During his October 2023 visit to Poland, Robert Purgert, President of Energy Industries of Ohio, was presented with the prestigious "Honorary Gold Shield" from the Polish Foundry Society Technical Committee for his long-standing association and joint efforts with the Polish Foundry Industry. Among the many activities and accomplishments over more than 25 years of collaboration with various Polish Foundry organizations, Institutes, companies, and Universities, was the production of the world's largest high temperature nickel super alloy H282 casting. That project successfully demonstrated that large (10 ton) castings were possible with the goal of use in power generation applications and was conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Poland's AGH University of Science and Technology (Foundry Engineering).