Written on May 4, 2012 by admin
Category: Meetings
This Month’s Meeting:
Tour of CASS
(Custom Alloy Scrap Sales)
Host: Eric Whitenight
2730 Peralta Street
Oakland, CA 94607, U. S. A.
TEL: 510-893-6476
We at CASS are extremely proud of our ability to transform society’s obsolete aluminum products into environmentally friendly quality aluminum ingot. Through this process, important savings in energy and natural resources are achieved resulting in an extremely positive impact on our environment. This demands the experience, expertise, and dedication of our skilled employees. Everyone from our buyers to our metallurgist and environmental specialists work together as a team to produce the finest secondary aluminum alloyed ingot.
We are excited to have you tour our state of the art furnace operation and join us for BBQ & beers at one of our favorite local restaurants.
Time:
4:00 – Arrive
4:30 – Tours Begin
6:00 – Dinner
B-Side BBQ
sponsored by
CASS
3303 San Pablo Ave.
Oakland, CA 94608
Must RSVP by May 3rd
to:
Zeydi.Gutierrez@abifoundry.com
Phone: (510)632-3467
Written on March 5, 2012 by admin
Category: Meetings
This Month’s Meeting:
Presenter: Lisa Prince,
Cal/OSHA Update: AB 2774 One Year Later and Other Developments Worth Mention
Ms. Prince began her practice in 1998 representing clients in civil litigation. That experience has made her a strong advocate for our clients. As a partner at Walter & Prince, Lisa represents employers in defense of OSHA citations and “serious and willful misconduct” claims. She works with employers, safety directors, risk managers, and human resources administrators to develop effective preventive safety programs that answer regulatory mandates. She is effective in creating working partnerships with our clients to identify and achieve realistic litigation goals.
Lisa is a dynamic and informative speaker on a wide range of topics related to workplace safety, weathering Cal/OSHA investigations and the Cal/OSHA appeals process. She has delivered presentations to organizations as various as State Compensation Insurance Fund, the American Society of Safety Engineers , HR Connections, AgSafe, the Sonoma County Employer Advisory Council, the National Safety Management Society and Associated General Contractors (AGC) San Diego. In 2011, Ms. Prince partnered with ESM Solutions and appeared in a video designed to educate employers about the effects of AB 2774 (a significant amendment to California Labor Code Section 6432).
She is co-author, with her partner, Fred Walter, of the “Workplace Safety” chapter of the California State Bar publication Advising California Employers and Employees.
Location:
Francesco’s
8520 Pardee Dr.
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 569-0653
Date: March 13, 2012
Time:
4:00 – Board Meeting
4:45 – No Host Cocktails (Complimentary Pizza Bread)
5:15 – Dinner
6:00 – Presentation
Dinner Choices:
One-Half Roast Chicken on Bed of Rissotto or Petrale Sole
$40 / Person
Please RSVP by March 9 (with your dinner choice) to:
Zeydi.Gutierrez@abifoundry.com
Phone: (510)632-3467
Written on February 29, 2012 by admin
Category: Meetings
Numbers, numbers, numbers. Check these numbers out:
RED LION ROOM BLOCK: Our room block at the Red Lion (room nights reserved) is 185; as of yesterday we have 185 room nights reserved. We are working with the hotel to extend our block but after today we cannot guarantee what they will charge. Best to call now and reserve your room if you have not done so. Room rates with the Red Lion go from the conference special rate of $156 to the hotel’s daily market rate on March 5th – IF there are any extra rooms to sell. Here’s the direct phone line and conference code for the Red Lion:
1-855-515-1144 AFSN0312 (that be a zero)
Remember the Early Bird registration rates go away on March 1st.
You have less than 1 week to register at the Early Bird price. March 1st the rates go up. Get ‘er done! Register today.
**** REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS****: Save $50 on every registration after the 3rd one. The $50 discount applies to the lesser value of the types of registration prices and all attendees MUST be from the same company. All forms, 1 registration/attendee per form, must be sent together as well. This is a great incentive to bring more co-workers. Contact Steve or Mark Morel for more information on discounts and what you need to do to get yours! Call 206-784-0855.
If you are having problems using the online Google registration forms go back to the home page and ½ way down is the link to open up the PDF registration form. Fill it out and fax it to Steve Morel at the number listed on form. Or scan it and email it to stevem@morelindustries.com.
EXHIBITS: Booth space is also filling up. We sold 7 exhibits two weeks ago. Today – over 20. Go online and see who’s going to be showing their wears. Reserve your booth today before we are sold out. Contact Paul Morel at 206-409-3142 or email him at pjmorel@earthlink.net.
PLANT TOURS: Plant tours are gearing up for Thursday, March 22nd. Thomas Machine and Foundry, Pentz Cast Solutions, Woodland Pattern and Modern Pattern will be open. Contact Travis Lamberte at Northstar Casteel, 206-622-0068, for more details. Check our web site out for any updates or late additions.
THE PROGRAM: The program committee has put together 2 days of superb educational sessions. There’s no better place to learn about “foundry stuff” and to network! It’s all online!
Don’t forget about the wine tasting & jazz music on Friday night. Then on Saturday night, our casino event, come and see if Raymond Monroe really is as slick at dealing as he thinks he is! Lots of great prizes too.
www.wa-afsconference.com
Perry Como sang: “The Bluest Skies You’ve Ever Seen Are In Seattle!”
Come and see them for yourself!
Keith KrookBusiness Development ManagerGeneral Foundry Service - “Custom Cast & Machined Aluminum Components”1390 Business Center Place
San Leandro, CA 94577
Office: 510-297-5040 / Mobile: 510-599-9800 / Fax: 510-614-2171 / Web: www.genfoundry.comSince 1946, Celebrating Our “66th” Year of Service.
Written on January 7, 2012 by admin
Category: Meetings
Location:
Francesco’s
8520 Pardee Dr.
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 569-0653
Date: January 10th, 2012
Time:
4:00 – Board Meeting
4:45 – No Host Cocktails
(Complimentary Pizza Bread)
5:15 – Dinner
6:00 – Presentation
Dinner Choices:
Roast Pork Loin with Dijon
Sauce or
Stuffed Seafood Pasta Shells
$35 / Person
Please RSVP by Jan 5th (with
your dinner choice) to:
Zeydi.Gutierrez@abifoundry.com
Phone: (510)632-3467
Written on December 5, 2011 by admin
Category: Meetings
Spouse’s Night
At Scott’s Seafood
(Jack London Square)
2 Broadway, Oakland (510) 444-3456
Date: December 13th
Social Time: 5:30-6:30
Dinner: 6:30-9:00
Dinner Choices:
Cedar Planked Orange Bourbon Salmon and Prosciutto and Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken
Orange Bourbon Glaze
or
Sliced Tenderloin of Beef and Grilled Salmon, Red Wine Shallot Marmalade
or
Roasted Vegetable Ravioli
Dessert:
Mascarpone Cranberry Cheesecake with Cranberry Compote
$70.00 / Person
Please RSVP (with your dinner choice) to: Zeydi Gutierrez
by December 7th
zeydi.gutierrez@abifoundry.com
Calendar of Events
2012
January 10th, 2012
TBD
February 14th, 2012
TBD
Written on November 30, 2011 by admin
Category: Meetings
This Month’s Meeting:
Spouse’s Night
At Scott’s Seafood
(Jack London Square)
2 Broadway, Oakland (510) 444-3456
Date: December 13th
Social Time: 5:30-6:30
Dinner: 6:30-9:00
Dinner Choices:
Cedar Planked Orange Bourbon Salmon and Prosciutto and Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken
Orange Bourbon Glaze
or
Sliced Tenderloin of Beef and Grilled Salmon, Red Wine Shallot Marmalade
or
Roasted Vegetable Ravioli
Dessert:
Mascarpone Cranberry Cheesecake with Cranberry Compote
$70.00 / Person
Please RSVP (with your dinner choice) to: Zeydi Gutierrez
by December 7th
Written on November 10, 2011 by admin
Category: Meetings
Dr. Fred Simonelli is the Vice President, Government Affairs, of the California Metals Coalition (CMC). His career as an advocate for California’s metalworking industry spans 33 years. During this time, Dr. Simonelli served as Executive Director and Chief Lobbyist for the California Cast Metals Association (CCMA) from 1977 to 2001 and was instrumental in the creation of a broad-based coalition representing all metalworking companies in California, the California Metals Coalition, in 2003.
Prior to coming to California to work for CCMA in 1977, Dr. Simonelli served for 5 years as the Director of Government Affairs for the Steel Founders Society of America (SFSA), the national trade association for the steel foundry industry.
Dr. Simonelli also has extensive experience in government, serving as staff assistant to U.S. Congressman Charles A. Vanik of Ohio, as a member of the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Democratic Executive Committee, and as an elected member of the Euclid (Ohio ) City Council (1971-1975) where he served as Chair of the Council’s Environment Committee. In addition, Simonelli was a member of the Euclid City Council Finance Committee and was appointed by the Council President as the council’s representative in contract negotiations with the city’s municipal unions.
Dr. Simonelli served as a campaign advisor to Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan, Euclid Ohio Mayoral candidate Joseph Farrell, and his brother, Connecticut State Representative Jerry Simonelli.
Dr. Simonelli is the recipient of numerous awards including the Irwin J. Tetzlaff Memorial Award from CCMA (1985), the Outstanding Graduate Award from the Department of History, California State University, Sacramento (1990), the Outstanding Faculty Award from Mount St. Mary’s College (1992), and Research Fellowships from Yad Vashem in Israel (1999) and the Skirball Institute (2001).
Dr. Simonelli holds a B.A. degree in Communication Studies from John Carroll University, an M.P.A. degree in Public Policy from the University of San Francisco, an M.A. degree in History from California State University, Sacramento, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Nevada, Reno.
Location:
Francesco’s
8520 Pardee Dr.
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 569-0653
Date: November 15th, 2011
Time:
4:00 – Board Meeting
4:45 – No Host Cocktails (Complimentary Pizza Bread)
5:15 – Dinner
6:00 – Presentation
Dinner Choices:
Chicken Santa Fe or
Talapia Picata
$35 / Person
Please RSVP by Nov. 8th (with your dinner choice) to:
Zeydi.Gutierrez@abifoundry.com
Phone: (510)632-3467
Written on October 25, 2011 by admin
Category: Meetings
December 13th, 2011
Spouse’s Night – Scott’s
This Month’s Meeting:
Presenters: Fred Simonelli –
Pre-election Insight
Location:
Francesco’s
8520 Pardee Dr.
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 569-0653
Date: November 15th, 2011
Time:
4:00 – Board Meeting
4:45 – No Host Cocktails (Complimentary Pizza Bread)
5:15 – Dinner
6:00 – Presentation
Dinner Choices:
Chicken Santa Fe or
Talapia Picata
$35 / Person
Please RSVP by Nov. 8th (with your dinner choice) to:
Zeydi.Gutierrez@abifoundry.com
Phone: (510)632-3467
NINO V. DAVI
1921 – 2011
WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF NINO DAVI ON OCTOBER 18, 2011.
NINO JOINED PACIFIC STEEL IN 1950 AND WAS ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS IN 1969. HE SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN’S SOCIETY IN 1956-1957 AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SFSA WESTERN DIVISION TECHNICAL AND OPERATING GROUP IN 1958-1959.
NINO PRESENTED SEVERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PAPERS AT SFSA MEETINGS AND WON THE GUSTAV A. LILLIEQVIST AWARD IN 1959 FOR THE BEST PUBLISHED TECHNICAL PAPER IN THE INDUSTRY. IN 1972 THE SFSA PRESENTED NINO THE INDUSTRY’S HIGHEST AWARD FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT, THE CHARLES W. BRIGGS TECHNICAL AND OPERATING GOLD MEDAL. THIS AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO NINO ONLY UPON THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE SFSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE METAL RECOGNIZED OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. IN MORE RECENT YEARS, NINO WAS HONORED BY THE CALIFORNIA CAST METALS ASSOCIATION WITH THE ERWIN G. TETZLOFF MEMORIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY.
WE ALL AT PACIFIC STEEL ARE PRIVILEDGED TO HAVE KNOWN AND WORKED WITH NINO DAVI. HE WAS A TRUE LEGEND IN THE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACIFIC STEEL CASTING COMPANY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
St. Paschal Baylon Catholic Church,
Written on October 12, 2011 by admin
Category: Meetings
This Month’s Meeting:
Presenters: Frank Smith & Matthew Smith – Rayteq, LLC
Since the early 1980s many metalcasters have come to appreciate the quality advantages of clean, quiet electric melting right at the molding line or permanent mold station, particularly wherever machined castings are involved. They’ve also learned that electric melting can greatly reduce air quality problems while improving the working environment by eliminating excessive heat stress and noise. As a result, many metalcasters installed electric melting to gain these advantages while reducing plant energy costs compared with fuel fired melting.
However, in the past decade many electric utilities have worked at cross purposes to the metalcasting industry by increasing electricity cost, particularly with respect to kW demand charges, making electric power less competitive with fuel fired melting. This led some metalcasters to return to fuel firing at the price of forfeiting their gains in casting quality, air cleanliness and improvements in the working environment.
But new technology has now arrived that reduces electric utility charges so electric melting once again makes economic sense. While this technology includes improved furnace design for better thermal efficiency and new, high power density electric heating elements, the main focus is on bringing down the aggregate kW demand of a group or fleet of electric melting furnaces with a novel interactive demand management system (IDMS) to interact with and synchronize each furnace’s power demand.
Rayteq’s unique interactive demand management system effectively holds total fleet kW demand to the minimum required to meet production melting needs without adversely impacting casting cell performance. Each IDMS-equipped furnace features unique hybrid digital/analog power controls that maintain two-way digital communication with the central IDMS while avoiding failure prone and waste-heat generating solid state SCRs or thyristors.
Location:
Francesco’s
8520 Pardee Dr.
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 569-0653
Date: October 11th, 2011
Time:
4:00 – Board Meeting
4:45 – No Host Cocktails (Complimentary Pizza Bread)
5:15 – Dinner
6:00 – Presentation
Dinner Choices:
Walnut Crusted Chicken with Honey Mustard Sauce or
Broiled Salmon
$35 / Person
Please RSVP by Oct. 5 (with your dinner choice) to:
Zeydi.Gutierrez@abifoundry.com
Phone: (510)632-3467
Written on September 20, 2011 by admin
Category: Meetings
77th Annual Golf Tournament and Dinner
Friday September 23rd, 2011
Metropolitan Golf Links
10051 Doolittle Dr Oakland, CA 94603
(510) 569-5555
Make checks payable to:
AFS Northern California Chpt
Pacific Steel Attn: Lalit
1333 Second Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Schedule of Events:
11:00-12:30 Check In
(Lunch will be available at 11:30)
11:00-12:30 Putting Contest
12:45
Report to Carts
1:00
Shotgun Start
5:30-6:30
No Host Bar
6:30
Dinner
Questions Contact: John Helfrich
510-367-7630 or john@eastbaybrass.com
GOLF AND DINNER RESERVATION FORM
DINNER ONLY: $35.00 Per Person
(Includes dinner and raffle ticket)
GOLF ENTRY ONLY: $105.00 Per Person
(Includes tee prize, golf, cart and lunch)
GOLF AND DINNER: $140.00 Per Person
Number of People:______________
(Includes all of the above)
Total Amount Enclosed:________________
THIS YEAR’S DINNER WILL BE HELD AGAIN AT METRPOLITAN GOLF
COURSE
If you have a group established or prefer to play with someone list them below:
Number of People:______________
Number of People:______________
1.______________________________
3.______________________________
ENTRIES DUE BY: FRIDAY SEPT. 9, 2011
FIRST 80 PAID ENTRIES RECEIVE A TEE PRIZE
2.______________________________
4.______________________________
