What Associated Metalcast does

Associated MetalCast is a privately held precision manufacturing company founded in 1998 and headquartered in Oxford, Alabama, with a secondary manufacturing facility in McIntosh, Alabama. The company operates from approximately 185,000+ square feet of climate-controlled manufacturing and warehouse space situated on roughly 14 acres, and maintains AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management systems. It serves customers ranging from small OEMs to Fortune 500 companies across eight industrial verticals: water infrastructure, vertical transportation, agricultural equipment, automotive, heavy truck, hydraulics, pumps, and power distribution.

The company's core offering is a vertically integrated precision metal components stack. Core capabilities include CNC precision machining (Okuma, Haas, DN Solutions, Muratec equipment), engineered ferrous and non-ferrous castings sourced through a decades-long network of domestic and international foundry partners, automation and robotics for extended-shift production, and on-site metrology with Brown & Sharpe, AIMS, and Hexagon Tigo CMM systems running PC-DMIS. Value-added specialty services — component assembly, kitting, specialty coatings, heat treating, and JIT inventory/warehousing — are bundled so customers can receive line-ready parts from a single supplier.

Revenue is generated through quote-based B2B contracts (no public pricing) under direct enterprise sales motions, supported by phone, email, and web contact channels. LongueVue Capital made a growth capital investment in October 2021 to fund expansion. The company does not disclose revenue, and named customer logos in available testimonials are anonymized by industry only, limiting visibility into customer concentration.

Name

Associated Metalcast

Legal name

Associated MetalCast

Website

https://associatedmetalcast.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Associated MetalCast is a privately held precision machining and casting manufacturer in Oxford, Alabama, producing AS9100D/ISO 9001-certified metal components for OEMs and Fortune 500 customers across eight industrial verticals including water infrastructure, transportation, agriculture, and automotive.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Machining & Metal Components Manufacturing

NAICS

Machine Shops (33271)

SIC

Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment (3540)

akta.pro primary industry

Metal Forming & Fabrication Machines (Presses, Bending, Shearing, Stamping) (IMAHADAC)

Keywords

• Precision machining services
• CNC machined components
• Metal casting sourcing
• Contract manufacturing services
• Inventory management solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Oxford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Precision Machining Services: CNC precision machining of castings, bar, tubing, plate stock, and other commodities. High-tolerance, mission-critical metal components manufactured to precise specifications with AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 quality certification.
2. Casting Sourcing Services: Sourcing of ferrous and non-ferrous castings from domestic and international foundry partners. Provides casting design, complexity analysis, and material specification services.
3. Component Assembly Services: In-house component assembly services from simple to complex assemblies. Pre-assembles specified parts at plant for line-ready installation at customer facilities.
4. Inventory Management and JIT Delivery: Parts warehousing, inventory management, JIT delivery services, LTA parts consignment, and reliably sourced castings and raw materials. Supplier-managed inventory program with inventory costs carried until customer parts ship.
5. Kitting and Grouping Services: Kits variety of parts and securely packages for delivery at specified locations and dates. Long-term agreements reduce unnecessary inventory storage with product received on demand.
6. Heat Treating Services: Heat treatment process management including annealing, stress relieving, austempering, and tempering to improve hardness, strength, and machinability of metal alloys.
7. Specialty Coatings Services: Full-range of specialty coatings including anodizing, galvanizing, electroplating, powder coatings, paint coatings, and Corr-I-Dur thermochemical treatment. Manages process and logistics for millions of parts.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Associated MetalCast is a precision contract manufacturer that produces tight-tolerance, mission-critical metal components through CNC machining, engineered castings sourcing, component assembly, kitting/grouping, specialty coatings, heat treating, and supplier-managed inventory with JIT delivery. The company operates two plants in Oxford and McIntosh, Alabama, totaling 185,000+ square feet of climate-controlled manufacturing and warehouse space, and serves customers from small OEMs to Fortune 500 companies across eight industrial verticals including water infrastructure, vertical transportation, agricultural equipment, and automotive.

Product overview

Associated MetalCast is a precision manufacturing company offering an integrated suite of metal component production services. The core portfolio centers on three interdependent capabilities: Precision Machining (CNC machining of tight-tolerance parts), Engineered Castings (sourcing and finishing ferrous/non-ferrous castings), and Automation & Robotics (advanced manufacturing technologies for extended shifts and reduced errors). These are supported by a Diversified Foundry Network (global casting sourcing) and comprehensive Equipment/Facilities (185,000+ sq ft in Oxford, AL). Value-added specialty services—Component Assembly, Kitting/Grouping, Coatings, Heat Treating, Inventory Management (warehousing, JIT delivery), and Quality Assurance/Metrology—create a turnkey solution that takes parts from casting sourcing through precision machining to finished, inspected, and delivered components. Industries served include water infrastructure, vertical transportation, agricultural equipment, automotive, heavy truck, hydraulics, pumps, and power distribution.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Precision Machining CNC precision machining services for tight-tolerance, mission-critical metal components using advanced mills, lathes, and tooling operated by skilled machinists and quality control experts; AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified with high repeatability from first to last part.
• Engineered Castings Sourcing, design review, complexity analysis, and manufacturing of ferrous and non-ferrous castings from rough castings through precision-finished parts, leveraging decades of casting experience and the company's diversified foundry network.
• Component Assembly In-house component assembly services ranging from simple to complex assemblies, with parts pre-assembled at the plant for line-ready installation at customer facilities to streamline customer manufacturing.
• Kitting and Grouping In-house kitting and grouping solutions where a variety of parts are securely packaged together and delivered to specified locations and dates under long-term agreements, reducing unnecessary inventory storage at customer sites.
• Specialty Coatings Full-range specialty coating treatments including anodizing, galvanizing, electroplating, powder coatings, paint coatings, and Corr-I-Dur thermochemical treatment, with managed process and logistics for customers.
• Heat Treating Heat treatment process management including annealing, stress relieving, austempering, and tempering to improve hardness, strength, machinability, and dimensional stability of metal alloys.
• Inventory Management and JIT Delivery In-house parts warehousing, supplier-managed inventory, long-term agreement (LTA) parts consignment, and JIT delivery services from climate-controlled warehouse space, with inventory costs carried by Associated MetalCast until customer parts ship.
• Engineered Services In-depth engineering and manufacturing reviews for every new part, including design evaluation using digital drawings and 3-D models, with capability to 3-D print parts to prove out designs before production.
• Quality Assurance (Metrology and CMM) AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management with on-site metrology and metallurgical lab using Brown & Sharpe Global Classic CMMs with PC-DMIS software, an AIMS CMM, and five Hexagon Tigo Shop Floor CMMs integrated in machine cells for dimensional verification.

Quantifiable outcome

• Proven repeatability - consistent tolerances from first part to last on production line
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Protolabs: Protolabs is a digital-native on-demand manufacturing services provider offering CNC machining, injection molding, sheet metal, and 3D printing. While larger and platform-driven, it directly competes for the same precision machining work that Associated MetalCast serves in similar industrial OEM verticals.
• Mayville Engineering Company (MEC): MEC is a US-based contract manufacturer offering metal fabrication, machining, welding, coating, and assembly services to industrial OEMs across heavy truck, agriculture, construction, and power generation — a nearly identical end-market profile to Associated MetalCast with a similar turnkey model.
• MetalTek International: MetalTek is a US-based precision metal component manufacturer offering sand, investment, centrifugal, and continuous castings plus machining and assembly. It overlaps directly with Associated MetalCast's engineered castings and precision machining capabilities for industrial customers.
• Waupaca Foundry: Waupaca is one of the largest US iron foundries producing gray, ductile, and compacted graphite iron castings for automotive, heavy truck, agriculture, and industrial markets — directly overlapping the casting-sourcing and industrial OEM verticals Associated MetalCast serves.
• Dotson Iron Castings: Dotson Iron Castings is a US iron foundry producing gray and ductile iron castings for heavy truck, agriculture, and industrial OEMs. It is a comparable peer for the casting-sourcing half of Associated MetalCast's value proposition.
• Impro Industries: Impro Industries is a global precision investment casting and machining company serving aerospace, automotive, industrial, and energy markets. It overlaps with Associated MetalCast on the castings-to-finished-machined-components value chain for industrial OEMs.

Broad incumbents

• Plymouth Tube Company: Plymouth Tube is a US manufacturer of metal tubing and fabricated metal components serving aerospace, industrial, and power generation. It is comparable to Associated MetalCast in serving aerospace/industrial OEMs with precision metal components, though with a different primary forming process.
• Precision Castparts Corp: Precision Castparts (a Berkshire Hathaway company) is a large-scale precision castings and machined components supplier, primarily aerospace and industrial. It is far larger than Associated MetalCast but represents the upper bound of the same integrated castings-and-machining model for industrial end markets.

Emerging players

• Hubs (by Protolabs Network): Hubs is a digital manufacturing platform that aggregates a global network of CNC machining and fabrication partners. It competes for the same low-to-mid complexity precision machining RFQs that Associated MetalCast quotes, and pushes price transparency into the market.

Regional players

• Klein Steel Services: Klein Steel is a US metals service center and processing distributor offering cutting, machining, and fabrication. It overlaps with Associated MetalCast's CNC machining and JIT delivery capabilities for industrial customers, though primarily as a metals distributor with value-added services rather than a dedicated contract manufacturer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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