MISSION sTATEMENT
K Castings, Inc. is committed to designing, manufacturing, and delivering the highest quality products with attention to the finest details from “CONCEPT TO FINISH AT ONE LOCATION”.
About Us
K Castings, Inc. is a family owned and operated business. We are located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Strategically constructed adjacent to the railway on Lloyd Avenue, our historic building originally was an ice factory. A grain and feed store succeeded the ice factory.
Sequentially on the 4th of November, 1960, K Castings, Inc. was formed.
Our History
My grandfather, Albert Adams, returned home from WWII and began his career as a pattern maker. During his time at Latrobe Foundry, Albert worked closely with Al Wallisch of the Hill-Wallisch Company. Together they formed a small pattern shop in 1952. A few years later, Albert presented the idea of merging the pattern shop with a nonferrous foundry to advance the manufacturing process. Patterns could now be designed, created, and cast at one location.
Our skilled pattern engineers build intricate wooden patterns to exact specifications to be molded and cast in foundries producing the highest quality castings per industry standard. Our foundry specializes in the manufacturing of castings from nonferrous alloys; aluminum, brass/bronze, and copper. Over the years, now third generation owned and operated, we fabricated patterns and cast several specialty products including bench ends, address plaques, and umbrella golf tee markers for the legendary native Latrobian and world-famous golfer Mr. Arnold Palmer. The umbrella golf tee markers are still used today at Mr. Palmer’s Latrobe Country Club golf course and his Bay Hill golf course.
K Castings is classified as an essential business necessary for the production, operation, and maintenance of supply chains crucial to the support of global infrastructure. We cast parts such as industrial battery terminals, brush holders, truck parts, brass boat anchors, and many other products for the transportation industry. We supply several types of castings necessary for power generation and gas transfer industries, products for the military, and many other castings seen here and all over the world.
We manufacture both commercial and residential products. We have designed and cast custom address plaques since 1960 for our customers. In 2017 we introduced the sale of our custom address plaques locally and online bringing us to where we are today. Our Plaques are sand cast solid of high, quality aerospace grade aluminum or high strength, pure brass. They are bold, boasting our superior craftsmanship and timeless design. They are cast as one solid unit that will last a lifetime!