Joint Technical Sessions
Thursday, February 3, 2005
8:30 – 09:00
Conference Keynote Address
- Conner Warren - Citation Corporation (retired)
Conference Chair: Ron Kern, American Cast Iron Pipe Company
9:00 – 09:30
AFS & The Metal Casting Industry- Moving Forward to the Future
- Chuck Kurtti - AFS National President
Conference Chair: Ron Kern, American Cast Iron Pipe Company
9:45 – 10:45
Industry Issues-Foundry & Supplier Views
- George Boyd - Goldens’ Foundry & Machine Co.
- Ralph Lyles, Miller & Company
Session Chair: Jim Frost, American Cast Iron Pipe Company
11:00 – 11:45
Scrap & Raw Materials Issues
- Gene Muratore, Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium
Session Chair: Todd Lyles, United Refractories
12:00 Noon - Annual Luncheon
AFS Update
- Jerry Call, AFS
FEF Update
- Bill Sorensen, FEF
Session Chair: Peter Reich, Reich Companies
Break Out Technical Sessions
Thursday, February 3, 2005
2:00 – 2:45pm
Current Sales & Marketing Issues
- Bruce McMellon, Vulcan Engineering
Session Chair: Brian Floyd, Citation-Columbiana
OR
Current Safety Issues
- Jennifer Bailey, American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Session Chair: Dan Javorka, Alabama Gas Corporation
3:00 – 3:45pm
Green Sand Molding Advances
- Victor LaFay, Hill & Griffith Company
Session Chair: Mike Selz, Charlotte Pipe & Foundry
OR
Supply Chain Management – How Can it Help Me?
- Mike Hays, American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Session Chair: Kevin Crawford, Vulcan Engineering
4:00 – 4:30pm JOINT SESSION
Birmingham’s Sloss Furnaces-Then & Now
- Paige Wainwright, Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark
Session Chair: Jeff Fowler, Citation- Marion
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