Daily Archives: Monday January 27th, 2014

Euroguss in Nuremberg, Germany, closed Jan. 16 with a triple record: more than 11,000 trade visitors (compared to 8,415 in 2012), a good 30 percent of them international, visited the 470 exhibitors (compared to 383 in 2012). In short, the 10th anniversary of the International Trade Fair for Die Casting […]

Euroguss 2014: More Successful Than Ever

27 Jan, 2014 in News tagged Europe by Global Casting Magazine

IFEX 2014 is India’s leading trade fair on metalcasting technology, equipment and supplies. This trade fair covers the entire spectrum of the requirements of a modern day foundry. This will be an excellent platform for the Indian as well as overseas companies to showcase their state-of-the-art technologies and services being […]

India’s IFEX 2014 Coming in February

27 Jan, 2014 in News tagged Asia / Industry Events by Global Casting Magazine

Reena Bhagwati, joint managing director of Bhagwati Autocast Ltd. and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, U.S., succeeds Harsh Jha as president of the Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IIF). Vikas Garg, managing director, Forace Polymers (P) Ltd., has been elected vice president. Bhagwati was vice president of IIF, which […]

India Metalcasting Association Appoints Bhagwati as President

27 Jan, 2014 in News tagged Asia by Global Casting Magazine

Vietnam’s metalcasting industry is experiencing an upward trend, according to participants in a four-day German Engineering Federation (VDMA) market exploration trip organized with the support of the Federal Ministry of Economics and the local host of AHK Vietnam, a delegation of German industry and commerce in Vietnam. From Hanoi in […]

German Industry Explores Vietnam Opportunities

27 Jan, 2014 in News tagged Asia / Europe by Global Casting Magazine

At its Singen, Germany, facility, GF Automotive, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has announced plans for a modern iron castings molding line for the production of top-quality lightweight components for trucks. Construction will start this year, and the new facility will go into operation at the end of 2015. The total investment in […]

Molding Line Boosts Efficiency at Singen Facility

27 Jan, 2014 in News tagged Europe / Molding by Global Casting Magazine

CastoolTooling Systems, a division of Exco Technologies Ltd. based in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada, and Gurtnellen, Switzerland-based Schmelzmetall AG have agreed to expand the promotion and sales of one another’s products. Castool designs and manufactures tooling systems for diecasting machines and extrusion presses. Schmelzmetall produces high performance copper alloys for diecasting. […]

Castool, Schmelzmetall Combine Diecasting Expertise

27 Jan, 2014 in News tagged Die Casting / Europe / North America by Global Casting Magazine

Chromalloy, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., U.S., a leading supplier of gas turbine engine component repairs, coatings and castings, has acquired Trac Group, a Tier One component supplier to the aerospace and energy industries. Headquartered in Crewe, U.K., Trac Group employs about 400 people and has production facilities in the U.K. […]

Chromalloy Acquires Turbine Component Maker Trac Group

27 Jan, 2014 in News tagged Europe / Foundry / North America by Global Casting Magazine