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Stahl Specialty Co.

is in the Manufacturing Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Stahl Specialty Company first opened its doors just after the end of World War II. Like most new businesses starting out after the war, the company began in one simple, rented room. Glenn Stahl was not only the owner, but the only employee. In fact, 1946 the company's first year of business had a total payroll of just $45.86. In the early '50s, Stahl was contacted about casting a mower deck for a new rotary lawn mover just developed. Unaware that the industry considered a casting of this size to be too big for the permanent mold process, Stahl simply built the mold and started pouring castings. The aluminum lawn mower deck quickly became one of the first high-volume products for the company. In addition to the rotary lawn mower deck, another of Stahl's first high-volume jobs was the gas outdoor barbecue grill housing. This product, which was developed in the mid '60s, is still in production today. Stahl also had something totally unheard of at the time: Its own tool room. This enabled Stahl to not only build its own molds, but to make changes to these molds the same day and better meet its customers' needs in the process. Stahl quickly discovered the enormity of the market for high-quality aluminum castings. Through the '70s and beyond, the company produced everything from simple, lightweight handles for construction tools, bases for computer terminals, and arrows for weather vanes to huge housing and cooling tower fan blade hubs weighing several hundred pounds. ...

Number of Employees 749
Contact Information

111 E Pacific St

Kingsville, Missouri 64061-0006

www.stahlspecia...

1 816 597 3322

NAICS Code All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing: 333298

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  • Permanent mold casters Stahl and Alcast form alliance to share technical capabilities, marketing

    - 2009-05-01

    Permanent mold conglomerate Stahl Specialty Co., Kingsville, Mo., and Alcast Co., Peoria, Ill., have executed a strategic alliance that will allow technology and resource sharing between the companies. According to a press release issued by Alcast, the alliance is intended to provide the companies' customer base with...

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  • Stahl Specialty Co

    - 2002-10-01

    Stahl Specialty Co., Kingsville, Missouri, named Brain Danaher president.

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  • Stahl Specialty Co

    - 2002-04-01

    A complete line of aluminum permanent mold tilt-pour casting equipment and foundry supplies. Stahl's casting machines are available in platen sizes of 12x18 through 48x60 inches. Additionally, aluminum reverbratory dry hearth furnaces up to 2,000 pounds per hour melt rate are available using natural gas, LP, or oil. Circle...

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  • Stahl Speciality Co. Installs New CNC Equipment

    - 2002-02-01

    Stahl Specialty Co., Kingsville, Missouri has recently installed new CNC equipment in its Kingsville facility.Specializing in aluminum castings from ounces to 350 pounds with its 41 foundry stations, the 56-year-old firm operates two facilities (the other in Warrensburg, Missouri) that combine for over 550,000-sq.-ft. of space for its 800+ employees.Stahl...

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  • Resolving Quality, Cost Concerns in Aluminum Permanent Mold Casting

    - 2001-02-01

    Several foundrymen share solutions to porosity and design challenges, how they turned defects into opportunities for improving quality and cost reduction Maintaining tight process controls and learning from previous experience can mean the difference between a foundry that squeaks by and one that sees a healthy margin. A panel...

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