Impact of the COVID-19 virus on the European Foundry Industry

Apr 9, 2020 | EU, General information

The COVID-19 out­break is a major shock for the European and global eco­nom­ies. It rep­res­ents an unpre­ced­ent situ­ation for Europe´s cit­izens, soci­ety and eco­nomy. Rep­res­ent­ing the European foundry industry EFF sup­ports the meas­ures neces­sary to con­tain...

Suc­cess­ful Visit at EUROGUSS 2020

Jan 20, 2020 | General information

The EUROGUSS 2020 trade fair from 14–16 Janu­ary 2020 in Nurem­berg, Ger­many, was very suc­cess­ful. Every two years the fair offers a plat­form to dis­cuss trends as well as per­spect­ives for the inter­na­tional light metal, die-cast­ing and grav­ity die-cast­ing...

New EFF Pro­gramme: Inter­na­tional exchange of apprentices

Dec 9, 2019 | General information

IdeaIn­t­ern­ships abroad — prefer­ably dur­ing on-the-job train­ing — are the best way to motiv­ate and reward your appren­tices. It could also be a suc­cess­ful way to increase the attract­ive­ness and per­cep­tion of your com­pany for future appren­tices and to...

EFF rep­res­en­ted at the 9th Inter­na­tional BRICS Foundry Forum 2019

Oct 1, 2019 | General information

Luis Filipe Vil­las-Boas, Pres­id­ent of the EFF Exec­ut­ive Com­mit­tee, rep­res­en­ted EFF The European Foundry Asso­ci­ation at the Inter­na­tional BRICS Foundry Forum, which took place on 18 Septem­ber 2019 in São Paulo City, Brazil. At the same time ABIFA, the...

EFF Forum 2019: Stra­tegic Trends and Best Practices

Jul 5, 2019 | General information

For the very first time, EFF organ­ised a lec­ture forum at GIFA on Fri­day, 28 June 2019. Many inter­ested vis­it­ors from all around the world listened to lec­tures of the EFF Forum with focus on strategy and man­age­ment top­ics for the foundry industry. Nine...

EFF at GIFA 2019: highly successful

Jul 5, 2019 | General information

EFF was rep­res­en­ted at the inter­na­tional foundry trade fair GIFA from 25 to 29 June 2019 and wel­comed its mem­ber asso­ci­ations as well as their mem­ber com­pan­ies. GIFA is the most import­ant meet­ing place of the foundry world and takes place every four...