Foundry & Casting Companies in Kentucky

Kentucky has approximately 4,200 manufacturing establishments and 260,000 manufacturing employees. Kentucky is a major automotive manufacturing state with Toyota, Ford, and GM assembly plants, plus GE Appliances' headquarters and a growing aerospace sector.

Kentucky contributes to the national foundry & casting landscape. The foundry and casting industry produces metal components by pouring molten metal into molds, using processes including sand casting, investment casting, die casting, permanent mold casting, and centrifugal casting. US foundries produce iron, steel, aluminum, copper, zinc, and specialty alloy castings for automotive, industrial equipment, infrastructure, and defense applications.

Iron Foundries: Companies producing gray iron, ductile iron, and compacted graphite iron castings for automotive, pipe, and industrial applications.

Steel Foundries: Foundries producing carbon, alloy, and stainless steel castings for mining, energy, rail, and defense applications.

Aluminum Die Casters: High-volume operations producing aluminum die castings for automotive, electronics, and consumer products.

Investment Casting Houses: Companies producing precision investment castings for aerospace, medical, defense, and industrial gas turbine applications.

Specialty Alloy Foundries: Foundries producing castings from copper, bronze, nickel, cobalt, and other specialty alloys.

Major industrial centers in Kentucky include Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Covington, and Georgetown. These cities have concentrations of manufacturers across sectors including automotive oem manufacturing, automotive tier 1 suppliers, and aerospace manufacturing.