The world’s biggest mining companies would like you to put more zinc in your zucchini and copper in your socks and dental floss. While builders and manufacturers remain the biggest metals users, ...

The remarkable properties of ceramic cores including stability in extreme conditions, refractory qualities and strength have made them ideal for a wide range of applications in theinvestment casting ...

The award ceremony kicks off a series of lectures about toolmaking at a colloquium called "Tool and Die Making for the Future." The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology in Aachen, Germany, ...

With an impressive international turnout, the EICF 2025 Conference kicked off in early May in Liverpool. Delegates from the USA, Japan, and India – including Tim Sullivan of the Investment Casting ...

Local media in Chongqing report that construction of Wencan Die Casting's new facility is already 80% complete. The state-of-the-art plant is expected to be completed by April 2025 and will feature ...

The conversion from cupola to induction furnaces is a decisive step for foundries on the path to decarbonizing their production. An important challenge here is scrap quality, which must be better in ...

Monitizer, part of Norican Group (DISA, Simpson Technologies, Wheelabrator, StrikoWestofen and ItalPresseGauss), and ABP Induction Systems have agreed to build links between their digital systems.

In March, the project partners of SUPA-Wheel gathered in Garching near Munich for their quarterly meeting. The project, Sustainable Production of Aluminum Wheels, is funded by the German Federal ...

In modern manufacturing, flexibility is a key success factor—especially in the die casting industry, where smaller batch sizes and high part variability are standard. Flexible automation solutions ...

Haitian International officially inaugurated its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Mexico, inviting official representatives of the state of Jalisco, the municipality of Acatlan de Juarez, ...

At the 2025 CastExpo & Metalcasting Congress, Bruce Dienst was presented with the prestigious Peter L. Simpson Gold Medal – a deeply meaningful recognition, as the award is named after his great-great ...

Magnesium alloys are processed in melting furnaces with extreme heat and large temperature fluctuations. If its core component (the crucible) fails, the entire casting cell comes to a standstill.