Lunts Castings Ltd

What Lunts Castings Ltd does

Lunts Castings Ltd is a specialist non-ferrous foundry operating from premises near West Bromwich in the West Midlands, UK, with historical roots in Birmingham's Jewelry Quarter. Founded in 1930 as G.W. Lunt and Son, the company performs lost wax investment casting in bronze, brass, and silver, alongside 3D CAD/SLA printing for pattern production, rubber mouldmaking, metalwork finishing (welding, soldering, vibration polishing), and hand-applied patina. The 2019 modernisation programme and 2022–2023 equipment installation (3D printing, electric induction vacuum furnace, two vibration polishing drums) integrated digital tooling with traditional craft. Since 2018 the business has operated under new management.

The company serves three principal segments: artists and sculptors producing limited editions or one-off commissions; designers and design brands commissioning bespoke metalwork for interiors, tableware, furniture, and lighting; and industrial customers in hardware, restoration, and lighting requiring low-volume to small-batch production runs. GTM is sales-led and relationship-driven, with a dedicated Artist Liaison conducting studio visits, quote-based project pricing, lead times of 4–10 weeks depending on finish complexity, and no minimum order quantities, accommodating runs from one-offs to hundreds per month. Consumer-facing G.W.Lunt is operated as a separate sub-brand selling homewares and ornaments online via Shopify.

The revenue model is project-based custom foundry services priced per quote, with adjacent consumer product sales through G.W.Lunt. Pricing, customer logos, and contracts are not publicly disclosed, and the business is privately held with no recorded external funding, M&A, or institutional ownership.

Name

Lunts Castings Ltd

Legal name

Lunts Castings Ltd

Website

https://luntscastings.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lunts Castings Ltd is a specialist non-ferrous foundry in the West Midlands, UK, offering lost wax casting in bronze, brass, and silver to artists, designers, and industrial customers, with a consumer homewares sub-brand called G.W.Lunt.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-Ferrous Metal Foundry Services

NAICS

Other Nonferrous Metal Foundries (except Die-Casting) (331529), Nonferrous Metal Foundries (33152), Foundries (3315)

SIC

Nonferrous Foundries (Castings) (3360), Secondary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3341)

akta.pro primary industry

Casting, Stamping & Fabrication (OEM/ODM) (CRAKAIAF)

Keywords

• Bronze casting services
• Brass foundry services
• Lost wax casting
• Sculpture casting
• Metal patina finishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Casting Services: Project-based custom casting services for artists, designers, and industrial clients. Services include 3D printing, mouldmaking, casting in bronze/brass/silver, finishing, and patina. Pricing is quote-based with lead times of 4-6 weeks for basic casting up to 8-10 weeks for patinated work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lunts Castings Ltd operates a specialist non-ferrous foundry providing lost wax bronze, brass, and silver casting for artists, designers, and industrial clients. The offering spans the full production chain including CAD design, SLA 3D printing of patterns, mouldmaking, casting via traditional gas-fired or vacuum induction furnaces, metalwork finishing including vibration polishing, and traditional hand-applied patina treatments. Production ranges from single one-off commissions and limited editions through to batch runs of hundreds per month.

Product overview

Lunts Castings Ltd is a specialist non-ferrous foundry offering a comprehensive range of metal casting and finishing services. The core offering centers on lost wax casting in bronze, brass, and silver, supported by complementary services including 3D printing for pattern production, mouldmaking, welding and fabrication, vibration polishing, and traditional hand-applied patina finishes. The company operates two distinct brands: Lunts Castings Ltd (B2B foundry services for artists, designers, and industry) and its consumer sub-brand G.W.Lunt (homewares and sculpture products). Production capabilities range from one-off commissions to batch runs in the hundreds per month.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• G.W.Lunt: Homewares and sculpture brand selling bronze and brass ornamental pieces, tableware, and decorative objects.

Products and services

• Foundry Services Specialist non-ferrous foundry services for artists, designers, and industry, offering bronze, brass, and silver casting using traditional lost wax processes combined with modern technology including 3D printing, mouldmaking, finishing, and patina.
• Bronze Casting Traditional lost wax bronze casting for detailed sculptures and decorative pieces, using both hand-poured gas fired furnace and vacuum casting methods.
• Brass Casting Brass casting services using traditional hand-poured or vacuum casting methods, suitable for hardware, lighting, and decorative applications.
• Silver Casting Solid silver casting services including arrangement for finishing and assay.
• Mouldmaking Services Rubber mould production from simple blocks to complex multi-part moulds, including air gates and channels for optimal casting quality.
• 3D Printing Services Modern SLA resin 3D printing creating patterns suited for casting, combined with CAD design capabilities for prototyping and pattern production.
• Finishing Services Metalwork and fabrication including welding, soldering, detail refinement, and vibration polishing for batch processing of bronze and brass pieces.
• Patina Services Traditional hand-applied patina finishes including traditional browns, verdigris, multi-coloured layered finishes, and aging or antiquing treatments.
• G.W.Lunt Homewares and Sculpture Brand Homewares and sculpture brand selling bronze and brass decorative items, ornaments, tableware, and hardware directly to consumers via an e-commerce storefront.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ars Foundry: Edinburgh-based fine art foundry offering bronze casting and patina services for sculptors. Comparable artisan foundry with comparable mix of one-off and editioned work.
• Pangolin Editions: One of the UK's largest private fine art foundries, also based in the West Midlands/Gloucestershire area, specializing in lost wax bronze casting for artists and designers. Most directly comparable to Lunts in process, customer base, and product category.
• AB Fine Art Foundry: UK-based bronze foundry offering casting and finishing services to artists and designers. Operates in the same lost wax casting niche with similar artist-focused go-to-market.
• Tallix Fine Art Foundry: US-based fine art foundry with modern equipment comparable to Lunts' recent investment in vacuum casting and 3D printing. Notable for serving internationally collected artists on editioned sculpture.
• Bollinger Atelier at Powderhall: Internationally-operating fine art foundry with UK presence, offering large-scale bronze casting and fabrication for major public artists. Comparable in lost wax capability and artist clientele, though at a larger scale.
• Modern Art Foundry: Long-established US fine art foundry offering bronze casting using lost wax and sand casting methods. Comparable heritage positioning and artist clientele, with similar scale of operation.
• Powderhall Bronze: UK-based fine art foundry in Edinburgh offering lost wax casting, mouldmaking, and patina services for sculptors. Directly comparable artisan foundry serving the same artist customer segment with the same production techniques.
• Newby Foundry: UK-based family-operated foundry with decades of experience in bronze casting for sculptors and designers. Comparable in scale, heritage positioning, and customer mix to Lunts Castings.

Broad incumbents

• UAP (Urban Art Projects) Foundry: Global public art foundry and fabrication company with large-scale bronze and aluminum casting operations. Comparable in casting capability but serves a much larger institutional and architectural client base than Lunts.

Emerging players

• W.R. Fleet & Son: UK-based general metal foundry traditionally focused on architectural and restoration work, with growing fine art capabilities. Comparable in non-ferrous casting niche but with more industrial/restoration focus than Lunts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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