The Casting Industry Today

The Founders’ Company retains strong links with the Casting and Metals industries through our membership, the Industry Committee, the Founders’ Charities and Industry focused events. Our aim is to promote and support our affiliated industries wherever possible. We are supporters of Back British Metals.

If you are from the Casting or Metallurgy world and would like to know more about us, please use the contact form to get in touch.

Whitechapel Lectures

Around three times a year we host online lectures focused on promoting knowledge in materials, metals and related topics. The full playlist can be found on Youtube (click below), and if you’d like to join for any live lectures, please see our page ‘What’s on’.

If you are looking for a specific UK Foundry or supplier, please visit the Cast Metals Federation for their comprehensive list of current UK Foundries.

Like to know more about the casting processes?

The casting process is used to make a wide range of component that are vital to modern life - and uses recycled metal - so is a sustainable industry and part of the circular economy for metals.

Click here to see case studies showing examples of the innovative products that UK Foundries make that are useful for our lives.

Below are some resources that you might find interesting in the form of videos and articles:

Casting is the Future – a short film showcasing the importance of the castings industry and how the industry is a key part of the circular economy for metals, recycling much of the scrap metal in society.

A Walk around a Foundry – short film showcasing a 360 degree virtual foundry tour.   This was produced as part of a pilot project to showcase careers in the castings industry to young people and their teachers, parents etc.  Filmed in two local West Midlands foundries, the 360 tour is for school children as part of careers and stem programmes to encourage young people to consider careers in manufacturing and engineering.

Casting Metal – the basics of casting -  a 15 minute film with former teacher, Stuart Hughes, who walks us through the process of both sand and die casting using the Cast Metal Federation’s portable foundry kit.  The kit is a safe, reusable & educational toolkit to showcase how easy and fun casting metals can be.

Casting my Future – a short film aimed at showcasing the industry to young people to encourage them to consider a career in casting.  This short video will tell you a little more about the industry, about the things we make, how we recycle metal into parts for modern life.

We are grateful to the Cast Metals Federation for supplying this resources www.castmetalsfederation.com