Schaumburg, Ill. The American Foundry Society (AFS), in partnership with Product Development & Analysis LLC (PDA), Naperville, Ill., is pleased to announce our new casting design consultation service available to both AFS corporate members and casting buyers.

In response to the increasing dependence of casting buyers and design engineers upon casting suppliers for both casting manufacturing and design expertise, AFS is working with PDA, a firm specializing in component design, to offer independent casting design, engineering and sourcing solutions. “This project is an important part of AFS’ efforts to market the metalcasting industry to design engineers and potential casting customers,” said Jerry Call, AFS executive vice president. “By offering casting design consultation services through the expertise of PDA, we will ultimately help the U.S. metalcasting industry flourish.”

For more information, contact Alfred Spada, AFS, at aspada@afsinc.org or 847/824-0181.

Headquartered in Schaumburg, 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.