About Us
Castings P.L.C. is a market leading iron casting and machining group based in the UK, supplying both the domestic and export markets.
The original foundry operation dates back to 1835 and today the group comprises of three trading businesses, employing over 1,000 people in the UK.
The group operates two iron foundries – Castings P.L.C. (Brownhills, West Midlands) and William Lee Limited (Dronfield, Derbyshire) – together with the CNC Speedwell Limited machining operation which is also based in Brownhills.
The group produces Ductile iron, SG iron, Austempered ductile iron (ADI), SiMo and Ni-resist castings up to 45kg in weight. Our four Disamatic moulding machines and three horizontal green sand moulding machines provide a foundry capacity of 70,000 tonnes per annum.
Our machining operation is invested to support the capacity requirements of the foundry customer base and also to expand general machining in alternative materials.
Videos demonstrating our groupwide production processes
The graphic below shows the facilities at the Brownhills site (foundry and machine shop) and by clicking on the numbered links you can find out more about each stage of production for a part cast at either Castings or Wm Lee and machined at CNC Speedwell.
Coming soon: Further videos capturing our newly established larger casting business in Scunthorpe
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Melting, Treatment, Pouring
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Moulding
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Processing
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Quality
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Machining
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Warehouse & Logistics
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Product Development & Part Optimisation
Melting, Treatment, Pouring
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Moulding
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Processing
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Quality
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Machining
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Warehouse & Logistics
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Product Development & Part Optimisation
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Melting, Treatment, Pouring
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Melting, Treatment, Pouring
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Moulding
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Moulding
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Processing
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Machining
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Customer sector profile (£m)
Geographical revenue split (£m)
