A quality product on time at a competitive price.
Signicast Investment Castings, celebrating over 50 years of growth by providing customers a quality product on time at a competitive price, is the investment casting industry leader. With quick lead times, on-time delivery, true just-in-time manufacturing, and unrivaled process control, Signicast has quickly become the top choice for OEM components.
In an industry where 12-week lead times are standard, Signicast has reduced that time to just 1 to 4 weeks. The result is true Just-In-Time manufacturing which eliminates costly inventory by allowing customers to receive small quantities of product, delivered frequently, according to their production schedule. Orders, even small ones, go from entry to shipping with no interruptions. Signicast operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and schedules remain on-time.
Signicast offers the best total value option for Complete-to-Print components. Signicast provides secondary operations such as machining, heat treatment, assembly, painting, finishing and packaging. The result is a high quality, high value product that is ready to ship from Signicast docks in as few as 4.3 days from start to finish.
Early supplier involvement allows Signicast’s in-house technical staff to provide concurrent engineering during the formative stage of product design. Signicast’s engineering team is dedicated to providing customers with a design that will result in the lowest overall cost with design for manufacturability.
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Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
Signicast has been in business since 1959.
What is your primary product or service?
We are a commercial investment casting company and manufacture components for medium to large OEMs.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
Our motto is to safely provide a quality product, on-time, at a competitive price. We have unrivaled lead-times and can have parts to customers in as little as 4.5 days depending on the part. We use a continuous flow manufacturing style and operate 24/7. We believe in process control verses part control. Signicast's success could not be achieved without the hard work and dedication of our employees.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
We have two locations - our corporate office and manufacturing facilities in Hartford, WI and a manufacturing facility in Brown Deer, WI. We are currently in the process of building two additional facilities in Hartford, for a total of 6 manufacturing facilities and one value-add facility which will include heat treat, machining, final finishing, paint, and a consolidated shipping area.
Which areas do you service?
We service primarily North America, but have the ability to ship worldwide.
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
Signicast is an LLC, owned by the Pritzker Group. Todd McDonald is the CEO and President, and Greg Gasper is the COO.
What are your hours of operation?
We operate 24/7.