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2022 Holiday Schedule

Closed from December 22, 2022 to January 3, 2023. Kinetic Die Casting Company will not have access to any phone messages or emails. We will be spending quality time with our families during our time off.

Kinetic Die Casting Company wishes
everyone a great Holiday Season.

Merry Christmas
We wish you good health and happiness during this holiday.

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Kinetic Die Casting Company
6918 Beck Avenue
North Hollywood. CA 91605
818-982-9200

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The Advantages of Aluminum Hardware Brackets over Plastic

Advantages of Aluminum Hardware Brackets over Plastic:


  • Plastic is an insulator, while aluminum is electrically conductive. Plastic will need a special coating to achieve a similar result with aluminum (albeit inferior).
  • Plastic does not ground, thus it requires extra grounding metal straps. Aluminum, being a metal, is easily grounded.
  • Aluminum has a natural shield against RF and EMI, preventing radio frequency. Plastic does not block radio frequency.
  • Aluminum brackets are much stronger than plastic injection moldings.
  • Aluminum metal is stiff, while plastic injection moldings are too elastic for numerous applications.
  • Plastic molded parts do not do well for chrome plating.
  • Plastic can not obstruct electromagnetic emissions.
  • Plastic does not do well with many coatings, while aluminum brackets do better on the department.
  • Aluminum parts are stable, whereas plastic injection parts are not quite dimensionally stable.
  • Plastic molded parts do not do well in conditions of hot and humid temperatures. Aluminum hardware is more heat resistant.
  • One big problem with plastic is that they are not recyclable. Only less than 3% of the plastic will be recyclable. Nearly all metals, aluminum die castings in particular, are always readily recyclable.
  • Aluminum die castings are non-hazardous and pose no problems to the government.

    Kinetic Die Casting manufactures products like heatsink die casting, aluminum housings, and lighting fixtures. If you would like more information, please visit our website:Kinetic Die Casting Company

    Kinetic Die Casting Company 6918 Beck Avenue, North Hollywood, California 91605, United States of America
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    Die Casting Manufacturing
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Pioneer Diecasters History

My previous article from 09.21.22 I announced my disappointment that Pioneer Die Casting Company closed ” Pioneer Diecasters Inc Closing ” In 2012, I had lunch with the owner of Pioneer, Carl H. Spahr, and he detailed much of the history he has had at Pioneer Die Casting Company since he started working there.

They were open over 80 years ago and incorporated in the state of California for over 70 years. Carl’s father started doing business as Pioneer Diecasters the 1930s and according to public records, he incorporated as Pioneer Diecasters, Inc on February 23, 1949.

Mr. Spahr worked closely with Lefty Harris around that time in the 30s. Lefty started Arrow Die Casting Company later. Carl started working at Pioneer in the 1940s or 1950s. They were primarily operating in the aluminum die castings business.

During our lunch, in June of 2012 Carl said he was in his early 70s. Pioneer Diecasters company employed about 17 people at the time. He had a very lean manufacturing operation. Carl said he visits the plant two or three days a week. He has a good manager that has been with him over 20 years and he runs everything. Carl said over the many years of running the company he has had issues with legal labor disputes in the 50’s, problems with the IRS in the 60’s and litigations from disgruntled employees in the 80’s. These were difficult times on occasion, but Carl said he still loved owning Pioneer Diecasters, Inc.

Pioneer Diecasters 4209 Chevy Chase Drive, L.A., CA 90039

Pioneer Diecasters 4209 Chevy Chase Drive, L.A., CA 90039

I am saddened to see the loss of another die casting company competitor in California.

Kinetic Die Casting Company, Inc.
6918 Beck Avenue, North Hollywood, CA. 91605
sales@kineticdc.com 818-982-9200

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Die Casting Companies in California 2022

With the closure of Pioneer Diecasters this year, I can find only 14 active die casting companies in Southern California. In 1994, when I founded Kinetic Die Casting Company, there were 76 die casting companies in California. Now there are only 14 companies in Southern California.

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Sorted alphabetically, here is the current list of the competing die casting companies remaining in Southern California:
1. Alloy Die Casting Company
2. Aluminum Die Casting Company
3. Ambritt Die Casting Company
4. American Die Casting Company
5. California Die Casting Company
6. Cast-Rite Die Casting Company
7. Die Cast of America Company
8. Dynacast Company
9. Hyatt Die Casting Company
10. International Die Casting Company
11. Kenwalt Die Casting Company
12. Kinetic Die Casting Company
13. Pacific Die Casting Company
14. RSG Die Casting Company

Kinetic Die Casting Company
(800) 524-8083
sales@kineticdc.com
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Recently Closed Die Casting Companies:
Bucy Die Casting Company Closed
Commercial Die Casting Company
Alloy Die Casting Company Sold
Cox Die Casting Company Closed
Rangers Die Casting Company Closed
CEP Cast Engineered Products Closed
Pioneer Diecasters Inc Closing

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Pioneer Diecasters Error

Yesterday, I reported that the business closure of Pioneer Diecasters, and that information about them closing is true. Article: https://www.kineticdiecasting.com/kdc/pioneer-diecasters-inc-closing/

Pioneer Die Casting Company
4209 Chevy Chase Drive,
L.A., CA 90039

Unfortunately, I also reported yesterday that the owner Carl H. Spahr had recently passed away. That information about Mr. Spahr’s passing is thankfully incorrect and I apologize. I received false information from someone associated with Pioneer Diecasters that Carl passed away a few weeks ago. I am deeply saddened by my error and I apologize for any inconvenience of my error to the associates, friends and family of Carl Spahr and to Pioneer Diecasters, Inc. I am still sad that the company closed.

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