The UK’s Leading Sand Casting Manufacturer
Working in Partnership with Automotive, Motorsport, Aerospace and Defence OEMs Globally
Finecast develops, engineers, and manufactures complex, high-integrity, fully machined sand cast components for the automotive, motorsport, aerospace, and defence industries worldwide.
From our manufacturing facility in Littlehampton, West Sussex, United Kingdom, we provide a full-service, one-stop solution for the most technically challenging cast components.
We manufacture castings in a wide range of ferrous and non-ferrous materials, including all aerospace and commercial aluminium alloys, austenitic stainless steels for heat, wear, and corrosion resistance, nodular SG iron, flake and austenitic graphite irons, and non-ferrous copper-based alloys.
Our capabilities allow us to rapidly produce fully finished machined castings ranging from 100mm² to 2.5m², with a minimum wall thickness of 2.5mm. The typical turnaround time for first-off 3D printed mould castings is 2 to 3 weeks.
Committed to supporting our customers at every stage of the manufacturing journey, we employ a “make-like-production” approach for rapid prototyping and initial production phase builds, continuing through to scheduled production volumes of up to 5,000 units.
Engineering team
Our 84 strong engineering team with all product development and manufacture from our 6,100sqm of purpose-built foundry plant in the UK
Investment since 2017
Privately owned with GBP6.3m of foundry and CNC machining technology investment since 2017
Material Grades Cast
Over 84 aluminium, steel & iron material grades cast
Casting thickness
Lightweight castings down to 2.5mm wall thickness and as large as 2m2 produced to CT7 tolerances
Passion, Precision, Partnership.
“My vision, our drive and ambition to offer you our customer the highest quality of product and service.
I am proud to be a foundryman serving the industry for 45 continuous years from apprentice foundry mouldmaker, to business owner now controlling a world leading engineering family business.
Our success is based upon the high expectations of my team. We have a bond, a common interest, the ability, passion, determination and pride to offer the very best service to all of our customers.
We engage with our customers, take on board their unique requirements and by taking this approach we have progressively invested into new science, plant, people and training. “
Chris Heatley, CEO and Founder
Chris Heatley founded Finecast in 2002.
Sand Casting Manufacture for a Range of Sectors
Automotive
EV
Motorsport
Defence
Latest News and Case Studies
Finecast Completes the 100 km South Coast Ultra Challenge
On the weekend of 2nd-3rd September 2023, our awesome fundraiser team AKA "The Finecast Rumblers" rose to an extraordinary challenge – the 100 km South Coast Ultra Challenge – to raise some serious money for the British Heart Foundation, a charity that holds a special...
Revolutionising Sand Casting Manufacture with 3D Sand Printing, Innovation and Creativity!
It’s been a fantastic year at Finecast! A year of creativity, forward-thinking, and further investment into the latest cutting-edge technology, including the addition of our new state-of-the-art 3D sand printing centre. 3D Sand Printing allows for product design...
Finecast Foundry Exhibits at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) Exhibition at ExCel London
On the 12th-15th September 2023, Finecast Foundry exhibited at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition at ExCel London. It was a great opportunity for us to showcase our castings and services to the defence industry, and we would like to...