Laurel Aluminum Casting was founded in 1987 after Westinghouse’s Air Brake (WABCO) division in Wilmerding, PA, decided to shut down their foundry and outsource their aluminum castings due in part to cost and quality control issues. Current president Rich Gratton, along with Dexter Ross and Rich Starko, key leaders in the aluminum foundry industry, designed and assembled a new foundry in the Pittsburgh area. Laurel Aluminum was able to improve all production capabilities, and assure high quality and efficient aluminum sand castings for WABCO.

Today, Laurel Aluminum Casting is considered one of the best aluminum sand castings companies around. From pouring A356 primary aluminum ingots to its diverse in-house and customized capabilities to its unique dry sand process—Laurel Aluminum Casting is truly the premier source for all of your aluminum sand casting needs.

Competitive Advantages

You’ll be impressed with our on-site, aluminum foundry which gives us the highest manufacturing standards and capabilities possible. This, in conjunction with our small staff, allows us to provide high quality aluminum sand castings at reasonable prices with on-time delivery.

Highly-Skilled Professionals

Because our highly-trained personnel have significant foundry experience—a majority of whom have been in the foundry industry for 30+ years—they fully understand quality control measures and can utilize the most cost-effective casting methods essential to efficiently creating aluminum sand castings. Many of our products are highly-cored and pressure-type castings used in the braking and control systems for railroad and mass transit applications, as well as aftermarket automobile cylinder heads. In addition, our larger castings are used in the pneumatic conveying of bulk cement and plastic pellets.

Partnership and Teamwork

For over two decades, the cornerstone of Laurel Aluminum has been our team concept. Working together with you as our partners, we offer quality results and ensure continued customer satisfaction.