Today, Stahl is a vertically integrated company that features world-class permanent mold and semi-permanent mold aluminum castings. Our in-house capabilities include castings, core making, heat treat, machining, X-Ray, dye penetrant, impregnation, leak testing, assembly, and other advanced quality systems.

Stahl is a full service high volume supplier to HVAC, heavy truck, automotive, marine, construction, agriculture, and food industries, and will soon grow in aerospace with its superior heat treatment operations.

COMPANY VISION

Stahl Specialty Company’s vision is to be a dynamic competitive organization, committed to the pursuit of quality, productivity and flexibility, enabling us to be a leader in the aluminum casting industry.

COMPANY MISSION

We are committed to the philosophy of continuous improvement and will strive to become a Total Quality Company so that our processes and products will exceed the expectations of both our internal and external customers. We believe in building trust with open and honest communications throughout our organization by emphasizing teamwork among employees, suppliers, and customers. These partnerships are crucial for establishing lasting business relationships. We want to be the best regarding cost and competitiveness in our country. We will welcome change and encourage creativity throughout our organization. By establishing high standards and performance expectations, our company will remain successful. Commitment to our customers, employees and environment are paramount.

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HISTORY –

Glenn Stahl, Founder

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, yet the only employee.  In fact, 1946 – the company’s first year in business – had a total payroll of just $45.86.

In the early ‘50’s, Stahl was contacted about casting a mower deck for a new rotary lawn mower that was 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 barbeque grill housing.  This product, which was developed in the mid-60’s, is still in production today.

Stahl also had something totally unheard of at the time: it’s own tool room.  This enabled Stahl to build it’s own tools, and to make changes to these molds on the same day, a timely response that was unique to the industry.

Stahl quickly discovered the enormity of the market for high quality aluminum castings. Through the 70’s 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.

Also in the 70’s, the company opened an additional foundry in Warrensburg, MO.  This foundry was set up to produce high volume parts on a rotary casting machine.  This unique machine was interfaced to a robot which automatically ladled molten aluminum, enabling a single operator to control up to eight casting stations.

In the 80’s, Stahl Specialty Company pioneered the “cell manufacturing” concept.  The utmost in efficiency; castings are completely manufactured, processed and packaged for shipping all within a few feet of where the aluminum came in as an ingot.

Although the production machining department was initiated many years before, in the 90’s, the customer demanded a complete product, a machined casting.  Stahl developed the capability to produce sophisticated part geometries, completely machined and pressure tested, assembled, and ready for the assembly line.