each year to provide an opportunity for leading metalcasting experts to express their thoughts on a topic of their choosing. Te lecture is intended to represent the many diverse voices in the metalcasting industry. Another inaugural feature of
the show, Te Hub, offered a public area on the show floor for meetups, foundry-in-a-box demonstrations, a photographer for professional head- shots, and presentations by exhibiting AFS Corporate Members showcasing technology and innovations. Several ac- tivities were sponsored by Magma and Hoosier Pattern, such as virtual reality and 3D printing demonstrations. Also new this year, the AFS Insti-
tute conducted short-format courses. Tese courses included Identifying the Correct Casting Defect, Intro- duction to Alloys, Introduction to Coreless Induction Furnace Opera- tion, Casting Material Properties, and Virtual Casting Process. “We were very excited to offer
Attendees check out this year’s Casting of the Year winner displayed in the Cast in North America area of CastExpo. Meridian Lightweight Technologies and Fiat both won Casting of the Year for the inner liftgate casting produced in magnesium via diecasting.
short-format courses at CastExpo for the first time,” said retiring AFS CEO Jerry Call. “Te AFS Institute offers great learning opportunities and we’re very pleased to see attendees take advantage of that.”
New Leadership CastExpo also marks the transition
to a new AFS President. Jeff Cook, vice president of sales and marketing, Eagle Alloy, Muskegon, Michigan, assumed the role of AFS President from Immediate Past President Bruce Dienst, president and CEO, Simpson Technologies, Aurora, Illinois. Patricio Gil, CEO, Blackhawk de Mexico, Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, assumed the position of AFS Vice President, and Jean Bye, president and CEO, Dotson Iron Castings, Manka- to, Minnesota, assumed the role of AFS 2nd Vice President. Te 121st
Metalcasting Congress
will be held April 25-27, 2017, in Milwaukee, and the 122nd
Keynote speaker Hadyn Shaw shares ways to communicate across the different generations in the workforce on Saturday, April 16.
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Congress will be in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2018. Te next CastExpo will take place in Atlanta April 27-30, 2019.
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