Aluminium casting

What Aluminium casting does

Aluminum Castings Company is a U.S. aluminum sand casting foundry headquartered in Galesburg, Illinois, founded in 1964 and operating today as Alcast, LLC D/B/A Aluminum Castings Company. It was acquired by private holding company Ligon Industries, LLC in 2021, sitting alongside sister company Alcast Company (a permanent mold aluminum foundry in Peoria, Illinois) and a second production site acquired in Fairfield, Iowa in November 2018 from Alcast Company Midwest Works LLC. The 25,000 square foot Galesburg plant runs a vertically integrated casting operation across sand molding, core making, aluminum melting and casting, grinding and cleaning, value-added services, and inspection departments.

The foundry's core technology stack combines DISA Match automated green sand molding (150 molds per hour, sub-.010 inch mismatch tolerance) with a Kloster air set/no bake molding line capable of castings up to 12 feet long and 4 tons, and in-house sand core production via shell, cold box, and oil sand core processes. Melting capacity comprises five 1,000 pound and one 2,000 pound gas-fired furnaces, fed by an in-house spectrometer for chemical certification of alloys including Almag 35 (535), Tenzaloy 713, 319, 355, 356, A356, 771, and 850 series. The company is QMS certified to ISO 9001:2015 and PED 2014 by TUV Rheinland of North America.

The business model is a B2B job-shop with quote-based pricing driven by an RFQ process, a $100 minimum order, and 2%/30 net 90 payment terms for approved customers. Revenue is generated from custom aluminum sand castings ranging from prototype quantities to thousands of pieces, serving OEM industrial manufacturers (engine covers, gear reducer housings, pump bodies), defense & military (Navy air tools), marine (Almag 35 alloy parts), automotive & transportation, and industrial equipment (conveyor, mixing, packaging, hydraulic) end markets. Value-added services — heat treatment, CNC machining, painting/powder coating, assembly, and JIT delivery — are layered on to capture additional revenue per customer.

Name

Aluminium casting

Legal name

Alcast, LLC D/B/A Aluminum Castings Company

Website

https://aluminumcastingscorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aluminum Castings Company is a U.S. aluminum sand casting foundry in Galesburg, Illinois, producing custom cored and uncored castings for OEMs in defense, marine, automotive, and industrial equipment markets, with in-house molding, melting, and finishing capabilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aluminum Sand Castings Manufacturing

NAICS

Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting) (331524)

SIC

Nonferrous Foundries (Castings) (3360)

akta.pro primary industry

Aluminum Casting & Ingot/Billet/Slab Production (IMAKACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aluminum Fabrication & Finishing (Machining, Anodizing, Coating) (IMAKACAI), Aluminum Value-Added Components (Automotive, Aerospace, Packaging, Building Systems) (IMAKACAM)

Keywords

• Aluminum sand castings
• Custom metal casting
• Foundry manufacturing services
• Green sand molding
• Air set no bake casting

Headquarters

HQ city

Galesburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Aluminum Sand Castings: Job-shop manufacturing model producing custom aluminum sand castings to customer specifications. Pricing determined via RFQ process based on part complexity, alloy requirements, volume, and value-added services. Revenue generated from production runs ranging from prototype quantities to thousands of pieces.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Aluminum Castings Company is a custom aluminum sand casting foundry producing both cored and uncored parts in multiple certified aluminum alloys (Almag 35, Tenzaloy 713, 319, 355, 356, A356, 771, 850 series) for OEMs across automotive, defense, marine, agricultural, and heavy industrial markets. Operations span green sand and air set / no bake molding (DISA and Kloster systems), in-house shell, cold box, and oil sand core production, gas-fired melting, casting grinding and cleaning, plus value-added heat treatment, CNC machining, painting/powder coating, assembly, and JIT delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Aluminum Sand Castings Custom cored and uncored aluminum sand castings produced in multiple certified aluminum alloys (Almag 35, Tenzaloy 713, 319, 355, 356, A356, 771, 850 series) using both green sand and air set / no bake molding processes for OEMs in industrial, automotive, defense, marine, agricultural, and heavy machinery applications. Available from prototype through thousands of pieces, including thin-wall castings down to 0.156 inch on 300 series alloys.
• CNC Machine Shop Services Precision CNC machining services for aluminum castings, utilizing Makino MMC machining centers, performed on cast parts for OEM customers across the foundry's industrial, automotive, defense, and marine markets.
• Value-Added Finishing Services Finishing and integration services for aluminum castings including heat treatment, CNC machining, painting/powder coating, assembly, and JIT delivery, designed to reduce customer supply chain complexity and deliver near-finished or fully assembled parts.

Quantifiable outcome

• DISA automated molding produces 150 molds per hour with mismatch tolerance of less than .010 inch
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Alcast Company Midwest Works LLCminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2018In November 2018, Aluminum Castings Company purchased and restructured the operating assets of Alcast Company Midwest Works LLC in Fairfield IA to further improve aluminum casting offerings and expand production capabilities.
• Alcast CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlcast Company (permanent mold aluminum foundry in Peoria IL) is both parent company and strategic partner. Provides heat treatment and CNC machining services for Aluminum Castings Company products. In 2011, Alcast Company along with Bret Markum and Tony Kelsey purchased Aluminum Castings Corporation. Relationship expanded when Aluminum Castings Company acquired Alcast Company Midwest Works LLC assets in 2018.
• Honsa Ergonomic Technologies Inc.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorQuad Cities-based company awarded $300,000 Navy contract for USA made ergonomic chipping hammers for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Aluminum Castings Company produces the high quality raw aluminum sand castings for these air tools.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Eck Industries: Wisconsin-based aluminum foundry offering sand, permanent mold, and investment casting of aluminum alloys. Closely comparable specialty aluminum foundry serving aerospace, defense, and industrial OEMs with similar alloy breadth and value-added services.
• Benton Foundry: Pennsylvania-based iron, steel, and non-ferrous sand casting foundry serving industrial, defense, and rail customers. Comparable custom job-shop model with similar alloy breadth and value-added machining services.
• Alcast Company: Permanent mold aluminum foundry in Peoria, IL that is the parent affiliate of Aluminum Castings Company under Ligon Industries. Provides heat treatment and CNC machining for ACC products and shares ownership, management, and customer overlap, making it the closest comparable.
• Wescast Industries: Canadian supplier of aluminum and iron castings primarily serving automotive OEMs. Comparable B2B job-shop model producing custom cast components with similar emphasis on machined, ready-to-assemble parts.
• Quaker City Castings: Indiana-based iron and aluminum sand casting foundry with green sand and no-bake molding capabilities. Highly comparable in process mix, alloy breadth, and small-to-medium OEM customer orientation.
• Empire Castings: US sand casting foundry producing aluminum, iron, and steel castings for OEMs in industrial, defense, and commercial vehicle markets. Directly comparable in process (sand casting) and customer profile.

Broad incumbents

• Grede: One of the largest North American iron and aluminum foundries with multiple plants serving automotive, commercial vehicle, and industrial markets. Overlaps with ACC in aluminum castings but operates at much larger scale and broader product portfolio.
• Shiloh Industries: Automotive-focused supplier of aluminum castings, acoustic and body solutions, serving North American and global OEMs. Comparable in automotive aluminum casting applications but operates at significantly larger scale.
• Pace Industries: Largest aluminum die caster in North America with broad aluminum and zinc die-casting capabilities across automotive, industrial, and consumer markets. Related in end-market and customer base but uses die casting rather than sand casting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aluminum-castings-corporation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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