Membership

Membership of the Federation is open to all European Investment Foundries and Suppliers to the Industry. Research organisations with connections to the Industry are also welcome to join.

There is a single class of membership, the membership fee for 2007 is €575 (£385) per year. Membership details and applications for membership can be obtained from the secretarial office or by downloading the application form.

Membership Benefits

• Reduced attendance fees for EICF sponsored conferences and technical workshops
• Reduced prices of conference proceedings
• Free editorial giving members news in the Foundry Trade Journal
• Company details in the Castings Buyers Guide with a combined circulation with the FTJ of > 6000
• News of forthcoming events
• Participation in sponsored research projects
• Environmental co-operation
• Shared activities with the Cast Metals Federation and the US Investment Casting Institute.
• E-mail link to member companies and the Cast Metals Federation through the EICF web site.

Application forms are available from the secretarial office. You can also download a copy (Microsoft Word format, PDF) and mail it to the secretarial office.