MO-IOF Metal Casting

INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT FACTS

The Missouri Metal Casting Industry currently employs nearly 7000 people.
Johnson county employs over 1400 workers, which is 20% of the total Metal Casting Industry in Missouri. All of these workers are employed by Stahl Specialty Co. at two separate sites in Johnson county.
St. Louis and the surrounding counties accounts for over 32% of Missouri’s metal casting employment. These counties include: St. Charles, Franklin, St. Louis City, St. Louis and Jefferson counties.

For more information on the Missouri Metal Casting Industry, refer to the MISSOURI METAL CASTING INDUSTRY PROFILE (PowerPoint, 1.04 MB)



	More than 90 percent of all manufactured goods and capital equipment use metal castings as engineered components or rely on castings for their manufacture. The metalcasting industry produces both simple and complex components of infinite variety, whether they are produced once as a prototype or thousands of times for use in a manufactured product. In addition to producing components of larger products, foundries may also do machining, assembling, and coating of the castings. Major end-use applications for castings include automobiles and trucks, farm and construction equipment, railroads, pipes and fittings, valves, and engines. The Missouri Metal Casting Industry consists of 69 companies in two major categories: Ferrous Metal Foundries (NAICS 33151) Nonferrous Metal Foundries (NAICS 33152)
INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT FACTS The Missouri Metal Casting Industry currently employs nearly 7000 people. Johnson county employs over 1400 workers, which is 20% of the total Metal Casting Industry in Missouri. All of these workers are employed by Stahl Specialty Co. at two separate sites in Johnson county. St. Louis and the surrounding counties accounts for over 32% of Missouri’s metal casting employment. These counties include: St. Charles, Franklin, St. Louis City, St. Louis and Jefferson counties. For more information on the Missouri Metal Casting Industry, refer to the MISSOURI METAL CASTING INDUSTRY PROFILE (PowerPoint, 1.04 MB)