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Attend the World Foundry Summit 2025

Join the global industry in Chantilly, France, later this year (2-3 Oct 2025) for the World Foundry Summit - a spectacular two days with technical, policy and strategy-based presentations from world-renowned speakers and industry legends. The event is taking place almost on our doorstep in Northern France – easy to access via Chunnel or aeroplane.

By |2025-08-18T19:04:42+01:00July 10th, 2025|Industry News|Comments Off on Attend the World Foundry Summit 2025

The WFO held its Technical Forum in Atlanta in conjunction with CastExpo 2025

The WFO held its Technical Forum in Atlanta in conjunction with CastExpo 2025. The event also enabled the global foundry industry to be represented in the United States in April at the WFO Annual General Assembly held as part of this action. The biannual WFO Technical Forum is a conference supported by the WFO and

By |2025-08-18T19:05:31+01:00July 8th, 2025|Industry News|Comments Off on The WFO held its Technical Forum in Atlanta in conjunction with CastExpo 2025

WFO – Denny Dotson (USA) awarded with the Jozef Suchy Medal 2025

The American Foundry Society Annual Banquet presided by Angela Schmeisser and counting with a prominent audience from the American industry was the setting for the ceremony where the WFO General Secretary handed out this special recognition to Mr Denny Dotson. It was an honour for the WFO to present in the United States the 2025

By |2025-07-08T15:14:25+01:00July 8th, 2025|Industry News|Comments Off on WFO – Denny Dotson (USA) awarded with the Jozef Suchy Medal 2025

WFO – World Foundry Summit 2025

WFO World Foundry Summit - 2-3 October 2025 - Chantilly, France.   CEO's Reshaping the Foundry Industry.   The WFO invites you to attend the World Foundry Summit for the leaders of the castings industry to meet and discuss key information on the future policy and strategy of the cast metal sector. It will be spectacular 2

By |2025-08-18T19:30:45+01:00June 17th, 2025|Industry News|Comments Off on WFO – World Foundry Summit 2025

European Foundries urge EU for concrete industrial policies amidst geopolitical shifts

EFF President Chiara Danieli calls for recognition, support, and protection to safeguard Europe's strategic foundry sector from deindustrialization. Soave, Italy – June 13, 2025 – The European Foundry Federation (EFF) today underscored the critical need for a decisive shift in European industrial policy, as its President, Chiara Danieli, addressed the annual General Assembly of Assofond,

By |2025-06-13T12:13:19+01:00June 13th, 2025|Industry News|Comments Off on European Foundries urge EU for concrete industrial policies amidst geopolitical shifts

Inspiring the Next Generation of Foundry Technicians and Engineers

ICME’s Cast Inspiration Event, held during October, was a fantastic opportunity for 23 young foundry professionals from across the UK to come together, meet with other young people from the industry, and broaden their understanding and awareness of the casting production with a series of talks from industry specialists and two foundry visits. With ICME

By |2024-12-11T14:54:25+00:00December 11th, 2024|ICME General News, Industry News, Training News|Comments Off on Inspiring the Next Generation of Foundry Technicians and Engineers

Best Young Foundry Researchers and Early Career Professionals 2024

The foundry industry was able to meet some of the best young foundry researchers identified in USA, Finland, Japan, Spain ,China, India and Germany through a competition organized by The WFO (World Foundry Organization). The WFO (World Foundry Organization) announces the 2024 Best Young, Foundry Professionals as a result of the final stage of the

By |2024-07-08T13:34:06+01:00July 8th, 2024|Industry News|Comments Off on Best Young Foundry Researchers and Early Career Professionals 2024

Betty Beecroft, Champion of Kirkstall Forge, Set to Hit The Stage

Date: Thursday to Sundays between the 2nd – 5th and 9th – 12th May Venue: Leeds Industrial Museum Link to buy tickets A musical celebration of the life of Yorkshire legend, Betty Beecroft, is set to hit the boards in May in the World Premiere of folk musical Mother of the Revolution. The brainchild of Leeds-born Beth

By |2024-03-22T09:49:20+00:00March 22nd, 2024|Industry News|Comments Off on Betty Beecroft, Champion of Kirkstall Forge, Set to Hit The Stage

Generous Donation of Patternmaking Tools to support next Generation

The Institute of Cast Metals Engineers, ICME, recently received a donation of some tools from a retired patternmaker.  But not any old tools.  No, this was a full set of patternmaking chisels, saws, gauges, routers and more, many of which had been handmade and were supplied complete with the precision handmade tool box, consisting of

By |2023-10-14T10:10:33+01:00October 13th, 2023|ICME General News, Industry News, Training News|Comments Off on Generous Donation of Patternmaking Tools to support next Generation

ICME President’s Address

Here is the Address from our new ICME National President, Martin Dudley FICME. I am extremely proud and honoured to have been elected President of the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers. I look forward to working with the national officers, trustees, head office staff and Members to ensure the institute delivers its vision of being

By |2023-08-31T17:55:41+01:00August 30th, 2023|ICME General News, Industry News|Comments Off on ICME President’s Address

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