Association of Finnish Foundry Product Industries , Finland

The main objective of the Association is to enhance the technological level of product development and manufacturing operations in member foundries and promote research and training in the field. The Association also endeavors to improve the national and international competitiveness of castings on current R&D projects and innovations.

Danish Foundry Association (DSBF), Denmark

The Association is also in close cooperation with research institutions to improve the industry's technical and productivity of the level. through negotiations with authorities, organizations and other stakeholders responsible for defending the corporate political Interests, best possible conditions for industry cooperation in order to strengthen international market conditions.

Danish Metallurgical Society (DMS), Denmark

The company was established in 1933 and originated from the former: Institute for Materials Science, Technical University of Denmark, of whom the vast majority are employed in the iron and steel industry or are employed by engineering schools and universities. The company is a pure professional association,. The company's main activity is to organize lectures and company visits.

Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

Materials science and Technology department mainly focused on the casting research area which includes solidification processes and technologies, advanced solidification processing (rapid solidification), mold filling process, castability analysis, casting defect, microstructure analysis, thermodynamic modeling of phase transformations and phase diagram.

Denmark Foundry Engineering Association, Denmark

Its aim is to idealistic non-partisan basis to disseminate technological knowledge and interest in the foundry industry as well as to gather people with this interest. The objective promoted by the organization : meetings, lectures, site visits, training and education, and the publication of the magazine and technical paper publications.DSF maintains, mutual cooperation.

Finnish Foundry Technical Association (SVY), Finland

The aim of The Finnish Foundry Technical Association is to promote the skills of its members and on the national basis to enhance the level of foundry technology in Finland. Internationally the association acts actively in cooperation with the corresponding organizations in other European countries.

Foundry Institute, Finland

Foundry Institute, Finland, is an association of Tampere University of Technology, Tampere Institute of Technology and Tampere Technical Vocational School for promoting Finnish foundry technology and foundry industry. Research areas in this institute includes: Computer aided casting design and control of casting processes - 3D CAD, 3D laser scanning and modeling, casting simulation, etc.

Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland

The research focus in the metallurgy laboratory includes dynamic continuous casting of steels, ladle metallurgy, casting solidification simulation, micro structural analysis, hydrometallurgy, manufacturing and refining of non ferrous metals, application of neural network for manufacturing of casting, development of casting simulation models.

Industrial Research Institute for Metallurgical and Metal Working Industry, Stockholm, Sweden

Institute is involved in applied research, development and consulting in process metallurgy, heating and metalworking, environmental engineering and energy efficiency for ferrous and non-ferrous industry. The research focus in the institute includes development of existing metallurgical processes by using advanced softwares and technologies.

Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden

The research focus in the department of Engineering Materials involves cast magnesium alloys, Ni-base superalloys , Ti-base alloys. projects involves a study of the relationship between processing, microstructure and properties of alloys, characterization and validation of material, material deposition and high performance steels.

Norwegian Foundry Technical Association (NSF), Norway

The society contributes to development of foundry technology to support industrial foundry sectors: lead, zinc, tin brass and bronze metal works, new crafting, gray cast iron and ductile iron parts, centrifugal castings, Aluminium alloy castings, sand castings, production of metal casting tools, patterns and core boxes, etc.

Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Research in the department of Metal Processing (Casting of Metals) focused on casting , which covers the following major fields basic growth mechanisms during solidification of metals, solidification under extremely high cooling rate, dissolution and precipitation in liquid metal solidification processes in continuous casting, heat transfer during castings, hot crack formation in metals, etc.

Swedish Foundry Association (SFA), Sweden

The Swedish Foundry Association (SFA) is a branch organization for foundries, suppliers, and for businesses that use cast components in their products and/or processes. An important task of SFA is to initiate research and education that contributes to the growth, Work is conducted in close co-operation with Swerea SWECAST, an institute for research and education.

Swedish Foundry Technical Association (SGF), Sweden

Swedish Foundrymen Association shall be the leading association in Sweden for persons employed in the Swedish foundry industry, at suppliers to this industry and at companies using castings. The objective of the association to contribute to a competetive and profitable Swedish foundry industry, educational courses in the foundry technology field.

Sintef Materials Technology, Trondheim, Norway

The main focus of research in the institute include Ferro alloys, simulation of complex multiphase flows, dynamic measurements and water model studies of industrial processes. Recent research on solidification of casting involves micro-macro segregation, hot tearing formation, permeability measurement, grain refinement experiments and modeling, rapid solidification.

Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

The research is focused on the development, processing and applications of engineering materials. The most notable research areas are development of new materials and processes, thermally sprayed coatings, composite materials, porous ceramics for filters and membranes and high temperature materials together with corrosion, erosion, wear, and fracture of materials.

Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark

DTU will promote research in the department of manufacturing engineering and management. Institute is modeling interface conditions in casting, numerical modeling of rapid solidification processes, optimization of nodular cast iron castings by computer simulation, and active feeding of aluminum casting. Persistently increase and develop our partnerships with industries.