buyCASTINGS, Inc. Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary

buyCASTINGS started as a pilot program at The Edison Materials Technology Center (EMTEC). EMTEC sold the site and assets to Mr. Bob Dzugan and Mr. Neil Chaudhry, founder and co-founder, respectively, of buyCASTINGS, Inc.

buyCASTINGS soon became the first independent business-to-business (B2B) e- marketplace for the metal castings industry, where buyers/designers, foundries, and suppliers came together as a community to take advantage of the efficiencies of e-commerce. buyCASTINGS facilitated business-to-business e-commerce.

Over the years, buyCASTINGS has emerged as a technology based organization that is on the leading edge of the casting industry worldwide. buyCASTINGS is a full service company with design, engineering, prototyping, tooling, production, process and production management with capabilities for all types of castings. buyCASTINGS has expanded its client base and sales revenue by providing an effective marketplace for casting solutions to demanding customer applications.

Bob Dzugan, President stated, "Time flies when you are having fun! It's a lot of fun helping buyers of castings get what they need - very rewarding. All of our employees and partners need to be thanked for their amazing effort to bring this dream to a reality, a successful reality. It's just the start, many more successful years are ahead of us".

Five years ago, buyCASTINGS had 3 employees. Now the company has expanded to 22 employees along with several contractors and 2 national distributors. This rapid growth has achieved a rewarding accomplishment of making the Inc.500/5000 three years in a row, ranking buyCASTINGS as one of the fastest-growing private company in America. Quite an accomplishment despite the pressure of the economy.

Neil Chaudhry, Chief Operating Officer commented "We are pleased, fortunate, and blessed to have reached the ten year mark. It's especially gratifying since most companies (based on national statistics) do not make it past the 2nd year. Good thing I didn't know that back then. We are also fortunate to have made the INC500/5000 honor roll for the past 3 years. The key to success, I think, is to go after the good opportunities and focus on doing the right thing for your customers. The reward and honor rolls take care of themselves after that. We are engineers turned entrepreneurs... Our goal is to create new ventures, to hire good people, and to create wealth for our employees and for our shareholders. We are now building on the success of buyCASTINGS to spin-off new products, develop new technologies, and bring new ideas to life. We hope to continue for another ten years or more which can be even bigger, better, and more rewarding years for all of us."

buyCASTINGS has ventured out to launch FOPAT Production, Inc, a spin- off company of buyCASTINGS. This FOam PATtern technology is an innovative material designed to help make accurate patterns for investment castings. FOPAT's green technology reduces manufacturing and energy costs for Aerospace, Industrial Gas Turbine, Medical, and other part manufacturers. FOPAT pushes the design envelope of cast metal parts.

The knowledge and experience that Bob Dzugan and Neil Chaudhry have gained throughout their career and becoming founders of buyCASTINGS, have allowed them to do a variety of innovative projects for different customers. Another recent example is the TacFab program. TacFab is an Army Tactical Metal Fabrication System. In short, it is a mobile foundry to make quality parts that can be rapidly produced. This project will give our military folks the ability to make parts on site at any location worldwide, and save weeks when critical parts are needed in a timely manner.