Unicast

Unicast is grey and ductile iron foundry dedicated to creating long term relationships with its valued customers by providing high quality products on-time at a competitive price.

Unicast is:

• A stable US foundry that that been in the same building since 1894… a very short list can claim that
• Your one-stop shop for heat treating, machining, painting, plating and other value added services.
• Very well positioned for the future and continues to work on the issues
that make a difference.
• In a superior financial position as demonstrated by its historical unleveraged structure including the transition to an ESOP. 
• Known for providing its broad base of global customers with engineered and customer designed, high quality gray & ductile iron castings from thin-walled decorative to multi-cored heavy, ranging in weight from a few ounces to 500 pounds. 
• A producer of over 3,000 different parts for over 150 customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. 
• Recognized for consistently providing aggressive pricing, superior delivery, excellent quality and unparalleled service. Versatility is the key throughout its foundry operations.
• Very well positioned for the future and continues to work on the issues that make a difference
• ISO 9001:2015 certified and qualified
• A market leader with an on-time delivery rate greater than 95%
• Short Lead-time vendor where two weeks for non-cored castings and three weeks for cored castings can be regularly realized
• Also a source for non-domestic castings.

The History Of Unicast

125 Years Strong

1894 –  35 men formed Union Manufacturing Company manufacturing sad irons, agricultural and heating machinery. First order received was for $.01/lb.

1895 –  Agreement to purchase the land and build 3 building for $12,000 or $.87/sq ft, most of which is still in use

1908 – Began producing wood and coal stoves

1910 – John Harner was hired and eventually the company was acquired by the Harner family

1920 through 1950’s – Gas hot plate, gas ranges and warm air furnaces produced

1957 – Sales of $666,000 and 4.5 million lbs of iron. 85 employees with an average salary of $4,400. 53% of employees were related

1967 – Union Manufacturing Co. became Unicast Division of Berkmont Industries, still owned by the Harner family

1969 – Core Room was built with new core equipment. New cleaning machines installed, New Air Pollution system. 136 employees and 6,000,000 castings per year.

1970 –  Two B&P molding machines, sand system, pouring deck and electric holding furnace installed

1976 – Cope and Drag installed

1981 – Company purchased by Donald Stoughton

1986 –  Louis Monaco acquired ownership and became President/CEO

1994 –  Hunter Molding line with Didion installed

1999 –  Sinto Molding line installed2012- Transitioned to 100% Employee owned

2012 –  Transitioned to 100% Employee owned