EDUCATE CONTINUED


In addition to CastExpo, webinars, seminars and conferences were held throughout the year, including:


• Environmental 101 Seminar, Park City, Utah • 26th EHS Conference, Park City, Utah • Chapter Officers Conference, Rosemont, Illinois


• Foundry Executive Conference, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina


• Design & Production of High Quality Aluminum Castings Conference, Nashville


• International Ferrous Melting Conference, Nashville


• NFPA 70E, OSHA & You…Insight for Implementation, Schaumburg, Illinois


• Labor Relations & Human Resource Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida


• Metal Casting Supply Chain Summit, Chicago • Metalcasting Supplier Summit, Chicago • AFS Advanced Foundry Air Seminar, Atlanta • Government Affairs Conference, Washington, D.C. • Practical Cupola Workshop, Tell City, Indiana


Resources & Publications


New and updated titles published in fiscal year 2015- 2016 are: • Preparing for an EPA-OSHA Inspection (download)


• PPE Guide for Metalcasting Operations (revised; download only)


• Proceedings of the 120th Metalcasting Congress • Spent Foundry Sand Safety Data Sheet


• Transactions of the American Foundry Society, Vol. 123 (2015)


• 2015 Buyers Guide • 2016 AFS Metalcasting Forecast & Trends • 2016 Casting Source Directory


Several AFS periodicals served the metalcasting industry and supply chain. Modern Casting provided monthly editorial coverage of the metalcasting industry’s news, trends and best practices. Metal Casting Design & Purchasing Magazine provided casting supply chain information to casting


7 A MER I C A N F O U N D R Y S O C I E T Y


customers. Global Casting Magazine reached the global metalcasting community. The International Journal of Metalcasting (IJMC) was a vehicle for technology transfer of recent metalcasting research. IJMC entered into a publication agreement with Springer, a globally recognize publishing house. Partnering with this professional technical journal publication firm gives broader exposure to various university, public and private libraries, potentially expanding subscriptions while maintaining the current offering to corporate members. The new pre- college student-focused magazine Melting Point was launched in 2015-2016 and is publishes twice a year.


Combined, these publications delivered almost 2,000 pages of content to subscribers in FY 2016.


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