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As of October 12, 2023 # 3D Systems 333 3D Systems Circle Rock Hill SC 29730, United States Phone: 803-207-3152 customersupport@3DSystems.com www.3dsystems.com A A F Gelhar Co Inc PO Box [...]

A A F Gelhar Co Inc PO Box 187, Markesan WI 53946, United States Phone: 920-398-3566 www.afgelhar.com/ Aalberts Surface Technologies 12238 Newburgh Rd., Livonia MI 48150, United States Phone: 734-464-2030 [...]

Thermtronix' Corporation was founded in 1985 in order to fill the need for rugged electric resistance and gas fired furnaces capable of withstanding the rigors and heavy melt cycle requirements [...]

Wabash Castings Inc., Wabash, Indiana, has installed a new, $1.5 million JOEST Complete Shaker System that will improve operations and reduce landfill waste. The new shaker system allows the aluminum [...]

AFS recently joined Honeywell Aerospace, and others including AFS Corporate Members Chicago Magnesium Co., ExOne, Hoosier Pattern, as well as Ohio Aluminum Industries, on a two-year federally-funded research project through [...]

Kentucky Industrial Holdings, Inc. has purchased the Rane Precision Die Casting facility in Russellville, Kentucky, saving 200 jobs. The new owners are rebranding the company as Russellville Engineered Castings Inc. [...]

The first year of key energy projects aimed at enabling scope 1 and 2 carbon neutral production at Novelis Inc.'s Sierre plant in Switzerland has been completed. Novelis Inc., a [...]

A phased program to establish U.S. commercial production of aluminum-scandium ('AlSc') master alloy took another step forward recently as NioCorp Developments Ltd. and its development partner Nanoscale Powders LLC successfully [...]

Saturday, April 27 8-9 a.m. Room: A313 Copper Division Track: Technical Panel: Silica Sand Alternatives in an Effort to Reduce Silica Exposure (19-162) Nathan Wollenburg, Prince Corp., Milwaukee, WI; Britni [...]

Thermtronix [R] Corporation was founded in 1985 in order to fill the need for rugged electric resistance and gas fired furnaces capable of withstanding the rigors and heavy melt cycle [...]

Rio Tinto is investing $29 million to build a new aluminum recycling facility at its Arvida plant in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, to expand its offering of low-carbon aluminum solutions for customers [...]

Busche Performance Group (Busche), part of Shipston Equity Holdings LLC, is crystal clear in its goal: position itself to fill a void in the automotive Tier-1 supplier marketplace with what [...]

Century Aluminum Co.'s subsidiary, Nordural Grundartangi ehf, has started the construction of a new low-carbon billet casthouse at its Grundartangi, Iceland smelter. The casthouse will have a capacity of 150,000 [...]

Climate change legislation, fluctuating utility costs and global competition have made melting and holding efficiency a prime concern for aluminum casting facilities. Yet, it can be difficult to make furnace [...]

Metal Exchange Corporation (St. Louis) has announced a new joint venture with Novellini Industries (Mantova, Italy). The newly formed company called novALmec presents an aluminum billet supply capability to the [...]

FEF schools are not only educating future industry personnel; future educators are also being trained at those FEF schools. Joe Licavolia is one such educator track example. But his journey [...]

AFTERBURNERS American Environmental Int'l, Schaumburg, IL Consolidated Engineering Co, Kennesaw, GA EnviroAir, Inc. (CORECO), Eagle, WI Gasmac Inc, Guelph Ont Lindberg, 304 Hart St, Watertown, WI, 53094 tel: 920/261-7000 fax: [...]

AFTERBURNERS Albertus Engineering Inc, Malvern, PA American Environmental Int'l, Schaumburg, IL Consolidated Engineering Co, Kennesaw, GA EnviroAir, Inc. (CORECO), Eagle, WI Gasmac Inc, Guelph Ont Gaylord Foundry Equipment Inc, PO [...]

Inside This Story: * Detailed are the melt operations of two aluminum casting facilities, including charging, fluxing and degassing. * This overview of the operations can help guide other plants [...]

AFS Corporate Member Mercury Marine (Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin) received the Sustainable Process Award from the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council. The award recognized Mercury Marine for sustainability in the company's [...]

Thermtronix[R] Corporation was founded in 1985, in order to fill the need for rugged electric resistance and gas fired furnaces capable of withstanding the rigors and heavy melt cycle requirements [...]

Toyota announced investment plans of nearly $750 million at five of its plants as part of a pledge to invest $13 billion in its U.S. operations by 2021. AFS Corporate [...]

Sundaram-Clayton Limited, an Indian manufacturer and supplier of aluminum cast products, announced plans to expand its Dorchester County (South Carolina) operations. In a news release, the company said it will [...]

Getting the most out of a furnace when melting is one way to improve profit in an aluminum foundry. Melting costs due to energy, maintenance, environmental compliance and metal loss [...]

When coated abrasive products made with ceramic aluminum oxide (CAO) grains were introduced in the 1980s, they were considered one of the greatest innovations in grinding in 50 years. When [...]

AFS Corporate Member Epcor Foundry, a division of Seilkop Industries Inc., recently announced Jeffrey A. Miller as national sales executive. For the past 23 years, Miller has held management positions [...]

Diran Apelian, Alcoa-Howmet Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors [...]

Elwin (Ed) Rooy of Aurora, Ohio, died Sept. 23, 2016. He was 81. He spent 30 years with Alcoa, rising to corporate manager of metallurgy and quality assurance, and then [...]

Following the successful use of Magmasoft simulation software at its Italian technical center, Teksid Group, Turin, Italy, has proceeded with the implementation of the simulation at its Tennessee aluminum plant [...]

Although its 86,000-sq-ft plant was damaged by fire in November, Springfield Aluminum, Nixa, Missouri, has continued to operate with one-third of its workforce in nearby 33,000-sq-ft facilities. The firm supplies [...]

Magna International Inc., Aurora, Ontario, Canada, announced it will build a new aluminum casting facility in Telford, United Kingdom. The plant will be approximately 225,000 sq. ft. and create up [...]

One-off castings present unique challenges for metalcasting facilities. Normal considerations--design, lead time and mechanical and physical properties--are still parts of the equation. But tooling costs, considering the end result is [...]

Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., announced it would split into two publicly traded companies, splitting the firm's casting and fabrication units from materials operations. The raw materials business--including bauxite mining, alumina [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the final residual risk and technology review (RTR) rule for the secondary aluminum national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) on September [...]

Fairfield Aluminum Castings Company, Fairfield, Iowa, has received recertification of the ISO 9001:2008. Last year, Fairfield Aluminum Castings Company also was certified with the PED (Pressure Equipment Directive) according to [...]

The Critical Materials Institute (CMI), an Energy Innovation Hub of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has announced Eck Industries Inc., Manitowoc, Wis., as a new member in research and [...]

Alcoa, New York, announced an investment of $22 million in hot isostatic pressing (HIP) technology at its facility in Whitehall, Mich. The investment will enable Alcoa to capture growing demand [...]

The board of directors of Eck Industries Inc., Manitowoc, Wis., has announced Ben Grigg as the company's executive vice president and CEO. Prior to joining Eck Industries, Inc., Grigg was [...]

Shiloh Industries Inc., Valley City, Ohio, has opened an aluminum diecasting plant in Clarksville, Tenn. The light-weighting, noise and vibration products supplier bought the site in August 2013. The company [...]

G.W. Smith and Sons, a Quaker Chemical Company, has announced the introduction of Plunger Slick 200T and Plunger Slick WB10T. These two new two plunger lubricants are formulated for aluminum [...]

G.W. Smith and Sons, a Quaker Chemical Company, has announced the introduction of Plunger Slick 200T and Plunger Slick WB10T. These two new two plunger lubricants are formulated for aluminum [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Private equity fund Monomoy Capital Partners LP, New York, has acquired the assets and operations of Kurdziel Industries Inc., Muskegon, Mich., and announced an expansion at its flagship [...]

Monomoy Capital Pawners L.P., New York, announced it has acquired Alcoa Automotive Castings (AAC) from Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, for an undisclosed amount. The private equity fund adds AAC to a [...]

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, Pa., announced it will explore strategic alternatives involving its automotive castings and electronics businesses, while filing an unsolicited offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Alcan [...]

Novelis Inc., Atlanta, announced it will exit the European aluminum casting alloys business, resulting in the closure of its Borgofranco, Italy, [...]

In May, leading aerospace manufacturer Alcoa broke ground on its $100 million aerospace expansion in La Porte, Ind., where it will produce cast nickel-based superalloy jet engine parts. The new [...]

Foseco, the foundry division of Vesuvius, London, recently introduced INSURAL, a multipart insulating lining for aluminum furnaces. Delivered ready to install, INSURAL linings can be installed in three to four [...]

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, Mass., is the lead institution on a $7.4 million, multiuniversity award from the U.S. Army that will support the development of new metallurgical methods and [...]

Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, is investing approximately $575 million to expand its automotive aluminum production in the U.S. Aluminum use in cars is expected to nearly double by 2025 as manufacturers [...]

Eight metalcasting companies from across the U.S. participated in Pittsburg State University's annual Company Day, Sept. 18 at the College of Technology's Kansas Technology Center, Pittsburg, Kan. The industry-student event [...]