AFS reaches design engineers, casting buyers during two trade shows.The American Foundry Society (AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System ) marketed metalcasting at two trade shows for design engineers and casting buyers. The first was the Society of Manufacturing Engineers' WESTEC 2007, March 26-29, in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . As the largest annual North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. machine tools and advanced manufacturing event, WESTEC is a key event in marketing the metalcasting industry. AFS also exhibited at the 2007 Society of Automotive Engineers' World Congress in Detroit, April 16-19. Boasting more than 35,000 attendees, the show is one of the top automotive technical events in the world. "Our trade show exposure is an important factor when trying to market the U.S. metalcasting industry," said Alfred Spada, AFS director of marketing, communications and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . "These shows give us critical access to design engineers and potential casting buyers in a variety of key industries." The next stop for AFS will be at the GIFA GIFA Internationale Giesserei-Fachmesse (German: International Foundry Trade Fair; Dusseldorf, Germany) GIFA Governing International Fisheries Agreement GIFA Gross Internal Floor Area and NEWCAST shows, June 12-16, in Dusseldorf, Germany. "GIFA presents a unique opportunity to show the world what AFS is doing, and NEWCAST gives U.S. metalcasting great exposure to the global market," Spada said. |
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