{"id":693,"date":"2016-09-25T14:14:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T14:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harrisoncastings.com\/?page_id=693&#038;lang=en_US"},"modified":"2016-11-04T15:24:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:24:50","slug":"history-of-harrison-castings-ltd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harrisoncastings.com\/en_US\/about-us\/history-of-harrison-castings-ltd\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Harrison Castings Ltd"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harrisoncastings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/harrisoncastings-history.jpg\" alt=\"History\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Over 100 Years of\u00a0Quality<\/h2>\n<p>Our founder, Robert Charles Harrison, already had 20 years of foundry experience when, in 1911, he set up his own small foundry in the stables behind his home in the village of Keyham, Leicestershire, UK.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, three generations of the Harrison family have guided Harrison Castings Ltd through a century of growth, development, and commitment to quality.<\/p>\n<p>Today we are the largest aluminum sand foundry in the UK and export worldwide. From those humble beginnings, we now employ some 95 personnel and produce over 1,500 tonnes of aluminum sand castings every year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJXgch5E_NY\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>2011\u00a0marked the 100 year Centenary of the foundation of our company. This short video details the history of the Harrison Castings Ltd,\u00a0from its earliest beginning to the present day.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Throughout our history, we\u2019ve celebrated quite a few landmarks and assisted in some truly exciting projects.<\/p>\n<p>In 1941, the Gloster-Whittle E28\/39, the first turbojet powered aircraft to fly successfully, used compressor casings cast in our foundry. In 1953, one of the largest aluminum castings ever to be made was cast at our Gough Road foundry \u2013 a 15ft diameter, four tonne wheel made for Dunlop of Leicester.<\/p>\n<p>We have made 3 meter tall crosses and candlesticks for St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral, as well as castings for the Warrior fighting vehicle and Challenger 2 main battle tank.<\/p>\n<p>More recently we have developed and supplied a range of castings to the world\u2019s leading manufacturer of oncology treatment machines.<\/p>\n<p>Having always worked to incorporate modern production techniques, we are now one of the world\u2019s leading sand casting companies, able to produce high quality castings with a rapid turnaround time, all made to satisfy the sophisticated requirements of 21<sup>st<\/sup> century industry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harrisoncastings.com\/en_US\/contact\/\" class=\"button  \">Get in touch to discuss your aluminum casting 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