Description: Starcast Alloys foundry near Okehampton, Devon for pattern making, toolmaking, prototype castings
aluminium (2704) casting (1575) copper (1074) foundry (333) castings (281) alloys (171) moulds (140) toolmaking (54) pattern making (53) starcast (2)
Starcast Alloys is a family business handed down from father to son since Grandfather William Charles Long started his own foundry in Ewell, Surrey back in 1949. Here he produced copper based alloy casting for meter manufacturers, pump and filtration equipment for fluid and fuel management systems.
But our history in the foundry trade really began in London with William's father, (also called William) who, until the Great War of 1914-1918, worked along with his brother as a moulder for Stones Foundry in Deptford, where young William also served his apprenticeship.
In 1952, and now joined by his son Malcolm on the completion of his National Service, William moved to larger premises in Epsom. It was here that Malcolm formed Starcast Alloys in 1968, still continuing with the copper alloy casting for their existing customers, but now also progressing into aluminium alloy casting.