From L A Aluminum Casting Company's website:
L A Aluminum was founded in Burbank, California as Los Angeles Aluminum Casting in 1947 by Robert Oswald, Sr. and his wife, Helen, as a two person shop located in a small Quonset hut. Robert Oswald had a mission statement: "Every customer is critical to our success and we gladly serve each with the commitment to excellence and the willingness to do whatever it takes to provide service that's exceptional." With this philosophy the business grew very quickly, and the expanding operation was relocated to Gardena, California. Further augmentation prompted another move in 1966 to Harbor City, California. In 1972, the Oswalds relocated to the present location in Hayden Lake, Idaho and shortened the name to L A Aluminum Casting Company.
The Hayden Lake facility was designed to offer a SINGLE SOURCE MANUFACTURER to its nationwide clients. This 27,000 square foot complex houses eight production stations and furnaces with a total aluminum melting capacity of more than 2,000 pounds an hour, plus extensive CNC machining capabilities and room for expansion.
In the beginning, when Robert Sr. went out to bring in new business, Helen would pour the castings and get the products ready to ship. Shortly after WWII, aluminum was in short supply and the delivery of their weekly allotment (2 ingots) of aluminum was carried in on the shoulders of one delivery man.
