Foundry & Casting Companies in Virginia

Virginia has approximately 4,800 manufacturing establishments and 235,000 manufacturing employees. Virginia is a leading defense manufacturing state, home to Huntington Ingalls' Newport News Shipbuilding, extensive defense contractor operations in Northern Virginia, and a growing semiconductor presence.

Virginia 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 Virginia include Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Richmond, Newport News, Arlington, and Chesapeake. These cities have concentrations of manufacturers across sectors including defense manufacturing, shipbuilding & marine manufacturing, and food processing manufacturing.