By Jennifer Serda – A LaGrange plant is going out of business AE Light Metal Casting filed bankruptcy earlier this month and says they expect to close the LaGrange plant at the end of May. Currently 33 people work at …
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Pacific Die Casting U.S. Operations Closure
On Thursday, July 17, 2025 my customer received this sad news from Pacific Die Casting Company 6155 S Eastern Ave, Commerce, California 90040:
“We are writing to inform you that after much consideration, we have made the difficult decision to permanently close Pacific Die Casting’s U.S. production operations. As part of this transition, we have carefully evaluated all customer programs for compatibility with our remaining operation in Tecate, Mexico. We will be gathering up and palletizing your tooling for retrieval. We will provide those shipping details when available. Please be advised that there may be a small fee associated with this tooling preparation.
Please note: Any tooling remaining unclaimed after September 12th 2025 may be considered abandoned and subject to disposal at our discretion. We strongly encourage prompt communication to avoid any issues.”
Pacific Die Casting Company has been in business since 1951. They are one of the few remaining die casting companies in California. I am personally saddened with this bad news. The Orlandini family have struggled a lot over the last few years to keep the California Die Casting Operations going. I wish them a lot of luck in their future endeavors.
Kinetic Die Casting Company would not currently be in business if Pacific Die Casting was never owned by the Orlandini family. I will address that history in another newsletter. If you are a former PDC customer looking for a California die casting source, contact us at:
Kinetic Die Casting Company
6918 Beck Avenue, North Hollywood, California 91605
sales@kineticdc.com 818-982-9200
Request die casting parts pricing webpage: https://www.kineticdiecasting.com/replyform.html
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More Examples of Aluminum Lighting Fixture Parts
Kinetic Die Casting Company sales@kineticdc.com Giving more examples of Die Casting Aluminum Lighting Fixture Parts.
More Examples of Aluminum Lighting Fixture Parts
Aluminum Die Casting is a lightweight, non-toxic, and non-magnetic metal. It is also resistant to corrosion and can be easily molded and formed into many different shapes. Additionally, there is plenty of aluminum to be had so issues regarding the availability of the metal are nil. Because of these properties, aluminum is one of the most ideal metals for the production of various goods, such as lighting fixtures.
Aluminum die casting lighting fixture parts can be found in various medical lighting products as well as in medical offices where there are hanging light fixtures made from aluminum. Other examples of aluminum lighting fixture parts are endcaps on light fixtures and housings for various kinds of light fixtures, such as parking garage lighting, street traffic lights, walk lights, and high temperature lights. Aluminum lighting fixture parts also come in the form of decorative lighting poles manufactured from rustproof aluminum that is given extra protection against rusting by a powder coat finish. Additionally, aluminum is utilized for light fixtures themselves, such as bullet light fixtures, wall sconce fixtures, and outdoor coach lights. Even though aluminum is lightweight, the metal is highly resilient against extreme weather conditions and seasonal changes. Additionally, the production of aluminum lighting fixture parts is generally cost-effective as aluminum is quite inexpensive.
To get a price for aluminum die casting parts or die casting tooling, call toll free 800-524-8083 and ask for sales. Or email us at sales@kineticdc.com for a fast response on a price quote.
Kinetic Die Casting manufactures custom metal parts to their customer. If you would like more information about Kinetic Die Casting,
please visit our website:Kinetic Die Casting Company
Top Die Casting Companies in California 2025
Die Casting Foundry – A Description of the Die Casting Parts Production Process – Die casting is a metal parts manufacturing process in which molten metal is injected, under considerable pressure, into a hardened steel die or also called die casting mold. Dies are often water-cooled. The die is then opened, and the die casting metal parts are ejected (many times thousands of die casting parts each day, sometimes only a few hundred die casting parts). Once the die casting tooling is paid for, die casting parts are a very inexpensive aluminum part manufacturing process. (800) 524-8083 – sales@kineticdc.com
Top Die Casting Companies in California 2025
In 1994, when Kinetic Die Casting Company was founded, there were 76 die casting companies in California.
List of Top Die Casting Companies:
- Alloy Die Casting Company
- Aluminum Die Casting Company
- Ambritt Die Casting Company
- American Die Casting Company
- California Die Casting Company
- Die Cast of America Company
- Dynacast Company
- Hyatt Die Casting Company
- KenWalt Die Casting Company
- Kinetic Die Casting Company
- Pacific Die Casting Company
- RSG Die Casting Company
These companies listed above a the Top Die Casting Foundries are fewer than our prior article in 2011 https://www.kineticdiecasting.com/kdc/southern-california-die-casting-companies/ and fewer die casting companies than in our 2010 article https://www.kineticdiecasting.com/kdc/die-casting-companies-remaining-in-2010/
Kinetic Die Casting Company
(800) 524-8083
sales@kineticdc.com
Closed Die Casting Foundry Companies:
If your die casting supplier is closing or is listed below as closed, contact Kinetic Die Casting Company sales@kineticdc.com or another of the great die casting parts companies listed above. If your supplier is one of the great companies listed below, you no longer have a die casting parts company supplier.
05.08.13 – Alcastco Die Casting Foundry Closed
06.15.16 – Art Mold Die Casting Company Closed
11.30.20 – Bucy Die Casting Company Closed
08.20.24 – Cast-Rite Die Casting Company Closed
06.24.20 – CEP Cast Engineered Products Closed
07.03.09 – Coast Die Casting Company Closed
06.01.12 – Commercial Die Casting Company Closed
09.08.17 – Cox Die Casting Company Closed
04.01.10 – Del Mar Die Casting Company Closed
08.20.24 – International Die Casting Company Closed
09.21.22 – Pioneer Die Casting Company Closed
09.07.16 – Rangers Die Casting Company Closed
Top Die Casting Companies in California 2025
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Kinetic Die Casting Company, Inc. 6918 Beck Avenue, North Hollywood, California USA 91605 E-mail sales@kineticdiecasting.com (818) 982-9200
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Last Week for NADCA-AFS Supplier Night 2025
North American Die Casters Association 30 (NADCA) Chapter 30 members and supporters –
Register to join us for the AFS NADCA 2025 Vendors Night on Thursday, March 13th! Last year we had record attendance and this year promises to be another well-attended industry gathering. We have limited space and half of the vendor tables are already sold!
California’s two largest metal casting chapters are coming together to recognize the leading vendors to the industry. Participants will enjoy an exciting evening of food, prizes, awards and vendor displays. Visit table top displays from the industry’s leading vendors and see their latest products and services.
DATE: Thursday, March 13, 2025
LOCATION: Rio Hondo Event Center and Golf Club, 10627 Old River School Road, Downey, CA 90241
REGISTRATION: – Click Here –
https://californiametalscoalition.formstack.com/forms/vendorsnight
Contact Laura Hoppe with any questions. We look forward to seeing you.
Laura Adams Hoppe
NADCA Chapter 30
2971 Warren Lane
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
916-933-3062
Happy New Year 2025 from Kinetic Die Casting Company
Kinetic Die Casting Company sales@kineticdc.com 818-982-9200
#kineticdc #diecasting @diecasting #NADCA
Modern Die Casting Machines
Great news for our customers. Kinetic Die Casting Company An American Die Casting Company (sales@kineticdc.com) had great success with our new automated die casting machine in 2023.
We had so much success that first die casting machine, that we replaced all our old Harvil die casting machines with newer Automated LK Die Casting Machines.
We have less manufacturing production downtime and we have less die casting part porosity. We have better die casting part product quality. We have more reliable production scheduling of our die casting part quantities with these new automated die casting machines.
By adding more of the automated LK die casting machines to Kinetic Die Casting Company production, it will give us better die casting part quality and much more die casting part production capacity for our customers. In other words, we need more die casting production work! We would like to welcome you as our newest manufacturing company customer needing die casting parts. Contact us anytime to become one of our happy die casting part manufacturing customers.
Our contact information for die casting part quotes:
Click for Die Casting Part Prices
https://www.kineticdiecasting.com/replyform.html
Kinetic Die Casting Company
www.kineticdiecasting.com
6918 Beck Avenue, North Hollywood, CA 91605
818-982-9200 sales@kineticdc.com
