| Whether you are new to the industry or have been here for years, Penn-Mar Castings would like to take this opportunity to introduce our company - "The Best Kept Secret" in the Gray and Ductile Iron Industry.
Penn-Mar Castings is a privately owned gray and ductile iron foundry which provides quality castings to a wide variety of industries worldwide at competitive prices. A foundry has been located on the current site for over 100 years, and Penn-Mar Castings has been under the current ownership for over 20 years. The management staff at our PA office has over 150 years of combined foundry experience, giving you the confidence that they know how to meet or exceed your current expectations.
As mentioned, Penn-Mar Castings is "The Best Kept Secret:, with production lead times of 3-6 weeks. We have been casting parts in the 150-3000 pound range since the 1960s. Penn-Mar Castings is a complete no-bake flaskless facility that specializes in highly complex cored castings. We currently employ approximately 100 people and
we have the resources and capacity to meet the growing needs within the industry. |
| Expansion and Improvements |
| 2008 and beyond |
Penn-Mar Castings is expanding their manufacturing complex in Hanover, PA by over 30,000 square feet. The additional square footage will be utilized in a four phase expansion over the coming years. |
| 2006 |
Renovated the cleaning room. GK sand cooler at reclaim sand tanks was installed. |
| 2005 |
Installed new Celectra flu 300/500 Sand Mixer. |
| 2004 |
Upgraded furnace 1 & 2 control cabinet to 900 KW Tri-Line and replaced cooling system to closed loop system. |
| 2003 |
Installed double walled binder tank in climate controlled area. Replaced acid & binder supply tanks |
| 2002 |
Upgraded Roll-A-Draw with new 7500 lb. model. A 3rd Pangborn 12LK1S Blast Machine was installed for reblast. A new overhead crane for 3rd Pangborn Machine was installed. A dust collection system, for Pangborn reblast machine and air filtration system for Cleaning area was installed. |
| 2001 |
Built a 6400 square foot Pattern storage building. |
| 2000 |
Extended Cleaning Room by 1,000 square feet. Adjacent warehouse was purchased, which added 8,000 square feet. |
| 1997 |
Installed a new Ingersoll-Rand 300 HP Air Compressor. A new overhead crane was installed in the Paint Booth area. Four adjacent homes were purchased for future expansion. |
| 1996 |
Purchased an adjacent 4,000 square foot building. Part of this building was remodeled to house a laboratory complete with spectrometer. The remainder of this building is being used to improve our Maintenance Facility. The Mold assembly and Pouring building was expanded by 3,000 square feet to increase production area. This addition also included an additional overhead crane. |
| 1995 |
Added a 6,000 square foot building to contain the second Pangborn 12LK1S Blast and Sand Reclamation System complete with two 300 ton sand silos, sand transporting system, and dust collector. Loading dock facilities were also included in this addition along with a new overhead crane. A new Ingersoll-Rand 350 HP Air Compressor was installed. |
| 1994 |
Installed a second overhead crane in the Core Department. A second Pangborn 12LK1S Blast and Sand Reclamation System was added to the blast area. |
| 1993 |
Added an 8,000 square foot building for mold storage and mold cooling. Sand heater added to the Molding Department. Overhead charging crane with magnet and scale installed in the Melting Department. The overhead crane in the Cleaning Department was replaced. |
| 1992 |
Expanded the Melting Department by installing another Induction Furnace with power pack. |
