The American Foundry Society (AFS) is pleased to announce it has hired Doug Kurkul to be its new CEO effective May 1, following a period of transition with current CEO Jerry Call. In 2015, Call announced he would be retiring on June 30, 2016. “We believe Kurkul is a tremendous fit for AFS and what it plans for the future,” said Bruce Dienst, AFS President and president and CEO of Simpson Technologies Corp.…