Web Links : Eastern Europe

Austrian Society for Metallurgy and Materials(ASMET), Austria
Association deal with the metallurgy, materials engineering and related procedures on scientific, technical and professional business sector. Objectives are cooperation in the development, production and processing and professional training for young engineers and students in the relevant subject areas. Strong interest and concern to the public and government organizations.
Association of Austrian Foundrymen (VOG), Austria
The intended purpose of the association is to: Promote cooperation among the foundries through the following activities: Conferences, lectures and exchange of views among the members, public relations and information with policy and research funding agencies and continuing through the publication of the Austrian journal: "Foundry Rundschau".
University of Linz, Austria
University of Linz, Austria. The research area includes optimal cooling strategies in continuous casting and some inverse problems for non-linear parabolic equation connected with continuous casting of steel. The research is performed under a strong group of England research faculty. Research takes place in a variety of disciplines and fields, held as a special potential and benchmark.
University of Vienna, Austria
Forging Casting Molding Sector Group, European Center of Parallel Computing. The research focus of the group is on high performance computing and networking to casting simulation, simulation of mould filling and solidification of real complex shaped castings, simulation of continuous steel casting,simulation of forging processes to optimise shape and properties of dies, drill bits, etc. to increase competitiveness.
Belarussian Association of Foundrymen and Metallurgists, BELARUS
The main aim of Association is uniting of creative potential of faculty, scientific officers and production specialists of foundry and metallurgical productions. assistance to rendering assistance in education and retraining of personnel for scientific and technical progress foundry and metallurgical productions. Strengthening of international business ties between metallurgists.
University of Ghent, Belgium
Laboratory of Iron and Steel Making, a part of Department of Metallurgy and Material Science. The research areas in the laboratory under Prof. Houbaert Y. and Prof. De Cooman include vacuum casting, modeling of materials processing, structural phase transformation kinetics, diffusion, precipitation, intermetallics in engineering alloys, and mechanical properties of engineering alloys.
STUME / Bulgarian Metalcasting Society, Bulgaria
Scientific-Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering (STUME) is an independent, non-profit organization, STUME Conferences on Problems of the Present Day Concerning Machines, Technologies and focusing on areas : metal science and heat treatment, foundry, physical metallurgy, and agency for supporting innovations in the industry.
Bulgarian Branch Chamber Machine Building (BBCMB), Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Branch Chamber - Machine Building is a non-profit association for rendering assistance, encouragement, representation. They produce: metal-working machines, tools, hydraulics, agricultural machinery, heavy machines, equipment, metal products etc. Members of the Branch Chamber are the casting production firms which traditionally are connected with the machine building.
Bulgarian Association of Metallurgical Industry(BAMI), Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Association of Metallurgical Industry was founded in 1991 as a non-commercial association that unites producers and traders of metals and refractory products as well as companies performing scientific research, engineering, repair activities and Production of metals in the field of metallurgy.
Croatian Foundry Association, Croatia
Croatian Foundry Association. The main activities of Association: keeping track of developments and achievements of foundry industry in the world through published works in scientific and professional journals and books from around the world. The Croatian foundries produce castings for most car brands, ships, fittings, etc.
Croatian Metallurgical Society, Croatia
Croatian Metallurgical Society is nongovernment and non-profit Association.Monography "Metalurgija, always prosperity for humanity", education, Scientific work and teaching activities are highly encouraged. Several professional lectures are held, Mostly to familiarize the members with metallurgical process.Society, also publishes journal Metalurgija.
Association of Foundries of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
The Association of Foundries of the Czech Republic joins foundries, pattern shops, commercial enterprises, research and projecting centers, and schools with foundry specialization. It is an employers and professional organization, and a member of Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic.
Czech Foundrymen Society, Czech Republic
Czech Foundrymen Society is an association of civil subjects as an independent non-political legal person. The Society initiates and organizes symposiums, conferences, seminars, courses, thematic trips, discussion meetings, and other forms of activities. The Society publishes specialized publications or it supports other bodies in publishing them.
Georgian Foundrymen And Material Scientists Society (GFMS), Georgia
GFMS - Georgian Foundrymen and Material Scientists Society, Metal casting Foundry Industry in Georgia
Association of Hungarian Foundries, Hungary
The Association of Hungarian Foundries was founded in December 1992. The knowledge of the part's drawing, the material grade of the casting, the most prominent iron-, steel, aluminum- and other non-ferrous metal foundries are members of the association. Activities related to the professional training and education also the establishment and development of the international connections.
Hungarian Mining and Metallurgical Society (OMBKE), Hungary
The Hungarian Mining and Metallurgical Society of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Water Department of Mining (OMBKE)
Polish Foundrymen's Technical Association (STOP), Poland
Association of Polish Foundrymen in short stop is an independent organization with a scientific-technical and managerial, uniting on a voluntary basis individual members, in particular, engineers, students and others, and supporting members including operators whose activity is related to casting, in particular, working with the universities, scientific research institutes, etc.
Metallurgical Chamber Of Industry And Commerce (HIPH), Poland
HIPH is a non-profit trade organisation established in 1991. The Association represents steel manufacturers and steel processing plants, the cooperating industries as well as service providers, design offices, research and development institutes and commercial companies. The Association in Poland acting as a link to the government and regional authorities for its members.
University of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow, Poland
The research focus of this institute includes modeling of crystallization processes and castings feeding, modification of casting alloys, management of casting sands and mould technology in relation to the environmental protection, design of foundry machines and mechanization, physical chemistry and thermodynamics of casting processes.
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Warsaw University is the best technical university in Poland and Central Europe. Research and Development activities of this institute are development of new casting techniques, computer techniques in foundries, cast materials science, the service of casting machines and equipment. Education and scientific research are activities targeting the future, requiring a vision of society needs in the times to come.
Romanian Foundry Technical Association, Romania
The Romanian Technical Foundry Association (ATTR) provides the opportunities and conditions for promoting the technical progress in the castings production, for ensuring the increase in quality and the cost reductions, the improvement of the environmental and labor protection, etc. ATTR highly encourages Romanian and foreign companies to present their products and services.
Serbian Foundrymen Society (SFS), Serbia
Serbian Foundrymen Society is a non-profit professional organization whose work is: connect all professional and other stakeholders into a single organizational unit with a view to mutual cooperation, information exchange through seminars, training, education in foundry ladle TMF and collaboration in the field of metal casting.
Association of Metallurgical Engineers of Serbia, Serbia
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering is financially supported by the Ministry of Science of Republic of Serbia and sponsored by metallurgical factories, institutes and faculties. AMES (Association of metallurgical engineers of Serbia) journal contributes on fundamental and engineering aspects in the area of metallurgy and materials.
Association of foundries and Forges of Slovakia (ZZKS), Slovakia
The Association has been constituted as a matter of interest of juridical persons working in foundry and forging industrial field in the Slovak Republic. Association put members interest in the following fields: industrial policy, commercial policy, science, research and education. Commercial activities: Supplies of foundry material, aids /tools/ foundry technology.
Slovenian Foundrymen Society, Slovenia
Slovenian Foundrymen Society (Drustvo Livarjev Slovenije) binds foundrymen and other experts, who are interested in Foundry Engineering. Basic aim is professional education with organizing of conferences, seminars, lectures, study excursions as well as publishing of central professional journal Livarski vestnik. It affiliates also interested firms and individuals from foreign countries.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (GZS), Slovenia
Chamber of Commerce - Association of metals and non-metals is an autonomous, non-political and professional organization that connects companies whose principal business activities on the production and processing of metals and non-metals etc,. In association exercise States its interest in the economic, professional development thereby improving their competitiveness.