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California List of Closed Die Casting Companies 2024
Recently, someone asked me to send them my list of closed Southern California die casting companies. This year, we lost another very good die casting company, Cast-Rite Corporation.
I have been reporting the decline in the number of die casting companies in Southern California for several years. I posted my latest list in 2016. These companies have either merged with another company, or left California or closed down completely.
Sorted alphabetically, here is my current list of the 45 competing California die casting companies that have closed since we founded in 1994.
List of closed die casting companies:
1 Alcastco Die Casting Company, Sun Valley
2 AQ Die Casting, Chatsworth
3 Arrow Die Casting Company, Los Angeles
4 Art Mold Die Casting Company, Sun Valley
5 Barron Die Casting Company, Irvine
6 Ben Phillips Nameplates, Los Angeles
7 Bucy Die Casting Company, Burbank
8 C&D Die Casting Company, Chatsworth
9 Cascade W.L. Chapman, City of Industry
10 Cast Engineering Products, Gardena
11 Cast-Rite Die Casting Company, Gardena
12 Century Die Casting Company, Long Beach
13 CEP Cast Engineered Products, Los Angeles
14 Chapman Die Casting Company, City of Industry
15 Coast Die Casting Company, Gardena
16 Commercial Die Casting Company, Vernon
17 Compu Die Casting Company, Compton
18 Cox Die Casting Company, Gardena
19 Crager Industries, Compton, CA
20 Del Mar Die Casting Company, Gardena
21 Die Cast Manufacturing Company, Bloomington
22 Die Cast Products, Los Angeles
23 Drumheller Die Casting Company, Sun Valley
24 El Monte Tool and Die Casting, El Monte
25 International Die Casting, Gardena
26 Interstate Die Casting Company, Anaheim
27 Kim Lighting, Ontario, CA
28 Lansco Die Casting Company, City of Industry
29 LJ Die Casting Company, Sun Valley, CA
30 Los Angeles Die Casting Company, City of Commerce
31 Modern Die Casting Company, Paramount
32 Modern Faucet Manufacturing, Los Angeles, CA
33 Orange County Die Casting Company, Santa Ana, CA
34 Peet Manufacturing Die Casting
35 Pioneer Die Casting Company, Los Angeles
36 Pomona Die Casting Company, Pomona
37 Primcast, Riverside
38 Price Pfister Corporation, Pacoima, CA
39 Rangers Die Casting Company, Lynwood, CA
40 Robinson Die Casting Company, Huntington Beach, CA
41 Royal Diecasting Company, Burbank
42 Spencer Die Casting Company, Vernon
43 Stephens Manufacturing Company, Cudahy, CA
44 Sunny Die Casting Company, Paramount, CA
45 Universal Die Casting Company, Los Angeles, CA
Please let me know if I missed anyone from this list of die casting company closures since 1994.
The good news for Kinetic Die Casting Company customers is that we are growing stronger financially and with greater capacity. Our customers receive the best quality die casting parts and fastest delivery of of parts of any die casting company.
Contact Kinetic Die Casting Company, we just north of Los Angeles in the city of North Hollywood, California. Call Kinetic Die Casting Company Inc. for your Aluminum part or Zinc part needs 818-982-9200 or sales@kineticdc.com. We produce die casting tooling for aluminum die casting or zinc die casting parts for several industries.
This year, we added new die casting equipment. We are growing while other companies are declining. Our customers like our pricing, our quality and our on time delivery. To all our customers, thank you for trusting Kinetic Die Casting Company, Inc.
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Harvil Die Casting Machine for Sale
I recently purchased new LK Die Casting Machines. I have two Harvill Die Casting machines that need to be removed to make room for my new equipment. One is a 450 ton harvil the other is a 600 ton harvil. I will using the the 400 ton this week and next week. The 600 ton needs repairs before it can be used to make die casting parts. These machine are not worth a lot of money but some die casters in California have a soft spot in their heart for the Harvil brand die casting machines.
A scrap guy offered to pay me $1,500 each to cut them up and take them out. If anyone wants these machines and is willing to match that $1,500 price. Contact me, these machines can be yours. The machines need to be removed by August 2, 2024.
Kinetic Die Casting Company
6918 Beck Avenue, North Hollywood, CA
818-982-9200
sales@kineticdc.com
https://www.kineticdiecasting.com/kdc/harvil-die-casting-machine-for-sale/
Ray Fish Electro Adapter My Obituary
I always found Ray to be very intelligent, and a shrewd business man. He would be 90 years old, if he were alive today. I met Ray Fish of AQ Die Casting/Electro Adaptor on 12/11/03 when my maintenance manager, Victor Ortega, gave me his name telling me that Ray had two Toshiba die casting machines for sale, a 350ton and a 400ton with ladlers prints and manuals. The machines did not work so Ray wanted $5,000 for both die casting machines. AQ Die Casting Electro-Adaptor (https://www.electro-adapter.com/)
In 09/15/12, Ray Fish contacted me to say that he was closing down AQ Die Casting but keeping Electro Adapter. Ray sent me several dies and tooling for several customers. Since then, Ray was on my cookie and almond roca list.
On 11/11/21, I received this email from Ray regarding my Christmas almond roca update. “Thank you for the thought I lost my sweetheart and best friend 2 weeks ago to the virus 69 years of bliss. God Bless her for being there for me as always. My holidays will be memories Be Safe & Be Well, Ray”
In 1969, Ray Fish founded AQ Die Casting/Electro Adapter. Ray was involved with die castings since the 1950s. He took over operations from Barron Die Casting in the late 1960s or early 1970s.
In 1979, ten years later, he moved operations to a 54,000 square foot facility in Chatsworth, California. The Chatsworth facility, completed in 1979, is devoted to the design, development, production and qualification of connector accessories.
Electro Adapter, Inc. manufactures and supplies connector accessories, conduit assemblies, and accessory banding systems for aerospace, military, marine, railroad, and industrial automation markets. It specializes in thin-wall aluminum and zinc castings. The company offers die-castings, bulkhead adapters, extenders, connector savers, protective covers, shorting cans, banding tools, and composites; and accessories for D-sub, micro-D, circular, and ARINC rectangular connectors. It also provides casting, machining, trimming, de-burring, plating, inspection, and metal finishing services for commercial and mil spec applications; and tool and mold design and fabrication, surface treatment, painting, and assembly services. The company is based in Chatsworth, California.
Ray Fredrick Fish Obituary (2022) – FUNERAL HOME – Crawford Lorenzen Mortuary – 8717 Tampa Ave Northridge, California published on Legacy.com by Crawford Lorenzen Mortuary – Northridge on Dec. 22, 2022. (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/ray-fish-obituary?id=38449425) Comments left on the funeral home website: January 23, 2023 and September 14, 2023
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Cast-Rite Die Casting Company Closing
For over seventy years, established in 1941, Cast-Rite Corporation was a leading provider of high-precision die-casting parts. Committed to continuous improvement, they delivered top quality solutions to customers in a wide range of industries.
Cast-Rite Corporation
515 East Airline Way
Gardena, CA 90248
Sadly, Cast-Rite Corporation also known as Castrite Die Casting Company is closing. Cast-Rite Corp. Established in 1941 and based in Gardena, USA, was a manufacturer and supplier of high-pressure die casting.
I have said it before. I hate to see our local American and specifically Southern California manufacturing companies close. I hate to see our California die casting company competitors close. Small American businesses provide jobs for our local California workers and their families. Small California businesses also support small local suppliers by purchasing supplies, production goods and raw materials. Purchasing those products gives additional jobs to Americans so they can succeed and feed their families.
A little about Cast-Rite included die-casting, aluminum die-casting, zinc die-casting, CNC machining, and multi-spindle machining. These products are integral for a wide spectrum of military, electronics, and commercial applications. It primarily served industries such as defense and space manufacturing, military, electronics, and commercial sectors. The company also offered services like surface finishing, continuous training, metrology, and spectroscopy. Die casting is the process of melting metal material and putting it into a mold or steel die to shape the metal as it re-hardens.
Cast-Rite Hero – Gardner “Bick” Bickford – At the onset of World War II “Bick” joined the United States Marine Corps where he saw action in the Pacific Theater. There he was wounded in action and received the Purple Heart. He ended his military career as a Presidential Guard. After the war, he settled in Southern California and began his first business in 1955. “Bick” gained experience and knowledge over the years working for Mattel, Harvell, and McCullogh. He became Chief Executive Officer of Cast-Rite Corporation in 1964 and International Die Casting in 1982. He was actively working in both capacities until shortly before his death January 1, 1998. Over the years “Bick” was involved in various industry-oriented organizations. He was one of the founders of the Society of Die Cast Engineers and served a term as Chairman. In 1986 he was named “Man of the Year” by the Society. He was also active in the North American Die Casting Association. Other famous industry related Cast-Rite Corporation individuals were Donald Don De Haan. President, also Wynn Chapman, President, and Kenneth “Ken” Peete.
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NADCA Chapter 30 Distinguished Service Award 2023-2024
Once a year the members of the North American Die Casters Association (NADCA) meet for dinner and have a meeting to approve and vote for the existing NADCA 30 board members as well as nominate and approve new NADCA 30 board members. Each year, the NADCA 30 board members select an individual to receive an award. A very important part of the evening is to recognize the selected year’s chosen die casting individual with the annual NADCA Chapter 30 “Distinguished Service Award”.

NADCA Chapter 30 Distinguished Service Award 2023-2024

North American Die Casters Association Award Meeting
The trophy states:
“The Officers and Members of NADCA Chapter 30 Proudly Salute the Following Individuals in Recognition of Their Outstanding Dedication, Service and Support to the Die Casting Industry”
HERE IS THE LIST OF THE NADCA CHAPTER 30 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS:
Roy L. Peat 1966, H.L. “Red” Harvill 1967, John R. “Bob” Murphy 1968, Orville Fox 1969, Vic Anderson 1970, John Harvill 1971, A.J. “Arnie” Martin 1972, G.L. “Bic” Bickford Sr. 1973, Carl L. Spencer 1974, Carl Spahr 1975, Kenneth F. Peete 1976, Harry Brogden 1977, John H. Allen 1978, David L. Welch 1979, M.F. “Pete” Pierce 1980, Robert Bob Allen 1982, Dan Lane 1983, J.B. Spencer 1984, Al Hyatt 1985, Robert C. Grah 1986, Paul T. Harlow 1987, A.L. “Bud” Scott 1988, Jim Williams 1989, Richard Haupt 1990, Don Klements 1991, Tom Seminoff 1992, Don Bayless 1993, Albert Al Roth 1994, Jeff Mock 1995, Brian Jansen 1996, Larry Richardson 1997, Gregg Halligan 1998, Bill Bell 1999, Kent Shortle 2000, Janet Vandergrift 2001, Irene Valsonis 2002, Mike Bernsen 2003, Larry Larson 2004, Douglas Doug Taylor 2005, Jack Wright 2007, Craig Mock 2008, William Bill Hiegel 2009, Bob Dathe 2010, Ernest Ernie Rogers 2011, Kenneth Ken Cox 2012, James Simonelli 2015, Dick Lord 2016, Laura Adams Hoppe 2017, Jeff Orlandini 2018, Ken Zaucha Sr 2019, No Recipient (COVID) 2020, Tom Van Thiel 2021, Sean Keating 2022, Bob Thomas 2023.
Kinetic Die Casting Company, Inc. Sales@kineticdc.com 818-982-9200
6918 Beck Avenue, North Hollywood, California 91605
https://www.kineticdiecasting.com/
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