Manufacturing startup and MIT spinout Fabri announced yesterday that it’s raised $13.5M since it was founded in 2022 from investors including @LavrockVC, @balerionspace , RTX Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Marlinspike, Tenon Ventures, and SBXi. tectonicdefense.com/fabri-an…

This is McConway & Torley LLC foundry in the Lower Lawrenceville neighborhood is the last steel manufacturer operating within the Pittsburgh city limits

Second Steel Mill in 4 days; this one hidden away in a corner of Lawrenceville near the Allegheny River is McConway & Torley and the last company making steel within City of Pittsburgh limits. They have have been making steel coupler knuckles vital components to connect freight railcars, in Pittsburgh since 1869 where the company built the first semi-automatic center buffer railroad couplers. @mikeroweworks joined @SenMcCormickPA to talk to the workers, labor bosses about the skills gap & how they are working with the trade schools to draw young people towards working with their hands. instagram.com/reel/DZf9qORvC…

35th anniversary for @Toyota #aluminum #foundry in Troy, #MO - with capacity expansion in progress now ... pressroom.toyota.com/casting…

#DARPA project to develop technology for converting battlefield scrap into critical parts is rooted in #metalcasting foundrymag.com/issues-and-id…

Congratulation to @HumtownProducts CEO #MarkLamoncha... #SBA #SmallBusiness Owner of the Year foundrymag.com/molds-cores/n…

Announcing the SBA 2026 National Small Business of the Year: @HumtownProducts! 🎉 Founded in 1959, this third-generation, family-owned company has grown from a small pattern shop to an Ohio powerhouse with 45 employees. Owner Mark Lamoncha and his team exemplify the power of modern-day small businesses – who are fueling our most important industries, from medical and aerospace to energy and defense. This National Small Business Week, the lesson is simple: small business is BIG business!

#Foundries in the #EU must prioritize recycling and reuse to serve customers and remain competitive foundrymag.com/molds-cores/a…

#Aerospace, #defense buyers want more Ti #castings... @BarronCastings has bought TriTech Titanium Parts' investment casting assets foundrymag.com/melt-pour/new…

Artificial intelligence does not make people intellectually weaker. But it is creating conditions in which that outcome becomes more likely - via @FoundryMag #leadership #management foundrymag.com/issues-and-id…

Everything a business does, including giving, is part of its brand. Via @FoundryMag bit.ly/37s4yb0

One of the greatest and oldest special effects in history can be witnessed in Rome today And it has been playing out, on cue, for nearly 2000 years... Each year on April 21, the traditional birthday of Rome — the legendary date Romulus founded the city in 753 BC — the midday sun pierces the oculus at the crown of the Pantheon's dome and casts a perfect disk of light that settles squarely on the temple's entrance. For roughly two minutes and fifty seconds, the bronze doors blaze gold... At that exact moment, the Emperor would step across the threshold, his body swallowed in sunlight, as though the heavens themselves were handing him the city. Hadrian's engineers designed the entire building as a cosmos in miniature: the interior is exactly 43.3 metres wide and 43.3 metres tall, meaning a perfect sphere fits inside it. The Roman senator Cassius Dio wrote that the vaulted roof was meant to resemble the heavens themselves...

#UnitedRefractories experts describe how a monolithic dry-vibratable top cap can improve #inductionfurnace lining integrity and reduce maintenance foundrymag.com/55371814

Increased dependence on #AI may erode patience, tolerance for ambiguity, and resilience in problem-solving. foundrymag.com/issues-and-id…

Where are all the buyers? Here are a few ideas for reaching them. My article via @FoundryMag bit.ly/2MOd1yX

Make it once. Use it endlessly. Read more in my @FoundryMag article #marketingstrategy Creative Reuse is Marketing Made Easy | Message Received October 2020 bit.ly/2G5CDUQ

Digital impressions matter. Your website is a powerful part of how your introduce your company. My article via @FoundryMag Digital Experience is a Lasting Impression | Message Received bit.ly/35LVtd5

Do you know what kind of brand you have? Relationship brand? Values brand? Transactional? Employee-focused? Learn more on why that matters in this @FoundryMag article: bit.ly/2N0hriS

Before you get too far into business social media, may I make a few suggestions? (As featured in @FoundryMag ) #marketing #socialmedia bit.ly/33Lxz1l

Not every strong commercial team runs on salespeople alone. At BCI, we are hiring a Sales Coordinator to keep details aligned, quotes moving, and reports accurate. This is a sales support / administrative coordination role, not a sales rep position. hubs.li/Q04bmWQc0