Industry Partnerships

DOE is conducting business in a new way. By participating in several collaborative partnerships, including the Metal Casting Industry of the Future, the metal casting industry is advancing its technology research, development, and deployment.

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Based on the vision document Beyond 2000 (PDF 134 KB), American Foundry Society (AFS), Steel Founder's Society of America (SFSA), and North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) developed the Metal Casting Industry Technology Roadmap, which outlines a specific path for accomplishing the vision. These organizations then created the Cast Metals Coalition (CMC) to establish a partnership between DOE and the metal casting industry. Today, some specific accomplishments made by this partnership include the following:

September 1995 - Vision Developed
Chief executive officers and presidents from the foundry, die casting, and foundry supply industries developed Beyond 2000: A Vision for the American Metal Casting Industry. (PDF 134 KB)

October 1995 - Compact Signed
The American Foundry Society (AFS), Steel Founder's Society of America (SFSA), and North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) signed a Compact establishing a voluntary collaborative effort between industry and the U.S. Department of Energy.

The Compact provided the framework for identifying appropriate areas for joint research, development, and technology demonstrations.

January 1998 - Published Technology Roadmap
The CMC finalized the Technology Roadmap (PDF 383 KB). The Roadmap sets out the strategy for pursuing near-, mid-, and long-term goals set out by industry and for carrying out the cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and industry.

The Roadmap outlines key goals for products and markets, materials technology, manufacturing technology, environmental technology, human resources, and industry health programs.

Today - Vision Implementation
The CMC also manages R&D activities through the Metal Casting Industry of the Future strategy. Through an executive board and technical committees, the CMC operates with input and guidance across the metal casting industry, drawing on an existing metal casting Industrial Oversight Panel (IOP) and numerous technical committees in the metal casting associations, as well as relying on the input and advice from corporations, academia, and government agencies.

The CMC technical committees select candidate R&D projects based on the goals and objectives identified in the Metal Casting industry vision. The CMC executive board, comprised of the metal casting IOP, ITP, and representatives from three other associations, work together to ensure that the candidate R&D projects correspond to the Vision's objectives and goals, and are well-deserving candidates for project awards.