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Training material on the safe use of diisocyanates available here

Members of the German Foundry Chemistry Association (IVG) or the German Foundry Industry Association (BDG) can order the free training material for internal training purposes at no charge. Please contact…

What is the suppliers’ strategy?

Dependent on sourcing raw materials from China Commodity prices have exploded as a result of extreme demand, among other things, and supply bottlenecks are causing serious problems for companies –…

Technical information on natural radioactivity in foundry chemical products

With the ordinance on the further modernization of radiation protection law published at the beginning of December 2018, radiation protection law in Germany was comprehensively amended. In view of the…

Automotive suppliers need a transformation strategy

Hanover, February 19, 2018 Despite all the scepticism, global automobility will become more electric in the future. What will happen to the German supplier industry for combustion engines? A recent…

Convincing casting advantages of the new INOTEC™ generation

In addition to odorless core production and odor-reduced casting, the advantages for the foundry industry of using INOTEC™ technology are the significantly lower cleaning requirements for machines and tools and…

Foundrymen are Germany’s best energy scouts

Maren Neugebauer, 1st year foundry mechanic, and Alexander König, 3rd year electronics technician for industrial engineering, from Eisengiesserei Baumgarte GmbH in Bielefeld were honored last week by the Mittelstandsinitiative in…

100 years of innovation in melt casting technology

Vesuvius, a global leader in melt casting technology, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. From its origins in Pittsburgh during World War I to today’s new generation of solutions,…