The keynote speaker for the evening will be Tom Teske. Tom is a graduate of Kalamazoo College. He joined East Jordan a year after graduating from Kalamazoo College. He started in Sales in the Chicago Branch Office in 1976. He and his family have resided in East Jordan for over 30 years. He has held […]

The theme of our March meeting is education. Prior to the meeting we will have tours of local manufacutring facilities, and a tour of the brand new Muskegon Community College Sturrus Technology Center. The meeting will include a presentation of opportunities in the metal casting industry as well as available scholarships and stipends. Most of […]

New Technology in the Foundry will be held on Apr. 9, 2019 at: FOUNDERS BREWING COMPANY 235 Grandville Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI

80th Annual AFS WMC Golf Outing / Picnic will be held on Aug. 3, 2019 at: CHASE HAMMOND GOLF CLUB 2454 Putnam Rd, Muskegon, MI

We kick off the 2019-2020 season with an overview of various regulatory changes that have been implemented or are being proposed at the federal and state level. Topics will include the following: RCRA Generator Improvement Rule • Repeal of Once-In-Always-In policy • Aerosol Cans being added to federal Universal Waste list • Revisions to New […]

Opportunities and Challenges for Castings in 2020 About this Event Raymond Monroe, Executive Vice President of the Steel Founders' Society of America will be our speaker. Ray has had a lot of fun, fooling around with steel castings for forty years. For the first ten years he did technical stuff, research at Southern Research Institute […]

Our speaker for this evening's event will be State Senator Jon Bumstead. Growing up in Newaygo County, Jon Bumstead had a passion for the outdoors, not the classroom. Senator Jon Bumstead did not follow what many would consider to be a ‘typical’ career path. During high school, Senator Bumstead enrolled in Newaygo County’s Career Tech […]

What: Friday Family Fun Night: Foundries Where:  Lakeshore Museum Center 430 W. Clay Ave. Muskegon, MI 49440 When:  Friday November 22, 2019 5:30PM to 7:30PM More Information:   https://lakeshoremuseum.org/events/friday-family-fun-night-foundries/?utm_source=Parents&utm_campaign=394c7a20e9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_29_06_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c931b74cbd-394c7a20e9-179181533 Good opportunity to bring your family and friends to learn about the metal casting industry that is a huge part of West Michigan! We are also […]

Nitriding and the Heat Treatment of Firearms About this Event Our Speaker will be Vasko Popovski. Vasko is Director of Sales and Marketing for Advanced Heat Treat Corp. of Waterloo, IA. He has over 25 years of experience in Metalcasting, heat treatment, metallurgy and engineering. Vasko received a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering […]

The theme of our March meeting is education. Prior to the meeting we will have tours of local manufacturing facilities, and a tour of the brand new Muskegon Community College Sturrus Technology Center. The meeting will include a presentation of opportunities in the metal casting industry as well as available scholarships and stipends. Most of […]