EICF Awards are oriented to recognize, appreciate and encourage the achiever for their admirable efforts and/or successes. By way of recognizing professionals in the field of Investment Casting in this way, it in-turn inspires and encourages others to aspire to similarly excellent efforts and achievements.

EICF Awards :

Lifetime Achievement Award : is awarded by the European Investment Casters´ Federation to an individual who, during their lifetime, has made technology, engineering and business creative contributions of outstanding significance to the field of Investment Casting in Europe.

The Robert Smart Award :The Robert Smart Award is to be given to an individual whose contribution to the Investment Casting Foundry Technology satisfies any or some of the following rules: I. To the inventor or innovator introducing any important or remarkable innovation of different technological nature applicable or employed in investment casting foundry practice; or II. To an investigator whose researches have contributed materially to progress in investment casting foundry practice; or III. For a paper or study presented at the EICF conferences and seminars and having special merit and importance in connection with investment casting foundry practice; or IV. To any person whose work as an industrialist or in any other capacity, has contributed in an outstanding manner to the progress of the investment casting foundry industry; V. The EICF may at their discretion select and awardee in any case not coming strictly under the foregoing definitions should they consider that the investment casting foundry industry has been or may be substantially benefited by the person to whom such award may be made.