The Excellence Training Center at Youngstown State University was awarded a grant from the Defense Logistics Agency to set up a foundry (including a space designated for investment casting) and post processing lab implementing industry 4.0 technologies. The idea is to demonstrate these automated labs and help small to medium foundries adopt these technologies into their facilities to help them stay competitive and to combat their workforce issues. Through continued outreach to foundries, we will provide informational webinars and workforce training.