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Die Casters Pty Ltd (1926 - ?)

From
1926
Richmond, Australia
Functions
Manufacturing industry

Summary

Die Casters Pty Ltd was established in Richmond in 1926. It produced excellent quality castings for vehicles, such as door handles, door locks etc., and also supplied the industry with window winding mechanisms, windscreen wipers and blades. This firm developed and patented processes to enable moulding of plastic to metal which was an important breakthrough in the application of metal to plastic technology. During the Second World War Die Casters Pty. Ltd., manufactured defence type products including components of bomb sights, machine guns and engine parts for aircraft.

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Ailie Smith

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