LA Aluminum Casting Company

What LA Aluminum Casting Company does

LA Aluminum Casting Company is a third-generation, family-owned manufacturer of permanent mold aluminum castings founded in 1947 and headquartered in a single integrated facility in Hayden, Idaho. Its core process is gravity-fed permanent mold casting using reusable steel molds, with three pouring variants (static, tilt, and reverse tilt), specialization in A356 alloy with heat treatment to T51 or T6 condition, and a proprietary capability to cast stainless steel inserts directly into aluminum parts. The company operates as a single-source supplier, providing in-house tooling design and mold making, foundry services, four-axis CNC machining, a full suite of finishing options (anodizing, chromate conversion, powder coating, polishing), ISO 9001:2015-certified quality assurance with CMM inspection, product assembly, and drop shipping.

LA Aluminum serves more than 40 end markets including aerospace, automotive, commercial/industrial, dental and medical, marine, military/defense, and fuel cell applications, with named customers such as TPI Corp, SOR Inc., Marus Dental, Littau Harvester, and Peak Mechanical. Parts range from a few ounces to roughly 60 pounds (up to 40"x40"x20") with typical annual volumes of 500 to 200,000+ units, and melting capacity is rated at 5,600 pounds per hour. The firm also sells a proprietary tank and bladder fittings product line and a fuel cell fittings line, both available without minimum purchase requirements.

The commercial model is quote-based, project-driven, and entirely direct: customers submit RFQs via phone, email, or web form (accepting STEP/IGES CAD files), the company engineers, tools, casts, machines, finishes, and ships finished parts, and in some cases assembles and drop ships the customer's end product. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and contracts are typically multi-year. The company is privately held by the Oswald family with no outside institutional investment, serves U.S. customers exclusively from its Hayden facility, and reports an on-time delivery rate of 99.6%.

Name

LA Aluminum Casting Company

Legal name

LA Aluminum Casting Company

Website

https://laaluminum.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LA Aluminum Casting Company is a third-generation, family-owned manufacturer of permanent mold aluminum castings founded in 1947, offering single-source tooling, foundry, CNC machining, and finishing services to aerospace, automotive, military, medical, marine, and industrial customers from its Hayden, Idaho facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aluminum Castings & Foundry Services

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

• Permanent mold aluminum casting
• Custom aluminum castings
• Tooling and mold making
• CNC machining services
• Aluminum foundry services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hayden

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, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Permanent Mold Aluminum Castings: LA Aluminum generates revenue primarily through the production and sale of custom permanent mold aluminum castings. The company designs and manufactures both the molds and the final aluminum parts, serving medium to high-volume production runs. Casting revenue is driven by part complexity, production volume, and alloy specifications. The company casts parts weighing from ounces up to approximately 60 lbs (40"x40"x20"). Typical annual volumes range from 500 to 200,000+ parts per year.
2. CNC Machining Services: In-house CNC machining services for castings and external machined components including aluminum, brass, and steel. Provides turnkey machining solutions combining precision, efficiency, and scalability. All machining is performed in-house using CNC mills, lathes, and 4-axis horizontal machining centers.
3. Tooling Design and Mold Making: Custom tooling design and mold making services. The company designs and creates 100% of tooling in-house using CAD/CAM software and CNC machining. Once tooling is created to specifications, the mold becomes the customer's property. Tooling services are provided as part of the one-stop manufacturing solution.
4. Finishing and Assembly Services: A wide range of professional finishing services including deburring, sanding, grinding, vibrating, as-cast polishing, anodizing, chromate conversion, powder coating, sand or bead blasting, bright dipping, lettering and trademarking. Also offers complete product assembly services where customers send additional components and LA Aluminum assembles and drop ships the final product directly to end users.
5. Tank and Bladder Fittings (Proprietary Product Line): LA Aluminum manufactures its own proprietary product line of cast aluminum tank and bladder fittings, including Lateral Flange Access Plates (LATs), Manway Flanges, Suction Stubs, Vent Drain Compression Rings, 90-degree Globe Drains, and collapsible drum fittings. These products are available without a minimum purchase requirement and are used in liquid storage containment applications from 3,000 to 210,000 gallon tanks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

LA Aluminum Casting Company is a single-source manufacturer of permanent mold aluminum castings (gravity die casting) using reusable steel molds to produce medium- to high-volume aluminum parts for OEMs across aerospace, automotive, military, marine, dental, medical, and commercial/industrial sectors. The company operates a fully vertically integrated process covering in-house tooling design and mold making, foundry casting (A356 alloy with static, tilt, and reverse tilt pour methods), CNC machining, finishing (anodizing, chromate conversion, powder coating, etc.), assembly, and drop shipping. It also sells two proprietary standard product lines: Tank & Bladder Fittings and Fuel Cell Fittings with cast-in stainless steel inserts.

Product overview

LA Aluminum Casting Company is a single-source manufacturer of permanent mold aluminum castings offering an integrated portfolio of products and services. The core offering is permanent mold aluminum casting using gravity die casting, supported by in-house tooling design and mold making, foundry services (A356 alloy with static/tilt/reverse tilt pour methods), CNC machining, and comprehensive finishing options including anodizing, chromate conversion, and powder coating. The company operates proprietary product lines including Tank & Bladder Fittings (Lateral Flange Access Plates, manway flanges, vent drains) and Fuel Cell Fittings with cast-in stainless steel inserts. All services are ISO 9001:2015 certified with in-house quality assurance including CMM testing, pressure testing, and hardness testing. Castings range from ounces to 60 pounds with typical annual volumes of 500-200,000+ parts per year.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.6% on-time delivery rate
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• The Metaltek Group: Multi-foundry group covering aluminum, bronze, steel and investment castings with in-house machining. Comparable as a larger broad-line incumbent competing for outsourced specialty casting programs.
• Oberg Industries: Diversified US manufacturer of precision metal components including die casting, machining and assembly. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering overlapping capabilities (casting, machining, finishing) across more end markets at greater scale.

Direct peers

• Cadillac Casting, Inc. Michigan-based iron and steel foundry serving automotive and industrial OEMs. Comparable as a US custom foundry with similar small/mid-sized footprint, though focused on ferrous metals rather than aluminum.
• Quaker City Castings: US nonferrous foundry producing aluminum and bronze castings for OEMs across industrial markets. Comparable as a similarly scaled domestic custom nonferrous foundry.
• Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry: Family-owned US aluminum foundry producing sand, permanent mold and other aluminum castings. Comparable as another small/mid-sized domestic aluminum foundry serving industrial and commercial markets.
• Erie Bronze & Aluminum Castings: Nonferrous foundry producing aluminum and bronze castings for industrial, commercial and military customers. Comparable as a US specialty nonferrous foundry with multi-alloy capability.
• DyCast Specialties: US specialty aluminum die and permanent mold casting shop focused on tight-tolerance components. Comparable as a small niche aluminum foundry competing for similar OEM casting programs.
• Le Sueur, Inc. Minnesota-based specialty aluminum foundry producing permanent mold and related castings for industrial customers. Directly comparable in process (permanent mold aluminum) and scale profile (small/mid-sized niche foundry).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles4 records

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