What Batesville Products, Inc. does

Batesville Products, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned permanent mold gravity casting foundry headquartered in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, operating since 1948. The company produces custom cast components in aluminum A356 and zinc ZA5/ZA12 alloys, using a proprietary gravity reverse tilt-pour technique and MAGMASoft-driven process simulation to deliver low-porosity parts with as-cast surface finishes rated 200-420 RMS. In-house capabilities span the full production chain - tooling, casting, CNC machining, polishing, powder coating, anodizing, and plating - allowing the firm to ship parts ready for customer assembly as a single-vendor alternative to multi-supplier coordination.

The company serves OEMs across more than 70 industries, with named case studies spanning medical equipment (carts, blood analyzers for the US armed forces), commercial food equipment, vending and entertainment hardware, military and government security applications, marine hardware, and outdoor lighting. The economic sweet spot is 500-20,000 pieces per year at tooling costs of $10,000-$90,000, well below the die-casting alternative band of $60,000-$500,000. Batesville also owns Huber Industries (acquired in 1977), which manufactures precision camera and instrument mounts under the patented DUPLEX-VEE-LOCK quick-disconnect dovetail technology for security, aerospace, military, and imaging end-markets.

Revenue is generated through quote-based, sales-led direct engagement with enterprise OEMs - no intermediaries, no public pricing, and no published revenue figures. Distribution is single-country domestic via website RFQ, phone (1-800-758-2372), and email, with marketing anchored in content (webinars, the Casting Class podcast, case studies) and a 2025 trade show presence. Continuous improvement investments include robotic sawing for gate/riser removal and robotic/cobot polishing that yielded $52,000 in cycle time savings in 2020, alongside ongoing QMS certification to maintain qualification status in regulated end-markets.

Name

Batesville Products, Inc.

Legal name

Batesville Products, Inc.

Website

https://batesvilleproducts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Batesville Products is a family-owned, US-based permanent mold gravity casting foundry serving OEMs across 70+ industries with custom aluminum and zinc castings, in-house machining and finishing, and proprietary Huber Mount instrument products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lawrenceburg

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, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Custom Permanent Mold Casting Services: Custom metal casting services for aluminum and zinc alloys, producing parts to customer specifications. Revenue generated through per-part pricing based on complexity, volume, and secondary operations required.
2. Secondary Operations (Machining, Finishing): CNC machining, polishing, powder coating, anodizing, and plating services performed in-house. Additional revenue stream bundled with casting or sold separately.
3. Huber Mount Products: Manufacture and sale of Huber Mount precision camera and instrument mounts under the Huber Industries brand acquired in 1977.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Batesville Products is a full-service permanent mold gravity casting foundry that designs, engineers, and manufactures custom aluminum (A356) and zinc (ZA5, ZA12) metal castings for OEM manufacturers. The company also provides in-house CNC machining and secondary finishing services (polishing, powder coating, anodizing, plating), and manufactures Huber Mount precision camera and instrument mounts under the Huber Industries brand acquired in 1977.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Huber Mounts: Precision camera and instrument mounts featuring patented DUPLEX-VEE-LOCK quick-disconnect dovetail technology for cameras, lasers, sights, imaging, tracking, testing, and other instruments used in security, aerospace, military, and sports applications.

Products and services

• Permanent Mold Casting Services Custom permanent mold gravity casting of aluminum (A356) and zinc (ZA5, ZA12) alloys, with semi-permanent mold capabilities using sand cores for complex hollow geometries. Produces dense, low-porosity castings (200-420 RMS as-cast surface finish) targeting production volumes of 500-20,000 pieces per year. Used by OEMs across 70+ industries including medical, food/beverage, military, marine, lighting, security, and vending.
• Engineering and Design Assistance

Quantifiable outcome

• Customer saved 40% off original production costs by switching to permanent mold casting and consolidating 12-piece weldment into single casting
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Huber IndustriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1977Batesville Products acquired Huber Industries in 1977. Huber Industries, founded in the 1940s in Ohio by John Eugene Huber, specializes in precision camera and instrument mounts. Batesville Products continues to manufacture Huber Mounts using the patented DUPLEX-VEE-LOCK dovetail technology, serving security, aerospace, military, and imaging industries.
• Allied FinishingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership with Allied Finishing for chrome plating services on aluminum and zinc castings. C.J. Nachtegall from Allied Finishing provided expertise on the plating process including polishing, buffing, cleaning, racking, and layering (copper, nickel, chrome).
• The Foundry Way Learning CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Dave Moore from The Foundry Way for casting inspection education. The Foundry Way offers interactive classes for testing and troubleshooting aluminum castings, with various tools including spectrographic analysis, chemical analysis, Brinell hardness scale, tensile testing, and dye penetrant inspection.
• Porosity SolutionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Brad Hohenstein and Ernie Coberly from Porosity Solutions (foundry consulting and learning center) for educational content on porosity defects in castings.
• MAGMA TechnologiescoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with MAGMA Technologies for casting process simulation software (MAGMASoft). Engineers use simulation to predict metal flow, solidification, porosity, and microstructure before molds are created, optimizing gating systems, riser placement, and tooling design.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cast-Fab Technologies: US nonferrous investment and sand/permanent mold foundry providing custom aluminum and bronze castings with in-house machining. Similar full-service custom casting model for industrial OEMs.
• Le Sueur Incorporated: US-based aluminum and zinc permanent mold foundry serving medical, industrial, and commercial OEMs. Closest direct comparable to Batesville Products given overlapping process technology, alloy focus, and mid-volume custom casting model.
• Quaker City Castings: US aluminum and zinc permanent mold and green sand foundry with machining capabilities, focused on small-to-medium production runs. Direct overlap with Batesville Products' 500–20,000 piece sweet spot and value-added finishing.
• Premier Die Casting Company: US die casting and permanent mold foundry offering aluminum and zinc castings with secondary machining. Competes directly for the same custom casting RFQs, with overlapping medical/industrial customer base.
• Alcast Company: US aluminum sand and permanent mold foundry serving aerospace, defense, and industrial markets. Overlapping process mix and customer segments, especially in defense and industrial castings.
• Bremer Manufacturing Company: US nonferrous (aluminum and zinc) permanent mold and sand foundry with in-house machining, serving industrial, commercial, and aerospace customers. Comparable mid-market custom casting business model.

Broad incumbents

• Pace Industries: One of North America's largest die casting and injection molding companies, offering aluminum and zinc casting across multiple processes. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving the same OEM customers with overlapping (though broader) capabilities.
• Alcoa Corporation: Global aluminum producer and major downstream casting/rolled products supplier. Operates broadly across the aluminum value chain and competes for high-volume OEM casting programs, with vastly greater scale than Batesville Products.

Others

• Dotson Iron Castings: US-based iron and steel casting foundry with machining capabilities, serving industrial OEMs. Different metal system but a similarly-sized, privately held, multi-generation US contract caster competing for adjacent industrial customers.
• Waupaca Foundry: Largest iron foundry in North America. Different base metal (iron vs. aluminum/zinc), but comparable as a major US contract casting supplier with full secondary services, competing for similar industrial OEM programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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