The deadline for applications is the 19th of May. The award ceremony will take place at GIFA

CAEF, the European Foundry Association, is launching the second edition of the "European Foundry Women's Award" competition.

The Award will be given to a person who has been an exceptional leader, champion, mentor and/or role model for women in the metal casting industry. The award winner will be invited and honored during GIFA (Dusseldorf, Germany) at the International CAEF Forum that will be held 15 June 2023 (hall 13, booth D07

The following rules apply to all candidates making an entry:

Applicant will have either:

a) Made a major contribution to the development of their company Or
b) Made a significant contribution to a practical investigation into a system or systems employed in the production of castings Or  
c) Made a personal contribution to attract women and girls into the cast metals industry and /or engineering as future experts.

Entries are welcome from individuals or can be nominated by their organisations / company on behalf of the candidates. 

Each entry must be accompanied by a paper (or present a short ‘talking heads’ video) of no more than 600 words* outlining the achievement for which they wish to be considered for the award.  (*Supporting information and evidence such as pictures, social media postings, articles and / or videos can be submitted as part of the application in addition to the paper).

The panel of judges within CAEF will decide upon the winner.

All applications and the information supplied will be treated in the strictest confidence and the judges’ decision is final. CAEF reserves the right to publicise the nominees and their exemplary stories in the media only after permission of the applicant.

Please submit your application for the European Foundry Women’s Award to tillman.vandesand@caef.eu by 19 May 2023.