News

The Federation is delighted to welcome the Rolls Royce Precision Casting Foundry into membership.

Rolls Royce is one of the founding fathers of the UK Investment Casting Industry and their contribution to the industry is immense.

Full contact details can be found on the members page.

The EICF AGM held on May 16, 2010 appointed Mr Giuseppe Facchini of Precicast,as Chairman of the Board and President of the EICF. Mr Stephen Leyland of Honeywell was appointed Vice Chairman of the board and Vice President of the EICF.

The AGM thanked Dr Carlos Olabe for his Presidency of the EICF over that last four years. During his Presidency the Federation celebrated the Golden Jubilee with an international conference in Bilbao. technical workshops in Sweden, Spain and Germany. His Presidency culminated in the successful International Conference in Krakow, Poland May 2010.

The Federation is delighted to welcome the following companies into membership:

Gür Metal Investment Casting (Foundry member)
34956 Tuzla, İstanbul, Turkey,

Solar Impianti
(Supplier member)
41053 Maranello,Italy

Their contact details and web site links can be found on the members pages

The Federation is delighted to welcome Voxeljet Technology GmbH into membership. The company contact details can be found on the suppliers members pages.

The Federation is delighted to welcome the following companies into membership:
MK Technology GmbH (Germany)
ESCO Turbine Technologies (Belgium)
Fireline Europe (Belgium)
SECO/WARWICK S.A. (Poland)
Full contact details for these companies can be found on the members pages.

The Federation is delighted to welcome two foundries from Turkey as foundry members of the EICF.
GEDIK Döküm ve Vana Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş
Contact: hgedik@gedik.com.tr
MAKİM Makina Teknolojileri San. Tic. A.Ş.
Contact: aileri@makim.com.tr
Full contact details for these companies can be found on the members pages

Mr Andrzej Gryka of WSK PZL-RzeszόwS.A. Poland, and Mr Michel Dungelhoeff of Precimetal Fonderie de Precision, Belgium were both elected to the Board of Directors at the EICF AGM on May 12. The full list of directors elected is given in the members section of this web site.

The Federation is delighted to welcome Access e.V. into membership. ACCESS Technical Centre is an independent research centre with expertise in thermodynamics, process simulation, process development and quality control. Arising from a working group of the Foundry Institute of the Technical University of Aachen, ACCESS was established as a registered non-profit-making research association in 1986

The Federation is delighted to welcome Mineral & Chemical Services Ltd into membership. The company is a supplier of specialized process minerals and contact details can be found on the members section of this web site.

The principal contact is Mr Robin Taylor:robin.taylor@mineral-services.co.uk

The Federation is delighted to welcome the following companies into membership. Full contact details for these companies and web site links can be found on the members pages of this web site.

Paramelt B.V.
Suppliers of specialist waxes
Contact Mr Mikael Dahlström
mdahlstroem@paramelt.com

MetaCause Solutions
Consultancy service
Contact Dr Rajesh Ransing
R.S.Ransing@swansea.ac.uk

Romonta Bergwerks Holding AG
Suppliers of specialist waxes
Contact Mr Joerg Abraham
abraham@romonta.de

Livnica Preciznih Odlivaka AD
Serbian foundry producing engineering, medical and aero components
Contact Mr Aleksander Miskovic
sashalpo@eunet.yu

Advanced Aerofoil Technologies AG
Swiss based foundry specialising in gas turbine castings
Contact Mr Harry Kaffenes
Harry.kaffenes@aatgroup.com