Hitchiner Manufacturing Co. Revenue and Competitors

"Imagination in Metallurgy" is more than the slogan of Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. It is the key to the growth and success of this privately-held company founded in 1946 and headquartered in Milford, New Hampshire (USA). Hitchiner is the premier supplier of complete-to-print, high-volume, complex thin-wall investment castings and fully-finished casting-based subassemblies and components to industry. The company leads the industry in volume production, reduced lead-times and just-in-time manufacturing. Hitchiner produces castings in over 160 different alloys for a broad spectrum of global markets and customers that include the leaders in the automotive, aerospace, and other industries, such as: General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, BMW, Borg Warner, Siemens, B.F. Goodrich, Lockheed Martin, Textron, Pratt & Whitney, General Electric, Rolls Royce, and many more. Hitchiner's global operation is based on four manufacturing divisions: the Ferrous-USA Division and the Gas Turbine Division, located in New Hampshire, USA; the Ferrous-Mexico Division, located in Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico, and Hitchiner Manufacturing Company de Mexico, located in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. These divisions are supported by Metal Casting Technology, Inc. (MCT), a Hitchiner-General Motors Corporation joint venture research and development center located in Milford, New Hampshire. Since its inception Hitchiner has defined "state-of-the-art" in the metal casting industry. In the 1960s, the company designed and built the first mechanized investment casting plant using automated shell-building equipment and conveyor systems. Hitchiner's exclusive countergravity casting techniques, pioneered in the 1970s, are generally considered to be one of the most significant advancement in casting technology. The advantages of countergravity casting are numerous and well documented. They include: cleaner metal with less slag and non-metallic inclusions; increased control of fluid flow; minimized metal turbulence; lower metal and mold temperatures; controlled grain structures; improved mold fill-out (especially in thin sections); and increased efficiency. In the decades since its initial development, the basic countergravity casting process has been refined, automated and enhanced with numerous technologies that make it now unrivaled in the industry. Beyond the foundry, Hitchiner is a leader in applying the latest technology and controls to the shop floor throughout the manufacturing process.