Hazelett Corporation

What Hazelett Corporation does

Hazelett Corporation (legal name Hazelett Strip-Casting Corporation) is a privately held, fourth-generation family-founded industrial machinery company headquartered in Colchester, Vermont, that designs, manufactures, installs, and services twin-belt continuous casting equipment for the global nonferrous metals industry. The company's flagship offering is the Hazelett® Twin-Belt Caster, a continuous casting platform that uses opposing moving steel belts as upper and lower mold surfaces and interlocking chains of dam blocks to form the mold sides, with proprietary supporting systems including Matrix™ ceramic belt coatings, EMLI® electromagnetic pool-level sensing, ESP™ electrostatic powder deposition, magnetic back-up rolls, Strip-Stream™ ceramic feed snouts, Hazelok™ interlocking dam blocks, and Hazelube™ oil coating. Specialized product variants address each of the four end markets: the AS2000 (aluminum strip), CR3500 (copper bar via the Contirod® process), CS1500 (copper strip via the Conti-M® process jointly developed with Mansfelder Kupfer und Messing GmbH), Contilanod® (copper anode casting), LS1800 (lead strip for automotive battery grids), and ZS1320 (zinc strip, including coinage and roofing).

The company generates revenue through four streams: (1) one-time capital equipment sales of custom-engineered twin-belt casting machines sold at quote-based pricing; (2) recurring spare parts and consumables — casting belts, dam blocks, nozzles, and Matrix recoating — distributed globally and through the Hazelett Trading (Taicang) subsidiary in China; (3) engineering, process optimization, commissioning, and field technical services; and (4) toll contract manufacturing using in-house CNC machining, waterjet cutting, welding, and finishing capacity when available. Distribution is direct enterprise field sales to nonferrous metals semi-fabricators, supplemented by SMS Group GmbH which resells fully engineered Contirod® copper rod plants incorporating Hazelett casters.

Hazelett operates from a 66-hectare campus on Lake Champlain housing a fully integrated 100,000 sq ft engineering, manufacturing, R&D, and technical services facility, supported by an Asia regional hub in Taicang, China. The company reports over 100 caster installations operating in 27 countries, 150-160 employees with an average tenure of 12 years, and end-use applications that include one-third of the world's copper wire (Contirod®), a majority of European zinc sheet, and lead strip production for battery grids on four continents. Following Mino S.p.A.'s September 2020 minority investment and Ebner Group's December 2021 majority acquisition, Hazelett is positioned within an industrial metals-processing equipment ecosystem that connects it to SMS Group, Ebner Group companies, and Mansfelder Kupfer und Messing.

Name

Hazelett Corporation

Legal name

Hazelett Strip-Casting Corporation

Website

https://hazelett.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Hazelett Corporation is a privately held, fourth-generation Vermont-based industrial machinery firm that designs, manufactures, installs, and services proprietary Hazelett® twin-belt continuous casting machines for global nonferrous metals producers in aluminum, copper, lead, and zinc.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Machinery for Nonferrous Metals Continuous Casting

NAICS

Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing (33351)

SIC

Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment (3540)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Continuous casting machines
• Twin-belt casting technology
• Nonferrous metals casting
• Metal strip casting
• Copper rod casting

Headquarters

HQ city

Colchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Continuous Casting Machine Sales: Hazelett designs, manufactures, installs, and services custom twin-belt continuous casting equipment for the nonferrous metals industry. Machines are sold as capital equipment with pricing dependent on specifications and configuration. The company handles end-to-end delivery including assembly, testing, and commissioning.
2. Spare Parts and Replacement Components: Hazelett supplies genuine spare parts for its casting machines globally, supported by Hazelett Trading (Taicang) warehouse in China for Chinese customer base. Parts include dam blocks, casting belts, nozzles, and wear components.
3. Technical Services and Customer Support: Hazelett provides engineering services, process optimization, commissioning, maintenance, and field service support to customers worldwide. Includes process engineering, metallurgical support, and automation services.
4. Contract Manufacturing: When extra manufacturing capacity is available, Hazelett offers toll manufacturing services for external customers. Capabilities include CNC machining, waterjet cutting, welding, grinding, and finishing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hazelett Corporation designs, manufactures, installs, and services proprietary Hazelett® Twin-Belt Continuous Casting Machines for the global nonferrous metals industry. The company produces specialized casters for aluminum strip, copper bar, copper strip, copper anode, lead strip, and zinc strip, alongside engineering, manufacturing, metallurgy, and technical services for metals producers worldwide.

Product overview

Hazelett Corporation offers a portfolio of continuous metal casting machines centered on the Hazelett® Twin-Belt Caster technology. The product line includes specialized casters for aluminum strip (AS2000), copper bar (CR3500), copper strip (CS1500), copper anode (Contilanod®), lead strip (LS1800), and zinc strip (ZS1320). These machines produce semi-fabricated cast and rolled products such as aluminum sheet, copper rod, and various strip products for battery, foil, and construction applications. The company operates as a fully integrated manufacturer providing engineering services, manufacturing services, metallurgy services, and R&D support alongside its core casting machine products, with a subsidiary in Taicang, China for regional customer support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hazelett® Twin-Belt Caster (flagship platform) Proprietary continuous casting platform featuring twin moving steel belts as upper and lower mold surfaces with chains of interlocking edge dam blocks forming the mold sides. Supports aluminum, copper, lead, and zinc strip and bar casting through controlled heat transfer, induction belt preheating, magnetic back-up rolls, and proprietary coatings. Sold as custom capital equipment to global nonferrous metals producers.
• Hazelett AS2000 Aluminum Strip Caster Twin-belt aluminum strip casting machine offering high production rates for rolled aluminum sheet with demonstrated energy savings and lower emissions. Used by aluminum semi-fabricators for packaging, transportation, building construction, and automotive components.
• Hazelett CR3500 Copper Bar Caster Twin-belt copper bar casting machine used in Contirod® plants to produce copper rod for wire drawing. Used in copper rod plants to produce copper rod from which the world's copper wire is drawn.
• Hazelett CS1500 Copper Strip Caster (Conti-M®) Twin-belt copper strip casting machine used in the Conti-M® continuous high-performance strip casting process, the world's first such process, developed jointly with Mansfelder Kupfer und Messing GmbH. Produces all major copper grades with 40% less energy and 75% less throughput time vs. conventional processes.
• Hazelett Copper Anode Caster (Contilanod®) World's only anode casting machine using twin belts instead of open molds, producing copper anodes for electrolytic refining with superior geometry and density; eliminates costly anode conditioning equipment. Production rates up to 100 tonnes per hour.
• Hazelett LS1800 Lead Strip Caster Twin-belt lead strip casting machine for automotive battery grid production, representing nearly 100 years of refined technology for modern production needs. Delivers high-quality lead strip with demonstrated energy savings and lower emissions; used by lead-acid battery manufacturers across four continents.
• Hazelett ZS1320 Zinc Strip Caster Twin-belt zinc strip casting machine producing versatile zinc strip for products including coins (US penny, Canadian coins), roofing, and various industrial applications. Some casters have operated for over 50 years.
• Engineering Services Comprehensive engineering services including process and equipment engineering, solid modeling and FEA reporting, process integration, equipment automation, functional testing, and commissioning support. Provided to metals producers and external customers on contract basis.
• Manufacturing Services (Contract Manufacturing) End-to-end manufacturing services including CNC milling, turning, cutting (waterjet, oxy-fuel, saw), welding, finishing, grit blasting, painting, and crating/packaging. Offered as toll manufacturing when extra capacity is available.
• Metallurgy Services In-house metallurgical lab services including metallographic microstructure analysis, mechanical testing, profilometry, surface analysis, and PoDFA inclusion identification. Supports process development and customer quality needs.
• Hazelett Trading (Taicang) — Parts, Inventory, and Aftermarket Service Full-service subsidiary in Taicang, China offering genuine Hazelett parts, local inventory, logistical support, customs handling, local-currency payment, and multilingual customer service in Chinese and English for the Chinese customer base.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1/3 of all copper wire produced in the world comes from Hazelett casting machines
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SMS Group GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationSMS Group GmbH is Hazelett's partner for synchronized moving hot shear technology in the Contilanod® copper anode casting process. SMS also serves as the world-renowned supplier of complete continuous copper rod plants (Contirod® process) and supplies foundry products including metal pumps, dosing systems, and heated transfer pipes. Fully engineered copper rod plants employing the Contirod® process and Hazelett twin-belt caster are available from SMS Group.
• Mansfelder Kupfer und Messing GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMansfelder Kupfer und Messing GmbH jointly developed the Conti-M® process with Hazelett, which is the world's first continuous high performance copper strip casting process. Conti-M® is a registered trademark of Mansfelder Kupfer und Messing, GmbH and currently produces all major copper grades.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Rautomead: Scottish-based manufacturer of continuous casting machines for non-ferrous metals (copper, brass, bronze), directly competing with Hazelett in horizontal continuous casting for similar customer segments.
• Continuus-Properzi: Italian supplier of continuous casting and rolling plants for non-ferrous metals (notably copper and aluminum), using wheel-and-belt technology; competes with Hazelett's Contirod® and Contilanod® offerings.
• Wagstaff: US-based specialist in aluminum casting technology (including billet casting and direct chill casting), serving many of the same aluminum semi-fabricator customers as Hazelett's aluminum strip product line.

Broad incumbents

• SMS group: Global plant supplier for ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and Hazelett's technology partner for complete Contirod® plants and Contilanod® shear systems. Competes in integrated plant solutions that bundle casting, rolling, and downstream equipment.
• Primetals Technologies: Major global supplier of integrated metallurgical plant equipment and continuous casting technology for both ferrous and non-ferrous producers, overlapping with Hazelett in integrated strip and bar casting plant offerings.
• Danieli: Italian-based global supplier of metalmaking and processing equipment including continuous casting for non-ferrous metals, addressing similar semi-fabricator customers with broader integrated plant solutions.
• Inductotherm Group: Leading manufacturer of induction melting and heating equipment for metals, supplying process heat and preheating subsystems to non-ferrous producers; competes with and complements Hazelett's induction preheating technology.
• Andritz AG: Global plant and equipment supplier serving the metals processing industry, including non-ferrous metal separation and processing technologies; overlaps with Hazelett at the integrated plant level for non-ferrous semi-fabricators.

Others

• Ebner Group: Austrian industrial group and Hazelett's majority owner since 2021; provides heat treatment furnaces and related metallurgical process equipment. Comparable as a complementary metals process technology supplier rather than a direct caster competitor.

Emerging players

• Otto Junker GmbH: German supplier of induction melting and casting equipment, casting powders, and metallurgical plant technology; provides partial overlap with Hazelett in copper and non-ferrous continuous casting process equipment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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