Bunty

What Bunty does

Bunty LLC is a privately held, Greenville, South Carolina-based contract manufacturer founded in 2000 by Rajeev Jindal that produces custom forged, cast, and machined metal parts for B2B customers. The company operates an AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified Quality Management System and runs a Greenville headquarters supplemented by overseas manufacturing, warehousing, and inspection facilities, positioning itself as a bridge between US-based quality oversight and low-cost-country production capacity.

Bunty's core capabilities span the full custom metal parts value chain: closed-die and open-die metal forgings (steel, stainless steel, magnesium, brass, copper, aluminum), metal castings (die casting, investment/lost-wax, sand mold, permanent mold, centrifugal, continuous), and CNC/precision machining (turning, milling, EDM, plasma/laser cutting, 5-axis). Supporting services include metal stamping on presses from 15 to 1,500 tons, heat treatment (annealing, quenching, carburizing, nitriding), surface treatments (anodizing, TiN/DLC coatings, plating), fabrication, tooling, prototyping, built-to-print manufacturing, obsolescence management, quality inspection, and inventory management. The company states 1-3 day delivery capability on stocked items and a 75% reduction in production time through computerized equipment, and it manufactures specific components including gears (spur, helical, bevel, worm, planetary), involute splines, springs, and industrial rollers.

Bunty generates revenue through project-based, quote-priced B2B contracts that span prototype development through full-run production, with multi-year contract billing cadence reported and volume discounts available on high-quantity orders. Go-to-market is sales-led and channeled through the company's website Request-for-Quote system and direct contact forms. It targets enterprise customers in seven verticals — automotive and aerospace are flagged as primary, with energy, mineral extraction, robotics, medical, and consumer goods as additional segments — and reports named references including NASA and BMW. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, mergers and acquisitions, or external leadership beyond founder Rajeev Jindal.

Name

Bunty

Legal name

Bunty LLC

Website

https://buntyllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bunty LLC is an AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified custom metal parts contract manufacturer in Greenville, SC, producing forged, cast, and machined metal components for aerospace, automotive, energy, robotics, medical, mineral extraction, and consumer goods customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Greenville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contract Manufacturing: B2B contract manufacturing services for custom metal parts including forgings, castings, and machined components. Customers engage for production of specific products, manufacturing parts, and specialized industrial processes.
2. Custom Parts Production: Production of custom machined, forged, and cast metal parts to customer specifications, from prototype development through mass production

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Bunty LLC is a full-service contract manufacturer of custom machined, forged and cast metal parts, producing components per customer specifications from prototype through mass production. Offerings span forgings (closed die, brass/copper, stainless steel, magnesium, steel, aluminum), castings (die, investment, lost wax, sand mold, centrifugal), CNC precision machining, metal stamping, heat treatment, surface treatments, fabrication and tooling. The AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified operation delivers global manufacturing, warehousing and inspection from its Greenville, South Carolina headquarters.

Product overview

Bunty LLC is a full-service custom machined, forged, and cast metal parts fabrication enterprise offering a comprehensive portfolio of manufacturing services. The core offerings include Custom Metal Forgings (closed die, brass/copper, stainless steel, magnesium, steel, aluminum), Custom Metal Castings (die casting, investment casting, lost wax, sand mold, centrifugal), and Machining Services (CNC turning, milling, EDM, plasma/laser cutting). The company provides complementary services including Metal Surface Treatments, Heat Treatment, Fabrication & Tooling, Quality Inspection, Prototyping Services, and Inventory Management. Additional offerings include Contract Manufacturing, Built-to-Print Manufacturing, and Obsolescence Management. The company also manufactures specific components like Gears, Helical Gears, Involute Splines, Springs, and Rollers. Bunty LLC serves diverse industries including Automotive, Aerospace, Energy, Robotics, Mineral Extraction, Medical, and Consumer Goods.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Metal Forgings Custom metal forging services shaping metal into desired forms to produce stronger parts with improved grain structures; includes closed die, brass/copper, stainless steel, magnesium, custom steel and aluminum forgings tailored to customer specifications.
• Custom Metal Castings Custom metal casting services using die casting, investment casting, lost wax casting, permanent mold casting, sand mold casting, centrifugal casting and continuous casting techniques tailored to customer production needs.
• Machining Services CNC and precision machining services including turning, milling, end mill operations, honing, lapping, plasma cutting, laser cutting, EDM wire cutting, and 5-axis CNC machining to add desired features to metal components.
• Metal Stamping Services High-volume metal stamping services using presses from 15 tons to 1,500 tons, including blanking, deep drawing, die cutting, progressive die stamping, multi-side die stamping and coining.
• Metal Surface Treatments Surface finishing services including powder coating, E-coating, anodizing, galvanizing, TiN coating, DLC coating, laser engraving/etching/marking, and various plating services.
• Heat Treatment Heat treatment processes including annealing, normalizing, stress relieving, quenching, tempering, induction hardening, case hardening, carburizing, nitriding and plasma nitriding.
• Fabrication and Tooling Parts fabrication, welding, custom fasteners, bolts, screws, tooling, jigs, fixtures, and related metal stamping manufacturing support.
• Prototyping Services Rapid prototype design and construction services assisting inventors and developers in building functioning prototypes for testing and iteration.
• Contract Manufacturing Full-service contract manufacturing covering finished merchandise, manufacturing parts, supplied labor, and equipment or facility leasing.
• Built-to-Print Manufacturing Manufacturing services following customer-provided specifications, schematic drawings, and work orders to ensure consistency across multiple production runs.
• Obsolescence Management Programs to identify, monitor, and stock critical parts likely to become obsolete, preventing costly disruptions for customers.
• Quality Inspection Quality inspection services ensuring parts meet specifications and quality standards throughout the production process.
• Cost Optimization Consultation Consultation services helping customers optimize manufacturing costs while maintaining quality standards.
• Inventory Management Inventory management and just-in-time delivery services to support customer production schedules.
• Process and Product Analysis Analysis services evaluating and improving manufacturing processes and product designs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Parts delivery within 1-3 days
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Xometry: Xometry operates an AI-enabled on-demand manufacturing marketplace for custom metal and plastic parts (CNC, sheet metal, injection molding, 3D printing). Direct competitor to Bunty's contract manufacturing services, similarly serving aerospace, automotive, and industrial buyers with instant quoting and distributed supplier networks.
• Protolabs: Protolabs is a digital manufacturing platform offering CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, injection molding, and 3D printing services for rapid prototyping and low-volume production. Direct peer to Bunty's prototype-to-production offering for industrial buyers across aerospace, automotive, and medical end markets.
• Fictiv: Fictiv is a digital manufacturing platform that connects buyers with a network of vetted CNC machining, sheet metal, and injection molding shops for custom parts. Closely comparable to Bunty's contract manufacturing model, with similar target customers (hardware teams across robotics, aerospace, automotive, medical).
• Hubs (formerly 3D Hubs): Hubs operates a global manufacturing marketplace offering CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, injection molding, and 3D printing on demand. Direct competitor to Bunty for custom metal parts, with similar service breadth across machining, surface finishing, and prototype-to-production workflows for industrial customers.
• Scot Forge: Scot Forge is a US-based custom open-die and closed-die forging manufacturer serving aerospace, defense, power generation, and industrial OEMs. Closely comparable to Bunty's forging capability, though larger in scale, with similar aerospace-grade certifications and end-market exposure.
• Fractory: Fractory is an on-demand metal fabrication platform offering CNC machining, sheet metal bending, and cutting services to industrial buyers. Direct competitor to Bunty's custom metal parts services with an instant-quoting digital front end and distributed manufacturing network.

Broad incumbents

• Howmet Aerospace: Howmet Aerospace is a large public company manufacturing engine components, aerospace castings, and forged titanium/aluminum parts for aerospace and defense OEMs. Comparable to Bunty's aerospace casting and forging portfolio but at vastly greater scale and OEM-direct integration.
• Precision Castparts Corp: Precision Castparts (a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary) is a major producer of investment castings, forgings, and fasteners for aerospace, power, and industrial markets. Comparable to Bunty's forgings/castings offering, but operates as a Tier-1 incumbent serving the largest aerospace primes directly.
• Allegheny Technologies (ATI): ATI is a specialty metals producer and manufacturer of nickel-based alloys, titanium, and forged components serving aerospace, defense, and energy. Comparable upstream-downstream overlap with Bunty's aerospace/energy segments, though ATI is materially larger and integrated into raw materials plus finished parts.

Emerging players

• MacroFab: MacroFab operates a contract manufacturing platform originally focused on PCB assembly but expanding into broader electronics manufacturing services. Adjacent digital contract manufacturing competitor to Bunty, addressing similar small/mid-sized hardware OEMs with software-driven quoting and supply chain workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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