Foundry & Casting Companies in South Carolina

South Carolina has approximately 4,500 manufacturing establishments and 260,000 manufacturing employees. South Carolina is a booming automotive and aerospace state, with BMW's largest plant in Spartanburg, Boeing's 787 line in Charleston, and Volvo's assembly plant in Ridgeville.

South Carolina 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 South Carolina include Charleston, Greenville, Columbia, Spartanburg, and Greer. These cities have concentrations of manufacturers across sectors including automotive oem manufacturing, aerospace manufacturing, and automotive tier 1 suppliers.