Behind the scenes of nearly every major industry, defense, energy, aerospace, infrastructure, are durable cast components that keep vital systems running safely and efficiently. From massive water pump housings to finely engineered aerospace brackets, high-performance castings form the backbone of industrial strength. At Quaker City Castings, we specialize in producing premium American-made components, with a focus [...]
Well folks, after many months of consternation in the steel foundry and steel castings industry, it looks like the Keystone Pipeline is back. This is great news for all of us metal casting foundries, especially ferrous foundries. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-01-24/trump-signs-executive-order-on-keystone-pipeline This is great news for our industry. Iron castings, steel castings, and plenty of other foundry products are [...]
I've spent about as much time reading up on the medium term prospects for the oil market as anyone this past week to try and gauge what the market for steel castings and ductile iron castings is likely to be as we head into 2016 . A few stories that kind of sum up the picture [...]
Low oil prices seem to be pushing some of the big guys to decide they are going to team up, as the perception is that there are some value acquisitions out there to be had in light of low prices. The assumption of course is that prices will rise again and value will return to this [...]
