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A Progression of AFS Logos Since the American Foundrymen’s Society was formed
in 1896, the society has gone through a number of logo transformations. Like the newest addition, they all
1990-2012
T is logo was developed in late 1990 and introduced in January 1991. It coincided with the merger of the American Foundrymen’s Society and the American Cast Metals Association.
1970-1990
First appearing in the June 1970 issue of Modern Casting and then in Transactions in 1973, this logo endured until December 1990.
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represented the AFS vision and mission. Follow along with the timeline below for a progression of AFS logos sinc 1948.
1964-1970
T is logo fi rst appeared in Modern Casting’s August 1964 issue and was used until June 1970.
1948-1964
T e fi rst “offi cial” logo of the American Foundrymen’s Association (AFS) appeared in the AFA Transactions in 1915. T e letters on the logo changed to AFS in 1948 with the name change to the American Foundrymen’s Society. T is logo was used in the Transactions until 1970 and in Modern Casting until 1964.
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Reinvestment Act. Calco will use the grant to
invest in air compressors and new lighting, which will be more effi cient, resulting in an ROI of less than 2 years. T e projects were identifi ed by a team of experts from Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP), Focus on Energy, SCS BT Squared (a civil and environmental engineering fi rm), and Calco. “During these times when funds
can be scarce it’s always great to have your community and its institutions recognize that you are trying to do good things and thus are valuable to them both now and in the future,” Lawton said. Calco’s business includes
patternmaking, casting and machining. It provides large iron castings and machining for domestic manufacturers in the HVAC, municipal pump and valve, mining, and power generation industries. Its customers include Siemens, GE, Metso, and IR/Trane.
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