Waupaca Foundry

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Waupaca Foundry
FormerlyThyssenKrupp Waupaca
Company typePrivate
IndustryFoundry
Founded1955; 69 years ago (1955)
Headquarters1955 Brunner Drive
Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States
Key people
Mike Nikolai (President)
ProductsIndustrial iron Castings (light vehicle, commercial vehicle, agriculture, construction, material handling, and other industrial sectors)
Owner
  • Hitachi
  • (2014–24)
  • Monomoy Capital Partners
  • (2024–present)
Number of employees
4,500
Websitewaupacafoundry.com

Waupaca Foundry, Inc. is an American company founded in 1955 that is among the largest independent iron foundries in the world. Formerly known as ThyssenKrupp Waupaca, it produces gray, ductile, and compacted graphite iron castings.

Based in Waupaca, Wisconsin, the firm has approximately 4,500 employees. In addition to maintaining three plants in its headquarters city, it has foundry units located in Marinette, Wisconsin, Tell City, Indiana, Effingham, Illinois, and Ironwood, Michigan.

After being controlled by ThyssenKrupp and being called ThyssenKrupp Waupaca, it was purchased by New York City-based private equity firm KPS Capital Partners and renamed Waupaca Foundry. In 2014, it was acquired by Hitachi Metals, becoming part of Hitachi Metals’ high-grade Functional Components Company.[1][2]

On March 5, 2024, Monomoy Capital Partners announced that it had completed the acquisition of the company.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FOUNDRY OF THE WEEK: WAUPACA FOUNDRY". Foundry-Planet. 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ Wetzel, Shannon (20 June 2018). "METALCASTER OF THE YEAR: SUSTAINABILITY DRIVES WAUPACA FOUNDRY". Modern Casting.
  3. ^ "Monomoy Capital Partners Completes Acquisition of Waupaca Foundry". Monomoy Capital Partners. Retrieved 2024-03-13.

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