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It’s always good to know your priorities. For many of the major decisions of my life, I’ve organized my thoughts on paper and then stuck to that road map. 

Metalcasting consolidation has reduced the number of metal casting facilities in the U.S. from 6,150 in 1955, to 3,200 plants in 1991, to today’s count of just 1,750. Now, the U.S.

I don’t know about you, but I wasn’t too big on field trips as a kid. I deduce this because, frankly, I’m wracking my brains and can’t remember the details of a single one.

AFS Corporate Member Fall River Foundry, named after the Wisconsin town in which it was founded in 1953, is one of the largest job-shop manufacturers of brass castings in the world.