President
Mr. James W. Boyd

After graduating with honours in Mechanical Engineering in 1970, Mr. James W. Boyd joined Dofasco Inc, one of the world’s leading steel companies, where he participated in its Management Training Program. He worked in Research from 1971-1978. He then transferred to Hot Mill Operations, where he worked as a Process and Quality Engineer. In 1985, Mr. Boyd was appointed Manager of the Hot Mill Roll Shops, where he was responsible for the design and implementation of a “state-of-the-art” roll shop in 1987, as well as specifying and implementing a comprehensive roll management system.

A co-inventor and patentee of an ultrasonic testing device for the detection of lamination in steel strip, Mr. Boyd has also authored several papers on the use of rolls and roll practices in rolling mills. He co-authored the chapter on automated roll grinding in the American Iron and Steel Society publication, Rolls for the Metalworking Industry, published in 1990. This is recognized as one of the foremost texts on rolls and roll practices.

Contact Information

All Inquires:
Sheffield Forgemasters: Effective September 30, 2020 CFTL ceased representation of Sheffield Forgemasters
Please use the the following to contact Sheffield Forgemasters.
Barry Rice: Head of Sales: brice@sfel.com
Dan Millingon:Sales Manager, dmillington@sfel.com

Innse Cilindri:
Effective immediately, CFTL will no longer represent Innse Cilindri.

Innse Cilindri has been acquired by the Berardi Group which unfortunately has announced that it will no longer continue with the production of rolls.

The announcement:

https://it.news.camozzi.com/progetti/il-gruppo-camozzi-perfeziona-l-acquisizione-del-complesso-aziendale-innse-cilindri-di-brescia.kl

CFTL Mailing Address:
Cast & Forge Technologies Ltd.
104 King St West
Dundas, Ontario, Canada
L9H-0B4

Email: jboyd@cftl.ca
Phone: (905) 973-7007