buyCASTINGS.com hires Nick Kirst as program manager

Category: Newsletter Spring 2010

buyCASTINGS.com hires Nick Kirst as program manager

Nicholas (Nick) Kirst joined buyCASTINGS.com as Program Manager. He has over 40 years experience in metal castings industry mainly with the production of large ferrous castings. He has served in a variety of positions from Metallurgist to Engineering Manager to Executive Vice President. His employment history included positions at Buckeye Foundry, Hamilton Foundry, Frank Foundries, H.P. Deuscher Co., Kingsport Foundry, Erhart Foundry, and Cast-Gab Technologies. He has helped the development of new military armament as well as many projects for the renewable energy industry. He is a past chairman of the Southwest Ohio American Foundrymen's Society and former member of the Research Steering Committee of the Ductile Iron Society and the Iron Castings Research Institute. His education includes a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.