Chaska, MN
Ermak Foundry & Machining
Aluminum sand and permanent mold castings for the Midwest, with CNC machining, heat treatment and finishing in-house.
Visit ermak.com →
American non-ferrous foundries
Three foundries. One conversation.
CaneKast brings together family foundries with decades of casting know-how and gives them modern equipment and the backing of a larger group. Aluminum, bronze, brass and zinc, from prototype to production.
3 plantsMinnesota, New Hampshire, South Carolina
Aluminum · bronze · brass · zincNon-ferrous alloys poured
Green sand · no-bake · permanent moldCasting processes
Machined & finishedCNC, heat treatment and finishing in-house
Our plants
Find the plant that fits your part.
Each plant keeps its own name, people and customers. Not sure which one fits? Send us the part and we will route it.
Franklin, NH
Patriot Foundry & Castings
Non-ferrous sand castings in aluminum, bronze, brass and zinc alloys, from a single part to thousands.
Visit patriotfoundry.com →
Clinton, SC
Southern Aluminum Foundry & Machine
Automated green sand on a DISA MATCH 24/28, plus no-bake and permanent mold, with CNC machining and heat treatment.
Visit southernaluminumfoundry.com →
Product line
RDS Dock Hardware
Cast aluminum docks, dock hardware, deck components and bridge hardware, made across the CaneKast network.
Visit rdsdockhardware.com →How it works
One request, the right plant.
- 01
Send what you have
A 3D model, a print or a sketch, plus the alloy, quantity and timing if you know them.
- 02
We match it
We route your part to the plant whose processes, alloys and volumes suit it best.
- 03
One quote, one contact
You deal with one person, even when the work moves between plants.
Who we are
Keeping American foundries going for the next generation.
CaneKast started because we believe in local manufacturing. Many of the best foundries in the country are small, family-owned businesses, often more than 50 years old, and we want them to continue for generations to come.
We bring them together into a network that keeps what small businesses do best, the service and the people who know the art of casting, and adds what scale makes possible: modern equipment, shared engineering and the backing to invest.
Leadership
The team behind the network.
Reg Zeller
CEO
Held executive roles in product management and acquisitions at four Fortune 500 companies before founding CaneKast.
Troy Pechman
CTO
Leads technology across the network, from the plant floor to the systems that connect it.
Jerry Bricker
Director of Sales
A career spanning pattern making, tooling design, quality assurance, project management and sales.
Selling your foundry?
Your name, your people and your customers stay.
We invest in small and mid-sized non-ferrous foundries and family businesses, and we keep them running under their own names.
Have a drawing? Get a quote.
Tell us about your part, or just send the file. A real person reviews every request.