STATE OF THE UNION
MCDP breaks down the U.S. metalcasting industry by material, process and state.
M AN MCDP STAFF REPORT
ining data from a survey of metalcasting facili- ties across the United States, Metal Casting Design & Purchasing off ers a snapshot of the American metalcasting industry. The data was compiled from a survey of 1,692 domestic metalcasting facilities, 86.1% of the estimated total of 1,965 plants. Following is a breakdown of the survey
results, illustrating the numbers by material, process, location, value-added services and co- remaking capabilities. T e percent of responses
refl ects the number of surveyed facilities that responded to each question. Aver- ages were found by eliminating the highest and lowest numbers in each category
ALUMINUM REMAINS MOST POPULAR
and dividing the sum by the number of responses.
Material
Leader: Aluminum Last Place: Titanium Aluminum is the dominant mate-
rial, with 800 facilities (47.3% of respondents) pouring some type of aluminum alloy. T e percentage of aluminum casting facilities is a slight increase from last year’s 46.6% (788 of 1,691 respondents). While most facilities report pouring more than one material, no other metal comes close to aluminum’s share. However, when it comes to volume, aluminum comes in third after ductile and gray iron. Iron is the second most used
material, with 25.5% of metalcasting facilities pouring the metal, a decrease of more than 4% in the last year. Sixty- two facilities (3.7%) reported pouring aluminum, iron and steel, and 118 facilities (7%) pour both aluminum and iron. Titanium remains in last place, with only 21 facilities casting it.
Plants Per State
Leader: Ohio Last Place: Alaska, Hawaii, North
Dakota (Note: some states have no par- ticipating facilities.) Ohio leads the industry in number
Total Number of U.S. Plants
Aluminum and copper-base alloys increased their totals by 12 and nine plants, respectively, compared to 2013.
of metalcasting facilities reported, with 158 (or 9.4% of the total facilities in the U.S.). Pennsylvania upped its total by two to 134, good enough to recapture the No. 2 spot from California, which remained at 133 for 2014. Wisconsin
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