On August 31, 2020 at 1:15PM and On-Demand, John Danko, President of Danko Arlington, Inc., was honored to present the Keynote Address at the first virtual AFS Sand Casting and Additive Manufacturing Conference.
This year’s in-person meeting was cancelled due to COVID-19, so Mr. Danko presented from his living room at home in Maryland. The title of the presentation was appropriately named, “Additive Manufacturing and Lessons learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic – Where do American Metalcasters Go From Here.” Mr. Danko shared the company’s history and how it has remained in business since 1920 – now one hundred years!
Ironically, the company was founded by Mr. Danko’s grandfather, Joseph O. Danko, Sr., after he survived the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919 and started the company at age twenty-three years old! Obviously, being able to adapt through changing times was the central theme of the narrative, including the company’s adoption of additive manufacturing in its operation.
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