 800/537-2437
Des Plaines, Ill. The American Foundry Society Inc. (AFS), Des Plaines, Ill., has scheduled the AFS 2004 International Lost Foam Casting Conference and Tabletop Exhibit for Oct. 19-21 in Toledo, Ohio.
Themed “Lost Foam Casting: That Was Then, This Is Now,” the conference will feature presentations on the steps that have been taken over the last five years to enhance the viability of the lost foam casting process. The conference also will present how the value-added lost foam casting process can add to your business and help you against “price-only” buying trends. Topics will include:
- current state-of-the-art technology implemented as a result of the U.S. Dept. of Energy Industrial Technology Program-AFS Lost Foam Casting Div. consortium programs;
- how the added value of lost foam casting can enhance your metalcasting facility’s capabilities;
- how lost foam cast products can benefit your customers, who are now utilizing other metalcasting processes for their components.
All attendees of the conference are eligible to participate (subject to space limitations) in tours of the lost foam casting area of the General Motors Powertrain, Defiance, Ohio, plant.
For more information on the AFS 2004 International Lost Foam Casting Conference and Tabletop Exhibit, contact Joe Santner, AFS, at jss@afsinc.org or 800/537-4237.
Headquartered in Des Plaines, Ill., AFS is a not-for-profit technical and management society that has existed since 1896 to provide and promote knowledge and services that strengthen the metalcasting industry for the ultimate benefit of its customers and society.
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108th Metalcasting Congress Proves Successful
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kristy Glass; kglass@afsinc.org
July 6, 2004 800/537-4237 x 224
Rosemont, Ill…More than 1,450 metalcasters gathered June 12-15 in Rosemont, Ill., for the 108th Metalcasting Congress co-sponsored by the American Foundry Society Inc. (AFS) and the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA). The show featured 153 exhibits and more than 50 technical and management sessions covering the latest advances in the industry.
The AFS Marketing Div. and Engineered Casting Solutions displayed the 11 honorees from the fourth annual casting competition. This year’s Casting of the Year award went to Alcoa Automotive Castings’ hollow rear lower control arm for BMW.
George M. Goodrich, Professional Metallurgical Services, delivered the Charles Edgar Hoyt Memorial Lecture. His presentation, “The Absence of Perfection,” detailed the necessity of the metalcasting industry to take advantage of new capabilities and push more forcibly into world markets, thus calling for a successful unification of engineers, managers and scientists to accomplish this task.
During the AFS Annual Banquet, Rodney L. Naro, ASI International Ltd., and J. Michael Williams, General Motors Powertrain (retired), received the industry’s highest honors in the Joseph S. Seaman Gold Medal and the William H. McFadden Gold Medal.
The Congress concluded with the President’s Luncheon and Annual Business Meeting. Oleg S. Fishman, Inductotherm Corp.; Daniel Groteke, Q.C. Designs Inc.; and Kathy L. Hayrynen, Applied Process Inc., received AFS Awards of Scientific Merit. Further, the AFS Service Citations were awarded to D.J. Couture, General Motors Powertrain; Sara Joyce, Badger Mining Corp.; Charles A. Ruud, Carondelet Foundry Co. (MetalTek International); and Daniel J. Torzewski, Indianapolis Casting Corp. David C. Williams, Allied Mineral Products Inc., received the CMI Directors’ Award.
For more information, contact Kristy Glass, AFS, at kglass@afsinc.org or 800/537-4237 x224.
Headquartered in Des Plaines, Ill., AFS is a not-for-profit technical and management society that has existed since 1896 to provide and promote knowledge and services that strengthen the metalcasting industry for the ultimate benefit of its customers and society.
At the 108th Metalcasting Congress, Rodney L. Naro (l) received the Joseph S. Seaman Gold Medal and J. Michael Williams received the William H. McFadden Gold Medal.
American Foundry Society
505 State St.
Des Plaines, Ill. 60016
www.afsinc.org
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