Technical Development and Research
FIA tackles technology advances from several angles, ensuring that member companies are on top of ways to improve their productivity, enhance their profitability and deliver the most superior product to their customers. FIA and FIERF support industry competitiveness through collaborative research and development, and transfer to practical operating applications and systems.
Industry Research Reports are available on-line. Materials noted with a 
are available to FIA Members only.
The FIA Technical Committee facilitates, develops and disseminates technical knowledge
relative to the forging process for the benefit of FIA Members.
Additional documents relating to the industry technical initiatives include:
- The Industry's Vision of the Future is a consensus agreement of how the forging industry would like to see itself operating in the year 2020. The document identifies strategic objectives and performance targets needed to achieve the Vision . . . discusses major challenges and barriers (both current and in the future) which impact technology development . . . and projects various market, business and social factors which are likely to drive the desired changes in the industry.
- A Technology Roadmap first developed in 1997 in conjunction with a Roadmap Addendum (pdf) outline the long-term technical and research needs of the industry.
- The Current Technology Plan (pdf) details the year's research projects and technology transfer activities.
- Collaborative Research in the Forging Industry: A guide to encourage interest and participation by FIA Members (pdf) will provide the reader with a quick overview of the process and the support that FIA and FIERF can provide.