European Investment Casting Market Review 2016 04 Apr 17 By Ron Williams and Richard Hirst, The Blayson Group Ltd The European investment casting industry sales are estimated to have increased by four per cent in 2016 to reach a total value of...
GF starts work on new innovation and production centre in Switzerland 04 Apr 17 The groundbreaking ceremony of the new innovation and production center of GF Machining Solutions, a division of GF, took place in Bözingenfeld in Biel (Switzerland) on 8th March 2017. The...
Future Foundry 04 Apr 17 Investing in the latest equipment, improving processes and managing production issues all point to a busy and profitable foundry, but how can you safeguard the business to ensure long-term success? A...
Ceremony breaks new ground in investment in manufacturing skills 04 Apr 17 The University of Wolverhampton has appointed Aspect Construction to build the Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills (ECMS) hub at the former Springfield Brewery in Wolverhampton (UK). The...
Environmental management systems guide revised 06 Mar 17 The standard has been updated to reflect the recent revisions to ISO 14001:2015 environmental management systems: requirements with guidance for use. BS 8555 provides guidance for organisations on...
65 years of the Faculty of Foundry Engineering, Krakow, Poland 06 Mar 17 Two scientific sessions for graduate and PhD students were held on the first day along with an industries session where, amongst other things, practice in foundries and modern research solutions and...
Foundry Yearbook 2017 08 Feb 17 The 2017 edition of the Foundry Yearbook & Castings Buyers' Directory is now available for sale. This invaluable tool lists all the UK foundries and a large number of international...
Casting our future 03 Feb 17 A cobalt-based alloy component that brings castings to a whole new market has scooped the Component of the Year Award at the UK celebration of the best of British casting. The revolutionary...
Shotblast process now up to speed for a quality driven and progressive foundry 02 Feb 17 Castings PLC is a market-leading UK iron casting and machining group. Its continued strength is largely as a result of investment in the latest technologies and manufacturing processes. Maintaining...
Automatic grinding specialist launches German company 02 Feb 17 A leading grinding machine specialist has launched a new company in Germany dedicated to supporting all German-speaking nations. P S Auto Grinding Ltd (PSAG) opened P S Foundry Tech GmbH in July...
SMARTT Degassing 02 Feb 17 Foseco has launched SMARTT-Degassing; an innovative process control for rotary degassing of aluminium alloys. This process controlled by SMARTT, is a software which is based on the recently developed...
Elkem buys iron foundry alloy business of Minex 03 Jan 17 Elkem has acquired the iron foundry business of the Indian Company Minex Metallurgical Co Ltd, a leading provider of speciality alloys. Based in Norway, Elkem AS is one of the world’s...
Quality Management System application guidelines published 16 Dec 16 BSI, the business standards company has published ISO 9002:2016 Quality management systems - guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2015. ISO 9001 is the most widely recognised standard in the...
Installation of dosing furnaces with INSURAL* 16 Dec 16 The solution for a dosing furnace is completely dry installation with INSURAL* precast shapes and high insulating backing materials - huge energy savings, no sintering, low density index of the melt...
Comfortable PPE highlighted with new video series 16 Dec 16 As part of its Workers’ Choice campaign, 3M is releasing a series of videos highlighting why comfort and fit is so important when it comes to personal protective equipment (PPE). The...
Europe’s biggest aerospace castings facility nears completion 16 Dec 16 A new plant capable of producing some of the biggest titanium aerospace castings in the world is nearing completion at AMRC Castings’ facilities on the outskirts of Sheffield, UK. Two...
VOX PATRIS - the biggest swinging bell in the world 02 Nov 16 In Polish foundry Metalodlew SA the preparations to cast the largest swinging bell in the world are well under way. The bell will weigh 50 tons and will be hung in the new tower of the, famous...
AFS targets copper 02 Nov 16 The American Foundry Society’s AFS Institute has launched a new e-learning copper module. The newly released modules include exploring the unified numbering system (UNS) of copper, and...
Construction of binder, coating and riser sleeve plant in Mexico 02 Nov 16 ASK Chemicals has approved the construction of a Mexican production facility in the Monterrey area that will produce binders, refractory coatings, and riser sleeves for the growing Mexican foundry...
Aston Martin selects UK caster for high performance engine parts 02 Nov 16 Aston Martin has confirmed Grainger & Worrall (GW) as its preferred engine castings partner for the new DB11 - which has at its heart a new 5.2 litre twin turbocharged V12. The engine sets...
World Cast in Africa INNOVATE FOR SUSTAINABILITY 02 Nov 16 Held every two years, the WFO Technical Forum brings together practical foundry personnel, academics and the supply industry to discuss the technical innovations and dilemmas affecting the global...
Grainger & Worrall expands its operations with acquisition of castings facility 02 Nov 16 Grainger & Worrall (GW), a leading provider of high-precision casting technologies, has completed the purchase of a castings facility in Worcester, UK. The newly-acquired site, which will be...
The industry has to be faster and better to compete globally 02 Nov 16 Picking up on the latest trends and challenges for the international foundry community, speakers at the 56th International Foundry Conference, held in Portoroz, Slovenia in September, highlighted the...
UK diecaster completes innovative lightweight casting 02 Nov 16 Known for its automotive solutions, the largest aluminium pressure diecasting manufacturer in the UK, JVM Castings, has recently completed a new lightweight casting for the building...
How to save 30 per cent on your business energy costs 02 Nov 16 Power quality specialist REO UK has created an online energy calculator to help businesses calculate the energy savings they can make by using a REOWAVE passive filter. By entering a few key...
New business unit for the heat treatment of cast aluminium parts with an experienced team 02 Nov 16 The StrikoWestofen Group has acquired the expertise of BPR-Engineering GmbH from Rheda-Wiedenbrück to be able to offer customers the heat treatment of cast aluminium parts - in particular cast...
3D printing company expands into Latin America 02 Nov 16 The leading provider of large-format 3D printers and on-demand services, voxeljet, has partnered with ART Mexico - an OEM specialist for automotive cast parts. Mexico, the world’s...
Europe’s newest grey and ductile iron foundry to be opened in 2017 02 Nov 16 On 26th July 2016, Cranfield Foundry held a ground-breaking ceremony in Probishtip, The Republic of Macedonia, to mark the start of construction of a modern foundry. It is forecasted that the...
100 years of innovation in metal flow engineering 02 Nov 16 Vesuvius, a global leader in molten metal flow engineering, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Foseco, the foundry division of the Vesuvius Group, was established in the UK in 1932 and is a...
First custom-built steel foundry commissioned since 1980s to bolster UK steel casting innovation 02 Nov 16 The first custom-built steel foundry to be commissioned in the UK since the early 1980s has been unveiled at AMRC Castings, part of the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research...
New president at Italian association 02 Nov 16 Maurizio Sala has been appointed as the new president of Amafond, the Italian Foundry Suppliers’ Association, that brings together suppliers of machines, products and services for the foundry...
World’s largest 3D printing system goes into operation in the US 02 Nov 16 3D printing company voxeljet has increased its presence in the US market with the start-up of the world’s largest 3D printing system at its American operations in Canton, Michigan. The...
