Tony Thoma  Appointed 

DIS Vice President

We are pleased to announce that Tony Thoma has been appointed Vice President of the Ductile Iron Society (DIS). Tony, who is a member of the Society’s Board of Directors and Research Committee, accepted this position in October at the Fall DIS meeting held in Mankato Minnesota .  Tony brings a wealth of business and governance knowledge as well as metallurgical expertise to his new position.  He holds a B.Sc., Metallurgy and Materials degree from McMaster University, Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Brock University, MBA from the University of Western Ontario and he is a licensed professional engineer in the Province of Ontario

Tony started his career as a Melt Supervisor at Stanton Pipes and then moved on to Norton Advanced Ceramics as a Process Engineer before moving to Wescast.  Tony is currently Director of New Iron Development at Wescast Industries Inc., a Canadian corporation providing exhaust solutions for an extensive range of engines in the global automotive market.  Wescast is the world’s leading supplier of cast iron exhaust manifolds for passenger cars and light trucks, and manufactures turbine housings, integrated turbo-manifolds and catalytic converter containers at several facilities on three continents.  Tony joined Wescast in 1994 as Plant Metallurgist and soon took other career opportunities presented to him as he assumed many technical and leadership roles.

Tony is an active in many associations.  He is a Trustee of the Iron Casting Research Institute (ICRI) and member of:

• the Board of Directors of The Association Major Power Consumers of Ontario (AMPCO);

• the Society Of Automotive Engineers (SAE);

• the Iron Castings Standards Division of the SAE;

• the American Foundrymen’s Society (AFS);

• the American Society for Metals (ASM);

• the American Society of Quality (ASQ); and

• volunteer member of the Board of Trustees for the Quality and Mission Committee at St Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario.

In his spare time Tony enjoys his hobbies of woodworking, photography, bicycling and scuba diving. He, his wife and three children live in Stoney Creek, Ontario .