Posted on 2/23/2026
The Forging Industry Association announces that Brad Ahbe (Canton Drop Forge), the late Charles Crout Sr. (Ajax-CECO), and Patrick “Pat” Burke (Pursuit Aerospace) have been selected as the 2026 recipients of the FIA Lifetime Achievement Award.
Posted on 2/11/2026
The Forging Industry Association (FIA) and the Forging Industry Educational and Research Foundation (FIERF) announced today that their new Joint Strategic Plan was officially approved at the FIA–FIERF Joint Board Meeting on February 3, 2026.
Posted on 1/5/2026
In an industry where billet handling has long been one of the toughest automation challenges Milwaukee ForgeTech set out to rethink how steel billets are fed into its press line.
Posted on 1/5/2026
As one of the oldest and most reliable manufacturing processes, the fundamentals of forging – such as controlled deformation, heat, force, and material flow – have changed little over time. Yet the industry itself is anything but static.