Organizational History and Membership

• Incorporated in Ohio in November 1990 and began operations in April 1991.
• Membership has grown to nearly 90 metal casting companies and their suppliers. Membership includes both large and small metal casting operations. Large facilities include the GM-Powertrain Defiance Casting plant which is the largest in the world as well as the Ford Cleveland Casting plant, Honda of America Manufacturing Co., Inc. Anna engine plant, and Buckeye Steel Castings Company in Columbus. Small metal casting companies with fewer than 50 employees include The Blanchester Foundry Co., Inc., Piqua Champion Foundry, Inc., and Xenia Foundry and Machine Company.
• Membership also includes familiar company names not necessarily recognized as suppliers to the metal casting industry. These include Ashland Specialty Chemical Company, and Waste Management as well as non-household names such as Foseco, Inc., HA - International, LLC, Globe Metallurgical Inc., Hill & Griffith Company, Hickman, Williams & Company, Best Sand Company and Keener Sand & Clay Company.
• The metal casting industry in Ohio is primarily one composed of small businesses. While we have our large facilities, a vast majority of Ohio metal casting facilities and their suppliers are small, family-owned operations. Nearly all of our members would be defined as small businesses by the SBA standard of less than 500 employees, and a vast majority have fewer than 200 employees.