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Assofond's General Assembly 2024 will be held in Soave the 21st of June

The 2024 edition of the Assofond General Assembly will take place in Soave (VR) on Friday, June 21. After the private meeting, a public conference is also scheduled as usual (Italian language only)

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Assofond 2024 Events: Become Our Sponsor

The ongoing year, in addition to the annual assembly in June, will see the return of the Italian Foundry Congress, with its "economic-political" session scheduled in Palermo from October 17th to 20th. All companies operating with foundries can gain visibility among Assofond member companies by becoming sponsors of the upcoming events

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37th Italian Foundry Congress: call for papers

Assofond's event aimed at bringing foundry technicians up to date on the industry's main innovations will be held in webinar mode from 14 to 19 November 2024. To apply as a speaker there is time until 31 May

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Assofond Guidelines for the Customs Classification of Castings

The right customs classification of goods is fundamental for a company that wants to correctly manage import-export operations, and not only: more and more frequently, goods to be subject to certain measures are identified by customs codes, as in the case of European sanctions against Russia or CBAM. For this reason, Assofond has made available an operational guide to support foundries in the complex activity of customs classification (only Assofond member companies can read the article - Italian language only)

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The 37th Italian Foundry Congress will be held in Palermo from 17 to 20 October 2024

The dates of the long-awaited biennial event organised by Assofond, which returns to Sicily after the 2018 edition hosted in Catania, have been announced. Further information on the programme and registration procedures will be available shortly (Italian language only)

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Model 231: new Assofond guidelines released

Following the latest amendments to Decree 231, which extended, among other things, the list of 'predicate offences', Assofond updated its guidelines for the implementation of an operational and management model in accordance with Legislative Decree 231/2001 in the foundry sector (italian language only)

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New Assofond consultancy service for ecological transition launched

Assofond has developed a dedicated service for member foundries that can provide all-round advice on everything to do with ecological transition thanks to the contribution of specialised partners and consultants (only Assofond member companies can read the article - Italian language only)

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The new issue of "In Fonderia" magazine is available online

This year’s first issue of “In Fonderia”, the bilingual magazine of the Italian Association of Foundries, is now available to view and download. This issue's cover story is about the impact that the current complex geopolitical situation has on international trade, including sanctions, fines, and bans

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Foundries: at the heart of circular economy

Foundries are a central element of the circular economic model: these companies recast scrap metal to create new products, which in turn can be 100% recycled at the end of their life cycle (Italian language only)

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Foundries are behind more than you imagine

Foundries produce essential components to make cars, the agricultural machinery needed to plant crops in food-producing fields, hydraulic pumps, wind and hydroelectric plants, jet engines for planes and much more (Italian language only)

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Assofond: your partner in business

Assofond promotes the competitiveness of Italian foundries, represents members' interests in discussions with government bodies and provides support in the following areas: administrative, commercial, economic, tax-related, regulatory, technical, EHS (Italian language only)

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