Pangolin Editions

What Pangolin Editions does

Pangolin Editions Ltd. is a UK-based sculpture foundry founded in 1985 by Rungwe Kingdon and Claude Koenig, headquartered at Chalford Industrial Estate in Stroud, Gloucestershire. The company casts and fabricates sculpture in bronze, iron, aluminium, and precious metals (silver, gold, platinum) for contemporary sculptors, museums, private collectors, and corporate patrons. It operates twelve specialized departments spanning Digital (scanning, 3D printing, photogrammetry, Lidar), Model-Making/Enlargement & Reduction, Moulding, Lost-Wax casting, Sandcasting, Metalwork, Fabrication, Precious Metal casting, Restoration, Patination, Painting, and Installation/Logistics/Storage, making it a full-service end-to-end fabrication partner rather than a single-process workshop.

The foundry combines traditional craft techniques (lost-wax using ancient plaster and grog block-investment methods, ceramic shell, sand-casting) with modern digital manufacturing, including a world-first sculpture-specific photogrammetry rig with 160 DSLR cameras developed with Steve Russell Studios, white-light and Lidar scanning, and life-size 3D printing from digital files. Capital infrastructure includes a 2-tonne furnace, crane capacity of up to 40 tonnes, and a Mobile Metal Workshop for on-site assembly. The workforce of almost 200 craftsmen and women makes Pangolin the largest sculpture foundry in Europe, capable of executing miniature jewelry commissions as readily as monumental public artworks.

Revenue is generated through project-based commissioned casting and fabrication services, priced quote-by-quote based on complexity, scale, materials, and finishing requirements. GTM is sales-led and direct: an internal Foundry Manager handles inquiries from a global roster of artists that includes Damien Hirst, Lynn Chadwick, Eduardo Paolozzi, Marc Quinn, Sarah Lucas, Hew Locke, and Bruce Beasley, among others. The company is privately held by its founders/directors with no disclosed external funding, private equity, or parent company involvement.

Name

Pangolin Editions

Legal name

Pangolin Editions Ltd.

Website

https://pangolin-editions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pangolin Editions is a UK sculpture foundry casting and fabricating bronze, iron, aluminium, and precious metal works for contemporary sculptors, museums, and private collectors. Founded in 1985, it is the largest sculpture foundry in Europe with almost 200 craftsmen across twelve specialized departments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sculpture Foundry Services

NAICS

Foundries (3315), Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing (333514)

SIC

Nonferrous Foundries (Castings) (3360), Iron & Steel Foundries (3320), Jewelry, Precious Metal (3911)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Sand (Silica Sand for Foundry, Glass & Industrial Uses) (IMAKAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sand/Foundry & Mold 3D Printers (Sand Binder Jetting, Tooling Systems) (IMAAAAAE)

Keywords

• Sculpture foundry
• Bronze casting
• Metal sculpture fabrication
• Fine art manufacturing
• Sculpture restoration

Headquarters

HQ city

Stroud

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Sculpture Casting Services: Commissioned casting and fabrication of sculpture for artists. Services include lost wax, sandcasting, ceramic shell, metalwork, fabrication, patination, painting, and installation. Revenue is project-based and varies by complexity, scale, and materials used.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pangolin Editions is a sculpture foundry that casts and fabricates sculpture in bronze, iron, aluminium, and precious metals for foremost contemporary sculptors, museums, and collectors. It provides end-to-end foundry services spanning digital scanning and 3D printing, model-making and enlargement/reduction, moulding, lost-wax, ceramic shell and sandcasting, metalwork, fabrication, precious metal casting, restoration, patination, painting, and installation/transport. Projects range from miniature to monumental scale, with the firm operating as the largest sculpture foundry in Europe under direct commissioned contracts.

Product overview

Pangolin Editions is a sculpture foundry offering comprehensive casting and fabrication services for bronze, iron, aluminium, and precious metals. The company provides a unified service encompassing multiple departments: Digital (scanning, 3D printing, digital modelling), Model-Making/Enlargement & Reduction, Moulding, Lost-Wax casting, Sandcasting, Metalwork, Fabrication, Precious Metal casting, Restoration, Patination, Painting, and Installation/Logistics/Storage. The company was founded in 1985 and is the largest sculpture foundry in Europe, serving sculptors worldwide. No distinct named software products or modules are offered—the company provides artisanal foundry services rather than packaged software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lost-Wax Casting

Quantifiable outcome

• Largest sculpture foundry in Europe

Named customers20 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ruwenzori FoundationminorOthers · 1 January 2004The Ruwenzori Foundation is a registered charity set up by Pangolin Editions founders in 2004 with the aim of using art and culture as a means of positive development in Uganda. The foundation focuses on environmental restoration, community health, and operates an Arts Centre, Gallery and Sculpture Trail with sculpture residencies. Pangolin's relationship with the foundation is primarily as founder/originator rather than active business partnership.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Hephaestus Bronze Foundry: Sculpture foundry providing bronze casting services to contemporary artists; comparable artisanal foundry model and customer base.
• Tallix Art Foundry: New York-based fine art foundry specializing in lost-wax casting of bronze and other metals for major contemporary sculptors; comparable in scale and target artist clientele.
• Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture: New Jersey-based sculpture fabrication facility offering digital scanning, 3D printing, mould-making, and large-scale metal casting; direct peer in combining traditional craftsmanship with digital tooling for monumental sculpture.
• Modern Art Foundry: Long-running New York fine art foundry providing bronze casting and sculpture fabrication to leading 20th- and 21st-century artists; closely comparable artisanal service offering.
• UAP (Urban Art Projects): Global fabrication and foundry firm specialising in large-scale public art commissions, with in-house casting, digital fabrication, and project management; comparable in serving monumental public-art commissions end-to-end.
• Art Castings of Colorado: Colorado-based fine art foundry offering lost-wax casting and bronze sculpture services to sculptors; comparable in process portfolio and target market of contemporary artists.
• Iron Age Studios: Specialist iron and steel art foundry serving sculptors with large-scale casting capabilities; comparable in monumental cast-metal sculpture services.
• W.A. Kinsman Company: Long-established US fine-art foundry offering bronze casting, mould-making, and fabrication services to contemporary sculptors; directly comparable in service mix and artist-client model.
• Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry: Fine art foundry formed from the merger of Polich Art Works and Tallix, providing bronze casting and patination services to major contemporary sculptors; directly comparable peer post-merger.

Others

• Badger Air-Brush Co: Supplier of patina chemicals, airbrush equipment, and finishing materials used by sculpture foundries; adjacent ecosystem participant relevant to Pangolin's patination and surface-treatment capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Pangolin-Editions-111843880686187
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pangolin-editions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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