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The metalcaster makes castings for a variety of industries, including valve and piping, electri- cal, marine and housing.


valve and piping, and marine sec- tors, Richmond Industries has been enjoying 7% to 9% annual growth for the last several years. To foster that steady growth, the metalcast- ing facility has added more alloys it pours to cover the gamut of customer demands. Also to meet customer needs, Richmond Industries has taken on more responsibility in the supply chain. DiGrazio would like to see the company doing more value- added services, including testing and machining. Today, it keeps parts well stocked to supply customers quickly and facilitates some downstream and upstream processes such as plating, machining and even casting sourcing. “We continue to get more work


from and are relied upon by the customers we have, because we can still handle arenas we don’t do in- house,” DiGrazio said. “For example, we don’t pour iron. But we helped a customer find an iron foundry and got it cast for them, then we had it machined and plated locally for a streamlined value chain.” Tis past year, Richmond Indus-


tries took advantage of the height of the building to add mezzanines— additional levels in the production area—that are being used for storage racks for finished product. Te addi- tional storage is necessary to be able to absorb new work without hinder- ing the old work. And DiGrazio is keen to bring in more new work. Te company has been aggressive in its sales to keep from being dormant, and even in industry declines, Rich- mond Industries has stayed ahead. “We had a big push at the end of


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