What ATI Portland Forge does

ATI Portland Forge is a privately held custom impression die forger that has operated continuously since 1909, supplying carbon, alloy, and exotic metal forged components to manufacturers across more than fifteen industries including aerospace, agriculture, automotive, construction, defense, heavy truck, material handling, mechanical power transmission, mining, oil & gas, power generation, racing, and railway. The company's core offering is custom impression die forgings, supported by an in-house service stack that spans die design and production, on-site engineering via CAD/CAM/CAE infrastructure, forging production using hammers, upsetters, and presses, and value-added finishing including heat treating, rough and finish machining, metallurgical testing, and certification. Operations are split between the corporate office and Portland Operations in Portland, Indiana (250 East Lafayette Street) and the Lebanon Operations manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Kentucky (400 Corporate Drive).

The business operates an enterprise-only, direct sales model: customers engage through a toll-free line (800-727-8121) or a website-based quote request, with no distributors, resellers, or marketplace channels. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific, varying with material specifications, component complexity, order volume, and required finishing services; revenue is therefore contract-driven and tied to multi-year buyer relationships rather than recurring subscriptions. The company maintains a full stack of industry-gating certifications — ISO 9001:2015, IATF 16949:2016 (automotive), AS9100D (aerospace), ISO 14001:2015 (environmental), ISO 45001:2018 (occupational health and safety), and PED 97/23/EC (European pressure equipment) — which collectively qualify it for the most demanding regulated end markets. Marketing is primarily inbound and relationship-driven, anchored on the company website, SEO, and a careers page for operational hiring.

Customer evidence indicates durable, tooling-anchored supplier relationships: buyers describe the firm as a primary supplier within their small-to-medium forging category and credit account stability to co-developed tooling assets. Ownership, leadership, headcount, and financial figures are not disclosed in the available source material, and there is no public record of recent funding, M&A, or leadership change events.

Name

ATI Portland Forge

Legal name

Portland Forge

Website

https://portlandforge.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1909

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ATI Portland Forge is a custom impression die forger, founded in 1909, supplying carbon, alloy, and exotic metal forged components and full-service die design, forging, heat treating, and machining to manufacturers across 15+ industries from facilities in Portland, IN and Lebanon, KY.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Forged Components Manufacturing: B2B manufacturing revenue generated through custom impression die forging of carbon, alloy, and exotic metal components. Revenue is project-based and contract-driven, with customers submitting quotes for specific forging requirements. The company provides full-service capabilities from design through finished product, including value-added services like heat treating and machining that contribute to overall contract value.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ATI Portland Forge is a custom impression die forging manufacturer that produces carbon, alloy, and exotic metal forged components for industrial OEMs across aerospace, automotive, construction, defense, mining, oil & gas, and other heavy-equipment sectors. The offering is delivered as full-service, project-based contracts covering CAD/CAM/CAE engineering, die design, forging via hammers/upsetters/presses, heat treating, rough and finish machining, metallurgical testing, and certification.

Product overview

Portland Forge is a leader in custom impression die forgings, offering a single unified manufacturing service portfolio. The core offering is custom impression die forgings in carbon, alloy, and exotic metals. This is supported by integrated engineering services (CAD, CAM & CAE), forging production (hammers, upsetters, presses), and value-added services (heat treating, machining, metallurgical testing, certification). The company has served multiple industries since 1909.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Impression Die Forgings Custom impression die forgings in carbon, alloy, and exotic metals, produced in compliance with ISO 9001, IATF 16949, AS9100D and PED certifications for industrial OEM customers across aerospace, automotive, construction, defense, mining, oil & gas, and other heavy-equipment sectors.
• Forging Production Services Forging production using hammers, upsetters, and presses to produce a wide range of forged components, supported by in-house die design and tooling capability.
• Engineering Services CAD, CAM, and CAE infrastructure with on-site engineering teams that progress customer products from concept through tooling design to finished forged component.
• Value-Added Services Heat treating, rough and finish machining, metallurgical testing, and industry certifications provided beyond forging to deliver finished, certified forged components.

Quantifiable outcome

• Primary supplier status among 7-8 suppliers in the small-to-medium sized forging category
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments13 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Scot Forge: Spring Grove, IL-based custom open-die and impression-die forging manufacturer serving aerospace, defense, power generation, and industrial markets. Closest direct US peer to Portland Forge in process mix (hammers, presses, upsetters), full-service capability (die design through machining), and target customer profile.
• Ellwood Group: Ellwood City, PA-based family-owned producer of custom open-die and closed-die forgings, iron castings, and steel. Comparable to Portland Forge in impression-die forging, integrated heat-treat and machining services, and broad multi-industry customer base spanning aerospace, defense, oil & gas, and industrial markets.
• Ajax Manufacturing: Erie, PA-based custom impression-die forging operation serving industrial, mining, oil & gas, and heavy equipment markets. Comparable to Portland Forge as a similarly-sized US impression-die forge shop offering full-service capabilities from die design through machining.
• Erie Forge & Steel: Erie, PA-based custom open-die and closed-die forger producing large forged components for power generation, oil & gas, marine, and heavy industrial customers. Overlaps with Portland Forge in forging process technology, in-house heat treatment, and industrial customer base.
• Canada Forgings: Kitchener, Ontario-based custom impression-die forging producer serving rail, mining, oil & gas, and industrial markets. Comparable to Portland Forge in process capability (hammers, presses, upsetters), full-service finishing, and customer mix — though geographically focused on the Canadian rail and mining corridors.

Regional players

• Patriot Forge: Brantford, Ontario-based custom impression-die forging producer serving aerospace, defense, power generation, and oil & gas. Highly comparable process mix and end-market exposure to Portland Forge, but operates primarily in the Canadian / NAFTA defense corridor rather than the US Midwest.

Broad incumbents

• Precision Castparts Corp (PCC): Portland, OR-headquartered Berkshire Hathaway-owned manufacturer of forgings, castings, and aerostructures. Overlaps with Portland Forge in forged metal components for aerospace and power, but at vastly larger scale and across a much broader portfolio of forming technologies.
• ATI (Allegheny Technologies): Specialty metals producer with forging operations serving aerospace, defense, oil & gas, and medical. Shares Portland Forge's name 'ATI' in the data and overlaps in exotic-alloy forging capability, but at vastly greater scale and across a much broader metals portfolio.
• Bharat Forge: India-based global leader in automotive and industrial forgings with growing aerospace exposure. Comparable to Portland Forge in impression-die forging technology and automotive (IATF 16949) end markets, but operates globally at materially larger scale.
• Weber Metals (a Howmet Aerospace company): Paramount, CA-based aluminum and titanium forging operation owned by Howmet Aerospace. Overlaps with Portland Forge in aerospace forging and AS9100-certified production, but operates at substantially larger scale and is part of a broader aerospace metals platform.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance6 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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