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What's powering you? Do you know? Do America's children know? 
We do. 
Aluminum castings are critical to lightweighting to maximize payload, and reliability for operations. From engine blocks and cylinder heads to hybrid transmissions, motor housings and gearboxes. 
Let the kids know that there are great jobs waiting for them in metal castings!

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Recognizing our employee, Matt Koch, who served in the U.S Marine Corps, and he continues to “ruck” (walk) with fellow veterans.

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Known for quality in high-performance castings for over 75 years, Eck Industries is growing with process innovations in permanent mold and robotics.

Engage early into your next cast aluminum product and tap into our expertise in solidification modeling, material selection & design for casting success.
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We are honored to be a finalist for the 35th annual Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year!  Our technological innovations, job creation and contribution to the local community are all being considered as the committee narrows the field down to a winner!

Vehicle design begins with targets on weight, performance and cost. When performance is tied to weight and cost, then aluminum castings are under consideration for structures, driveline, suspensions and powertrain.

When the performance is extreme, as in a tactical or a combat vehicle, then the tough A206 aluminum separates from the rest. Still produced in a lightweight, near-net shape casting, yet is significantly better in fatigue, damage tolerance and toughness. Proven in combat vehicles since the 1970's.

For your next project in UTV's, JLTV, AMPV, OMFV, XM30, M10, RCV -- let's make it strong, light and reliable!

Eck Industries is encouraging all employees to participate in a movement widely known as RED Friday. The movement - which stands for 'Remember Everyone Deployed' - was designed to honor and show support of all active military personnel and veterans that have served and sacrificed for our country.
RED Friday was incorporated in our 2nd annual T-shirt design contest, along with our 75th anniversary. This was a fun event to engage our employees; to remember those deployed and serving our country; and also to thank our customers, many of which are producing equipment & vehicles for the military market.

It is always an honor to be recognized by our peers in metal casting industry. This time, it is a shared award with the Virginia Tech Kroehling Advanced Materials Laboratory winning the Best Prototype or Innovation.
Clearly the lattice structure is a significant casting challenge, further complicated by an aluminum-copper alloy with nano reinforcement. The successful cast product delivered superior performance in an energy absorption application.

January 23, 2023

David Weiss is retiring from Eck Industries, a company he joined in 1986.  David has held a number of positions from Vice President of Engineering to VP Sales, and most recently VP R&D.  He led many innovations in casting techniques and alloy development, along with the constant pursuit of bringing more value to our customers. He will consult for the company and continue to work on alloy development with the National Laboratory system, trade associations, and universities.

David has also made significant contributions to the metalcasting industry with over one hundred papers on casting processes and alloying development.  David has been awarded multiple patents and has received many awards including the American Foundry Society John A. Penton Gold Medal for pioneering work in the premium aluminum casting industry.

David added, “I wish to thank the Eck family and the entire organization for the privilege of working for a world class foundry. They have supported me in every way possible, and I hope to bring them new ideas in the coming years.”  

We thank him for the decades of commitment, and we wish him well in his future endeavors.

  Kiley Eck, President

  Eck Industries, Inc

Congratulations to this innovative team on the newly granted patent titled "Additive Manufacturing Methods Using Aluminum-Rare Earth Alloys and Products Made Using Such Methods." US 11,491,546 B2.

To summarize, David Weiss, VP R&D at Eck Industries stated, "This patent describes an aluminum alloy containing cerium and an additive process that combine to produce better mechanical properties at elevated temperatures than additively manufactured Al-Si alloys with easy to implement processing parameters and without the need for expensive alloying elements such as scandium. We expect these alloys can replace Al-Si alloys for additive manufacturing in demanding applications where higher performance is required."

Inventors: David Weiss, Orlando Rio, Sudarsanam Babu, Ryan Dehoff, Ryan Ott, Zachary Sims, Niyanth Sridharan, Hunter Henderson, Alexander Plotkowski.

Though electrification is growing, the IC engine will as important in the future as it has ever been. Market leaders are even launching engines that run on hydrogen! To maximize efficiency, the limits are pushed, and this includes temperature, and weight. Eck Industries has worked in this market for many years, and has a wide range of high-temperature aluminum alloys to offer. The innovation continues with research into cerium, scandium & zirconium to deliver creep performance at 300C in low-density aluminum! Imagine your new product with our alloy & process expertise!   Download Acta Materialia paper here.

October 7 is Manufacturing Day!
It is a day intended to introduce manufacturing to students and parents, and to plant a seed for future employment.
It is also a great day to recognize the people who make it all work, and here at Eck Industries, those people work from the shipping dock to the front office, from engineering to molding to facilities, from sand quality and beyond, to our suppliers, customers and business partners.
A great day to say, Thank You, for making manufacturing better, more innovative, and a great career for years to come.

"I like to hire smart people, give them a little direction, a little vision, and the resources they need, and then I get out of their way."
- Ms. Kiley Eck Hayon, President

It's great to see Kiley's contribution to the article "Keep Calm and Lead On," about new leaders in the very established business of metal casting.

Three key project goals with this investment:
1. Reduce labor while dramatically increasing production capacity.
2. Increase mold quality through automated handling (from manual handling.)
3. Increase mold production.

Congratulations to Ms. Kiley Eck Hayon, President of Eck Industries Inc, to be named to the American Foundry Society Board of Directors. 

Kiley’s career started at Eck Industries in 2002 as a Quality Project Manager and she grew with increasing responsibilities to VP HR & Finance in 2010 to President in 2016.  Kiley earned a BA in Computer Information Systems and an MBA from UW-Oshkosh.
Kiley is proud to represent Eck Industries, and the women in metal casting.