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15. April 2021 Sinto America and Dotson Enter Industry 4.0 World Sinto America continues to pave the road for smart foundries by integrating Industry 4.0 Analytics in manufacturing plants throughout North America. Dotson Iron Castings has fully embraced this digital revolution.  In early 2019, Dotson Iron Castings, actively began using Sinto’s ePVS system on three of their equipment lines: molding machines, transfer stations and turn tables. Dotson has a long history with Sinto, g...

New details on the EEU exhaust gas plans - AGVES presents recommendation

12. April 2021 #ThinkBig: How to produce large structural diecasting parts even more simple – The Italpresse Gauss way of casting With the aluminium die casting market predicted to grow strongly in the next years (6.95% in automotive by 2024), die casters able to produce larger, structural parts efficiently and reliably have a competitive advantage. Attend the Italpresse Gauss webinar to find out how our latest Giant innovation can help. With huge closing forces, a clever compact d...

05. April 2021 UK - Grayson Perry is casting a bell to ring at the end of the Covid-19 pandemic As future of Londons historic Whitechapel foundry hangs in the balance, artist’s bell will be made elsewhere The Turner prizewinning artist and national treasure Grayson Perry plans to make a bell to mark the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, which should be ready to ring out the coronavirus crisis in late 2021. “The bell we want to create for Grayson will be approximately 40 inches in dia...

Albert Weber takes over the plants of the Schweizer Group Global in Plauen and Roding Weber Holding GmbH from Markdorf takes over the Plauen and Roding plants of the insolvent Schweizer Group Global. The transfer of the two production sites is planned for April 1, 2021, but is still subject to the occurrence of various conditions. The transaction includes fixed and current assets as well as the companys intangible assets. The seller and buyer have agreed not to disclose the purchase price and ...

Written by foundry industry business consultant, Johannes Messer

Hubert Windegger Appointed Chief Financial Officer of ASK Chemicals Group Hubert Windegger (50) joins the management of ASK Chemicals as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) as of March 01, 2021. In this role, he will be responsible for the areas Finance, Controlling, Digitalization & IT. He succeeds Anders Wester, who left the company on February 28, 2021. Wester served as CFO of the ASK Chemicals Group since 2018 and made important contributions to the companys sustainable financial developmen...

New market presence as thyssenkrupp Automotive Body Solutions -- Assembly lines plus production of bodies and components -- Competitiveness increased in the past fiscal year through restructuring and integration

12. March 2021 Why the pandemic may be a good time to switch from film to digital radioscopy The global coronavirus pandemic hit many industries hard and one of the worst affected has been aerospace. The sudden decrease in air travel impacted revenue from new aircraft sales and replacement parts. The pandemic has also forced many aerospace companies to focus on cost savings that include workforce reductions. These reductions are being coupled with automation improvements to make scal...

28. February 2021 Die casting training available from anywhere, anytime With lasting travel restrictions attending a practical training course keeps being difficult. Nevertheless, foundries might need to train somebody on a new equipment or wish for an introduction to die casting for someone who is new to the industry. Taking a look at the new Bühler web education format is worthwhile. Many of the known Bühler trainings are now available in webinar format. Bühler’s online cours...