The long-term global demand for die cast parts, of all types and sizes, continues on an upward trend with more and more parts being re-designed for diecasting. The much talked about ‘circular’ economy and the move away from plastics to more recyclable, natural materials such as die cast alloys is also driving that demand. This
One year on from the global pandemic announcement It continues to be difficult time in the global castings field, covid and its variants are still affecting the world stage with Ankiros, the Turkish Foundry Show being postponed again until October 2022 and the Indian show IFEX moving both its date and venue in response to
World Foundry Summit 2022 - Re-scheduled Event The WFO is delighted to confirm that in the light of current health advice and the trend in travel restrictions being eased around the world, that the WFO World Foundry Summit has been re-scheduled for the 8th to 10th May 2022. The organising team are delighted to be
On the 5th March 2021 as part of International Women in Engineering month, the World Foundry Organization was proud to host a webinar titled "Women in Foundry" With a panel of four International and high profile speakers representing America, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom subjects relevant to the industry were debated and some insightful
Monday 1st February 2021 The West Midlands Branch were delighted to host yet another successful webinar on ‘Silica Sand and Special sands from OSHE Perspectives’, attendees were once again treated to an excellent technical webinar very kindly presented by Philippe Diaz of IMERYS. The webinar was well attended and was joined by 46 attendees from
The first WFO webinar, “Women in Foundry”, was recorded by the WORLD FOUNDRY ORGANIZATION (WFO) on 5 March 2021. This video offers a discussion on the situation of the global foundry industry and some of its challenges, with the visions from Diana Bogic (General Secretary at the SWEDISH FOUNDRY ASSOCIATION, Sweden), Lizeth Medina (Senior Manager-Quality
A suite of on-line training courses in die-casting technology is now available from the Cast Metals Federation, CMF, and supported by the Diecasting Society and the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers. The new programme, which has been complied by industry experts and offered on a blended learning basis, will provide participants with a range of
On Monday 11th January, the West Midlands Branch and a total of 38 attendees from across the UK, were again treated to very well presented and professionally high standard technical lecture delivered by the branch. The lecture ‘Precise Industrial 3D Metrology’ was kindly presented by Mr Stuart Dix from GOM, a part of the Zeiss
On Monday 7th December 2020, the West Midlands Branch and a total of 38 attendees from across the UK, were once again treated to this interesting, high standard technical lecture. The lecture ‘Integrated Design Procedures for Volume Produced Cast Aluminum Automotive Components’ was kindly presented by Tony Firkin of Alucast. Tony has a very wide
On Tuesday 19th December, the team at Weir gave a great presentation and detailed insight into the manufacture of castings at their state-of-the-art facility in Todmorden, the presentation was delivered by Lee Jenkins (Group Operations Director). Lee explained the process capabilities at the Todmorden site, and then presented the typical manufacturing process, from design concept