PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

ABIFA offers several activities and products to maintain its associates update:

•  ABIFA Magazine: main mean of communication of the sector. The magazine is opened to contributions and news of its associates to inform the whole sector;

•  Commissions: ABIFA organized task groups with professionals connected with companies to deal with technical and commercial subjects. To be part of the Commissions it is necessary to be associate.

•  Courses and Workshops: with the objective of complementing and updating the education of the foundry professionals, promoting courses and seminars of short duration. In addition, we also maintain partnership with technical schools;

•  Publications: we support the publication of technical materials as books, dictionaries, CD's, among others;

•  Website: mean of communication with fast and updated information. Our Website offers services as search of associates and data of the sector.

•  CONAF/FENAF: The South America Foundry Fair occurs every two years. Organized and promoted by ABIFA, Fenaf is focused in the whole foundry productive chain. As one the few Latin America Fairs with international representatives, Fenaf it is already definitely introduced in the International calendar of Business Fairs and Expositions. Simultaneously to FENAF we have the CONAF – Foundry Congress, a forum of discussions that search the technical development of the sector, through the change of information and knowledge and also with lectures of Brazilian and foreigner experts.

•  International Events: ABIFA participates also in all international important meetings, as GIFA in Germany , the AFS Fair in USA and the Brescia Fair in Italy . On these fairs the entity has an institutional participation and organizes the Brazilian visitors groups too.

•  Consulting: ABIFA offers to its associates consulting services in the environmental, juridical and labor areas.