American Foundry Society
North America's metalcasting community, advancing the craft and competitiveness of foundries through standards, training, and shared industry knowledge
Peer societies
Five societies American Foundry Society is read alongside.
NADCA
North American Die Casting Association
The trade and technical association of the die casting industry, advancing the metalcasting process through…
128 companies named
AIST
Association for Iron & Steel Technology
A technical association serving the iron and steel industry that advances the technology of steelmaking and…
600 companies named
MMMS
Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
The professional home society for minerals, metals, and materials scientists and engineers across industry…
AWS
American Welding Society
The body that writes the codes and certifies the people who hold the built world together
PMA
Precision Metalforming Association
The national association of the metalforming, stamping, fabricating, and slide-forming industry, advancing…
68 companies named
Who backs AFS
Every company American Foundry Society names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| Inductotherm | Meeting sponsor | FEF NADCA SMA AA |
| EJ | Meeting sponsor | FEF NUCA NPPA |
| ECK Industries | Meeting sponsor | FEF |
| Laempe Reich | Meeting sponsor | FEF |
| ExOne | Meeting sponsor | Only American Foundry Society, so far |
| HA Group | Meeting sponsor | Only American Foundry Society, so far |
| Hoosier | Meeting sponsor | Only American Foundry Society, so far |
| Humtown | Meeting sponsor | Only American Foundry Society, so far |
| Liberty Pattern | Meeting sponsor | Only American Foundry Society, so far |
| Matthews | Meeting sponsor | Only American Foundry Society, so far |
| ME Elecmetal | Meeting sponsor | Only American Foundry Society, so far |
| PDA | Meeting sponsor | Only American Foundry Society, so far |
| Resand Oy | Meeting sponsor | Only American Foundry Society, so far |
| Silver Dollar Castings | Meeting sponsor | Only American Foundry Society, so far |
| St. Marys Foundry | Meeting sponsor | Only American Foundry Society, so far |
| Waupaca | Meeting sponsor | Only American Foundry Society, so far |
Sources: 2 published lists, read September 2026
2026 AFS Additive Manufacturing Conference sponsors. Read September 28, 2026. Conference sponsors, read from logo alt text.
2026 AFS Women in Metalcasting Conference sponsors. Read September 28, 2026. Conference sponsors, read from logo alt text.
Who backs American Foundry Society's peers, but not American Foundry Society
Companies named publicly by at least one of American Foundry Society's five peer societies, and not found in American Foundry Society's reviewed public records.
The outside view
North America's metalcasting community, advancing the craft and competitiveness of foundries through standards, training, and shared industry knowledge
- Consensus
- Build
- Inward
- Operational
Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The League and The Republic.
Strengths
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