Gartland Foundry

What Gartland Foundry does

Gartland Foundry is a privately held, family-owned iron foundry founded in 1902 and headquartered in Terre Haute, Indiana. The company designs and produces custom gray and ductile iron castings in weight ranges of 0.5–75 lbs (gray) and 0.5–60 lbs (ductile), serving blue-chip industrial customers across five verticals: Agriculture, Construction & Heavy Truck, Electric Motors, Oil & Natural Gas, and Water Supply. Production runs from a 100,000-square-foot facility equipped with two 4-metric-ton coreless induction furnaces delivering combined output of approximately 7 tons per hour, with a maximum flask size of 20" x 24" x 8" over 8".

The foundry operates automated Sinto molding systems and applies a layered quality stack that includes multi-station thermal analysis, spectrometer-based chemistry control for ductile iron, gray iron and steel, automated sand control, and bar-coded inventory and shipping. Proprietary solidification modeling is used to engineer complex casting geometries. The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified, trains its workforce in the Crosby Quality Improvement Process, and reports a labor force averaging more than 15 years of industry experience; Frank Elkins serves as Director of Quality. Downstream services extend the offering beyond raw castings to in-house machining, heat treating (including austempering), finishing, and Ransburg electrostatic coating.

Gartland generates revenue through a quote-based, custom B2B sales model in which pricing is set per casting specification against customer drawings and requirements. The company ships finished castings and components into 23 U.S. states plus Mexico and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, with end products installed both domestically and internationally. The Gartland-Grimes family has retained continuous ownership and operating control since founding, and the company positions itself as a financially stable, long-cycle industrial supplier to quality-sensitive buyers rather than a high-volume commodity producer.

Name

Gartland Foundry

Legal name

Gartland Foundry

Website

https://gartlandfoundry.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1902

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gartland Foundry is a family-owned gray and ductile iron foundry founded in 1902 in Terre Haute, Indiana, producing custom castings for agriculture, construction, electric motors, oil and gas, and water supply customers across 23 U.S. states, Mexico, and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Terre Haute

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Iron Castings Manufacturing: Design and manufacturing of ductile and gray iron castings for various industrial customers. Revenue generated through one-time casting production orders with custom specifications. Manufacturing services include casting, machining, heat treating, and finishing based on customer requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Gartland Foundry designs and manufactures custom gray and ductile iron castings (0.5–75 lb gray iron and 0.5–60 lb ductile iron castings) for industrial OEMs, supported by in-house and partner-supplied sand preparation, melting, molding, core making, machining, finishing, heat treatment (including austempering), painting, and laboratory testing/inspection services. Operations run from a 100,000 square foot continuously upgraded facility in Terre Haute, Indiana, serving Agriculture, Construction & Heavy Truck, Electric Motors, Oil & Natural Gas, and Water Supply customers across the USA, Mexico, and Canada.

Product overview

Gartland Foundry is a gray and ductile iron casting manufacturer offering a portfolio of core casting products including Ductile Iron Castings and Gray Iron Castings, supported by comprehensive manufacturing services such as machining and finishing, heat treatment, core making, and quality testing/inspection. The company operates from a 100,000-square-foot facility in Terre Haute, Indiana, serving industries including Agriculture, Construction & Heavy Truck, Electric Motors, Oil & Natural Gas, and Water Supply. Founded in 1902, the company provides castings ranging from 0.5 lbs to 75 lbs for gray iron and 0.5 lbs to 60 lbs for ductile iron.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ductile Iron Castings Custom ductile iron castings manufactured for industrial customers in the auto, agricultural, and flow-control industries (flanges, gears, hubs, suspension parts, valves, meters, pumps). Provides high tensile strength, improved machinability, vibration damping, and corrosion/wear resistance at competitive pricing versus steel.
• Gray Iron Castings Custom gray iron castings for industrial customers requiring economical, castable, easy-to-machine components. Provides improved surface hardenability, vibration damping, castability, and corrosion/wear resistance at lower manufacturing cost than many alternatives. Common applications include engines, motor casings, and machine tools.
• Machining and Finishing Services Machining of castings to customer specifications by approved commercial facilities, plus application of customer-specified coatings using Ransburg electrostatic painting equipment.
• Heat Treatment Services Heat treatment of castings by approved commercial facilities, including austempering for ductile iron castings to obtain specific mechanical properties required by customers.
• Core Making Services Cold box and shell core making using Gaylord 19VSTB, OMCO MS-1 Super Bowl Mixer, Redford machines, and oil sand core blowers to support customer casting designs.
• Quality Testing and Inspection Services Laboratory testing including microscopic inspections, gas discharge spectroscopy chemical analysis, Brinell hardness, tensile testing, X-ray, sand testing, liquid dye penetrant, and ultrasonic testing, performed in support of customer casting requirements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced machining costs for customers through superior machinability of gray and ductile iron castings
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature6 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Waupaca Foundry: One of the largest iron foundries in the United States, producing gray and ductile iron castings for automotive, agricultural, and industrial customers. Operates multiple facilities versus Gartland's single Terre Haute site, but serves the same iron foundry market with overlapping blue-chip industrial customer base.
• Grede Holdings: Major US producer of iron castings (gray and ductile) serving automotive, heavy truck, agricultural, and industrial markets. Like Gartland, Grede focuses on iron foundry operations with similar casting capabilities, but operates at significantly greater scale across multiple facilities.
• Neenah Foundry (Neenah Enterprises): Historic US iron foundry producing gray and ductile iron castings, including municipal castings (manhole covers, drainage) and industrial components. Comparable to Gartland in iron foundry operations and end-market overlap (water supply, industrial), though much larger and more diversified.
• Bradken: Global metal casting and engineering company producing iron and steel castings for mining, infrastructure, and industrial markets. Overlaps with Gartland in iron foundry operations and serves similar heavy industrial customers (construction equipment, mining, oil & gas).
• Cleveland-Cliffs Foundry (formerly Vulcan Iron Works): Cleveland-Cliffs is a major integrated steelmaker and iron producer in the US, with iron foundry and casting operations serving industrial customers. Comparable to Gartland in iron casting capability but operates at far greater scale as a vertically integrated primary metals producer.

Direct peers

• Dotson Iron Castings: Mid-sized US job shop iron foundry producing gray and ductile iron castings for industrial customers. Closely comparable to Gartland in scale, business model (job shop), product offering, and customer base (agriculture, construction, industrial OEM).
• Eagle Alloy: US ferrous foundry producing steel, stainless, and iron castings for industrial applications. Comparable to Gartland as a smaller-to-mid-sized job shop serving industrial customers with custom casting work, though Eagle Alloy also does steel castings.
• MetalTek International: Multi-facility US metal casting manufacturer producing ferrous and nonferrous castings for industrial markets. Overlaps with Gartland in serving industrial OEM customers with custom iron castings, though MetalTek operates at larger scale and broader alloy range.
• Fairmount Foundry: Long-standing US iron foundry producing gray and ductile iron castings for industrial customers. Comparable to Gartland in scale, business model (job shop), and historical family/founder ownership profile; serves overlapping end markets including pumps, valves, and machinery.

Others

• Vulcan Engineering: Supplier of foundry equipment, engineering services, and turnkey foundry solutions rather than a direct competitor in castings. Comparable to Gartland as a US-based foundry ecosystem participant and adjacent to Gartland's core iron foundry operations.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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