Doug Imrie
President, Southern Cast Products

Doug graduated from University of Missouri, Rolla (Now MST, Missouri Science and Technology) in  1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, having received a Foundry Educational Foundation Scholarship. 

He has served in the duties of Sales, Production Manager,  President and Owner. He currently is President and Owner of Southern Cast Products in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Also, President and Owner of St. Louis Precision Cast Products in St. Louis, Missouri.  

Long time member of the American Foundry Society (AFS), Doug has been Chairman of the local AFS St. Louis and Midsouth Chapters. Also member of Steel Founders Society of America and on the board of directors of FEF, Foundry Education Foundation.  

Doug bought Southern Cast, Jonesboro in 1986 and oversaw the transition from a semi production foundry to a “OneOff” Patternless foundry. Also, low volume pattern production with full machine shop.  The foundry currently makes Patternless castings with four Rotomolder Robots and one in-house Voxeljet 2000 3D Printer. The foundry is also 100% Silica Free, using only Carbo, ceramics. 

Doug is an early prognosticator of AI and tried for many years to use AI to improve foundry processes and mainly failed until about six months ago. The advancements in current calendar year has led to many successes in using AI to Program, monitor data and analyze data.