The Euroguss Tour of the Goldcasting Podcast

The Euroguss trade fair is loud, fast, and overwhelming. Everywhere you look, there are bigger machines, higher clamping forces, shorter cycle times, and bold claims about the future of die casting. In the middle of all that noise, it becomes surprisingly difficult to find the people who genuinely make a difference.

That is exactly why the Goldcasting Podcast recorded the Euroguss Tour episode. After more than two years of podcasting, many of the most inspiring guests they had spoken to, people who openly shared their successes, failures, and unconventional paths, are all present at Euroguss. These were not just exhibitors. They were individuals who had already proven one thing by joining the podcast: they were willing to think differently and speak honestly.

The Gold Nugget 61 exists to turn the podcast into a physical experience. It connects digital conversations with real booths, real handshakes, and real discussions. It serves as a guide for visitors who are not just looking for products, but for energy, ideas, and food for thought. Every company on this tour represents a story of stepping outside the traditional boundaries of the foundry industry, whether through technology, sustainability, marketing, or business transformation.

• Chem-Trend with Darko Tomazic (7A-110)
  Darko demonstrated that even something as seemingly simple as release agents can have a massive impact on production performance. Chem-Trend’s work shows how optimized release agent technology can reduce costs, save energy, improve surface quality, and significantly extend tool lifetime. This highlights how small process details often have the greatest economic impact.
  GN 37 – Spray your Production Issues away with Chem-Trend HERA™

• GROB with Carsten König (7A-420)
  Carsten’s appearance on the podcast focused not on machines, but on people. Faced with recruiting challenges, the company transformed its employer branding by trusting younger employees, embracing modern digital channels, and communicating authentically. Grob’s approach proves that creativity and courage in communication can solve structural workforce problems far beyond the foundry industry.
  GN 36 – The Essence of Employer Branding for the Foundry Industry

• Rockman Industries with Tej Bambra (7-524)
  Tej brings clarity to the often-hyped discussion about the Indian market. Instead of promises and buzzwords, he provided facts, experience, and realistic expectations. His insights help companies understand where the Indian die-casting market truly stands today and what kind of strategies are required to succeed there.
  GN 56 – The Indian Market for Die-Castings

• Stena Aluminium with Eric Petre (7-132)
  Eric presented sustainability not as a marketing slogan, but as a long-term business strategy. Through advanced recycling, ultra-low-carbon alloys, and dedicated rheocasting materials, the company demonstrates how environmental responsibility and competitive advantage can go hand in hand.
  GN 21 – The Kings of Scrap

• voestalpine with Dr. Armin Wiedenegger (5-214)
  Armin showed how additive manufacturing is reshaping tool design. By using 3D-printed inserts and advanced thermal management concepts, the company enables longer tool life, improved cooling, and better control of hotspots, especially critical for gigacasting applications.
  GN 22 – How to increase the Tool Lifetime of Gigacastings

• Euroguss with Christopher Boss (5-246)
  Euroguss itself is more than a trade fair organizer. Through Euroguss 365 and the Executive Circle, the organization has built one of the most influential platforms in the industry.
  GN 45 – The Euroguss Executive Circle

• University of Kassel with Prof. Fehlbier (5-250e)
  The University of Kassel serves as a bridge between research and industrial reality. Their work in gigacasting, rheocasting, thixomolding, and sand-core printing is grounded in hands-on foundry experience, supported by a new generation of highly engaged engineers.
  GN 41 – The First Global GIGA-Casting Congress

• Laubinger + Rickmann with Philipp Hettich (5-468)
  Laubinger + Rickmann specializes in making crooked parts straight. Their straightening solutions ensure dimensional accuracy in automotive structures, especially for gigacastings, where distortion control is critical for panel gaps, door fit, and overall vehicle quality.
  GN 19 – Geometric Distortion of Gigacastings

• Dynatool Industries with JC Tawil (5-162a)
  Dynatool Industries stands as the first commercial rheocasting success in North America. Their work proves that semi-solid casting is not an experimental niche, but an industrially viable process capable of delivering complex, high-performance components at scale.
  GN 16 – Maple Syrup on the US Market with Jean-Claude Tawil

• Comptech with Dr. Per Jansson (5-162d)
  Comptech focuses on bringing stability and transparency to Rheocasting. Through software solutions that define process parameters and verify solid fraction, the company turns semi-solid casting from intuition-driven art into data-driven manufacturing.
  GN 9 – Dr. Per Jansson changes the World one Slurry at a Time
  GN 18 – Is Rheocasting the Savior of Gigacastings?
  GN 54 – The Opportunities Rheocasting creates for Foundries
  GN 59 – Software to prove the Stability of Rheocasting

• Spartan Light Metal Products with Chris Sleath and Scott Meyer (5-162f)
  Chris and Scott demonstrate how Rheocasting can be industrialized for demanding automotive applications. Their structured development work shows how semi-solid processes can move from testing into real production programs.
  GN 48 – Rheocasting Developments at Spartan

• Casting-Campus with Fabian Niklas (5-153)
  Casting-Campus focuses on business development to fill open capacity with profitable castings. The Rheocasting Masterclass is the course to learn how to use conventional high-pressure die-casting machines and add Rheocasting to acquire new business. This live course offers structured learning without the cost of travel.
  GN 55 – Content Marketing for the Foundry Industry
  GN 57 – Learn how to implement Rheocasting profitably

• Gnutti Carlo Group with Eric Müller (4-168)
  Eric openly addresses a topic often neglected in the foundry industry: marketing. His perspective emphasizes that technical excellence alone is no longer enough; companies must actively communicate their value and position themselves clearly in the market.
  GN 38 – The Future of the Die-Casting Industry is Marketing

• Teraport with Raphael Heilig (4-348)
  Teraport develops software that accelerates quoting and knowledge reuse. Their solutions address the growing challenge of limited engineering resources by automating repetitive tasks and preserving expertise digitally.
  GN 40 – A joint HPDC Industry in Europe as a Best Seller

• MAGMA with Dr. Horst Bramann (4-342)
  MAGMA expands simulation beyond filling and solidification. With tools for risk mitigation, sustainability assessment, and process comparison, the company supports decision-making from early design to full-scale production.
  GN 46 – Risk Mitigation in Gigacasting with MAGMASOFT

• ItalPresseGauss with Peter Sell (4-340)
  Peter emphasizes engineering-driven solutions across all machine sizes. His approach questions the assumption that bigger is always better and highlights innovation throughout the entire die-casting spectrum.
  GN 24 – The Race to the highest Clamping Force

• Bühler with Dr. Markus Hofer (4A-216)
  Markus frames megacasting as a multidisciplinary challenge. By integrating alloy development, tooling, process design, and organizational collaboration, the company illustrates how shrinking process windows can be expanded through systemic thinking.
  GN 25 – How the Merger of Disciplines makes Casting successful

• Handtmann with Andreas Würzer (4A-114)
  Handtmann’s journey into megacasting shows what early commitment and long-term engineering effort can achieve. Their experience demonstrates that investing in machines is only the first step; building the surrounding processes is the real challenge.
  GN 50 – German Megacasting and Chinese Speed

• Heck + Becker with Benni Jung and Andre Weißbrenner (4A-314)
  Heck + Becker represents transformation under pressure. From crisis to reinvention, the company evolved beyond classic toolmaking into a full industrialization partner, proving that determination and strategic courage can redefine a business.
  GN 7 – The Transformation of Heck+Becker
  GN 33 – Leveraging of Cooperation takes off at the Euroguss Executive Circle

Visit the Companies and talk to our Podcast Guests

This episode is not about highlighting booths; it is about highlighting people. This tour exists to remind the industry that progress starts with openness, curiosity, and the willingness to share experiences. If you are looking for inspiration rather than noise, this tour is your map.