BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:52@afstwincities.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240130T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240130T193000 DTSTAMP:20240224T152918Z URL:https://afstwincities.org/events/supplier-panel/ SUMMARY:Supplier Panel DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n\n\nIn case you missed it...\n\nOn January 30th\, th e AFS TC Chapter hosted a supplier panel at Joseph’s Grill in St Paul. T he meeting was attended by over 30 interested chapter members. There was g ood discussion from the four experienced panelists about pricing trends\, material supply\, lead times\, and product development for metals/alloys\, silica sand\, chemicals and bond products.\n\nThey were: Dan Herbst of Ca rpenter Brothers Inc.\; Steve Ryan of Badger Mining Corporation\; Douglas DeSmit of ASK Chemicals\; and Al Jacobson of Minerals Technologies\; Ameri can Colloid Company. Many thanks for their participation and insight!\n\n\ n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nAFS Twin Cities Chapter will host a supplier pane l discussion on Tuesday\, January 30th beginning at 5:00 p.m. at Joseph's Grill in St. Paul\, MN. The panel will discuss pricing trends\, material s hortage\, lead times\, product development and more. Management\, Supply C hain and Purchasing professionals are encouraged to attend!\n\nMeet the pa nelists:\n\nMetals/Alloys: Dan Herbst\, Carpenter Brothers\, Inc.\n\nDan h as a BS in Metallurgical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He began his career in the foundry industry in 1997 servi ng as the Plant Metallurgist for Grede Liberty for six years. Dan then wor ked at MetalTek International in Waukesha for 12 years in various roles in cluding: Foundry Process Engineer\, Petrochem Foundry Superintendent and M elt Superintendent. Dan moved to the supplier side and has held the role o f Technical Sales for the past 7 ½ years.\n\n \;\n\nSilica Sand: Stev e Ryan\, Badger Mining Corporation\n\nSteve Ryan is a member of Badger Min ing Corporation’s Industrial Sales Team.  He has over 40 years’ exper ience in marketing\, sales\, sales management in mining and related indust ries.  He currently serves as the Treasurer of the AFS Northeast Wisconsi n Chapter and is a Past President of the Casting Industry Suppliers Associ ation.\n\n \;\n\nChemicals: Douglas DeSmit\, ASK Chemicals\n\nDoug has been in the foundry industry since 1974. Doug has held various positions related to core machines\, core making and technical sales and service. Do ug has worked for ASK Chemicals since 2015 as the technical service manage r for North America\, and in 2021 he also took on the responsibilities of the Cold Box Process Technical Project Manager\n\n \;\n\nBond: Al Jaco bson\, Minerals Technologies\; American Colloid Company\n\nAl graduated fr om University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a degree in Industrial Enginee ring.  Al worked for Grede Foundries for 33 years where he held various r oles in the foundry including Process Engineer and Mold/Core Superintenden t.  In January 2023\, Al joined American Colloid Company as Technical Sal es Manager for their Metalcasting Division. Al has been an active member o f Twin Cities AFS and served as Board Chairman in 2018-19.\n\n \;\n\nS chedule:\n\n5:00pm      Social Hour - Hors d'oeuvres sponsored by Badge r Mining\n\n6:00pm      Dinner\n\n6:45pm       Panel Discussion\n\n Register below by Thursday\, January 25th at 5pm. \n\nClick here to view newsletter.\n\n\n\n  END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR