New project School foundry starts: MINT funding for young people!

On January 6, 2025, the kick -off event for the project "The school foundry for the Holzminden district" took place as part of the education initiative "#Holzmint.net - Mintmachen in the region". The project that combines theory and practice in foundry is organized by Rainer Koß, the educational manager of the KVHS Holzminden. Chemex Foundry Solutions GmbH and Get-in-Form have delivered ten container boxes with foundry material to the Weser/Solling production school.

Different presentations were kept during the kick-off meeting. Martin Lauter from Chemex informed about productivity and sustainability in the metal foundry. Achim Krause from the Albertus Foundation illuminated the historical importance and future prospects of the foundry. In addition, the participants received practical training from the metal casting expert Wolfgang Woitak and Bernhard Henke. Here they learned to deal with melting furnace, cast shapes and the post -processing of castings.

focus and future planning

The school foundry is aimed at children and adolescents from grade 5. The topics include Computer Aided Design (CAD), 3D printing, post-processing and the marketing of products by a school company. The establishment of a cast AG is also planned to take place regularly.

This long -term project aims to promote technical knowledge, creativity and teamwork, as well as to support young talents and craftsmanship in the region. In addition, the metal foundries in the region are to be supported in the extraction of young people, such as

-transmitted by West-East media