World Conference on Investment Casting, Kobe Japan

The IAPH World Ports Conference 2024 in Hamburg closed with an exciting look ahead to next year’s event. Tomohisa Izumi, deputy director general, Ports & Harbors Bureau, Kobe City Government, warmly invited delegates to the city of Kobe, Japan, to attend the 2025 IAPH World Ports Conference on 7-9 October next year. #IAPH2025 marks the 70th year of the association and Kobe was introduced as ‘the city where the idea of IAPH took shape’. Although the creation of IAPH was officially announced in November 1955 in Los Angeles, three years earlier a delegation of international port executives, politicians and academics met at the University of Kobe to explore the idea of an international association for port authorities, on 9-11 October 1952. In Hamburg, delegates were treated to an impressive video showing a vibrant and advanced port city venue ready to host supply chain professionals from across the global supply chain for networking, innovation and debate. More information on #IAPH2025 will be available soon, as IAPH returns to its roots in Kobe to celebrate seven successful decades of operation.

Founded in 1987, China International Foundry Expo (METAL CHINA）is the only foundry exhibition sponsored by a national-level industry association in China. It is authoritative, representative, forward-looking and industry-oriented, and has grown into a world-class industry event. China International Die Casting Industry Exhibition(DIECASTING CHINA) is based on the classic brand exhibition "International Nonferrous and Special Foundry Exhibition", which is the vane to lead the non-ferrous sector. The total area for both exhibitions exceeds 100,000 square meters, with more than 100 supporting programs, which attract more than 1,300 well-known exhibitors and more than 100,000 professional visitors from over 30 countries and regions to participate online and offline. It has become an important platform for the transformation and upgrade of the foundry industry.

Europe’s annual Investment Casting International Conference & Exhibition is set to come back to the UK to the City of Liverpool . In cooperation with the Cast Metals Federation, the event shall be held at the prestigious ACC Conference & Exhibition Centre by the Mersey river. The theme selected for the conference is “Secure and Sustainable: Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience and Health & Safety in Investment Casting”

The investment casting industry has long been recognized for its precision, complexity, and ability to produce components that meet the highest standards of quality. However the global landscape
has changed significantly in the wake of the pandemic and ongoing geopolitical instability. These shifts have brought about unprecedented challenges in the fields of Supply Chain and Health & Safety that call for an equally unprecedented response from foundries and related industries

Language
English will be the official language of the conference

The Greater Missouri (STL) Section and the Refractory Ceramics Division of The American Ceramic Society will sponsor the 60th Annual Symposium on Refractories on the theme “Modeling, Simulation, AI and Its Potential and Practical Effect on the Refractory Industry” on March 26-27, 2025, and a kickoff event (TBD) will be held the evening of March 25, 2025. The meeting will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Hilton St. Louis Airport Hotel. Co-program chairs are Rebecka Annunziata of Arcelor Mittal and Brady Gould of Christy Refractories.